Muammar Gaddafi

NationalJacques Coetzee | 2019-10-17 13:44:00

The Gupta brothers and their business associate Salim Essa are the most recent additions to the 1 300-page United States blacklist, which...

Tensions flare near Chad’s precarious northern border

AfricaCrisis Group | 2019-05-21 00:00:00

Tensions are escalating in northern Chad’s Tibesti region, on the country’s border with Libya and Niger. An influx of outsiders attracted by...

It’s too early to celebrate

AfricaSimon Allison | 2019-04-12 00:00:00

It is not inconceivable that by the end of this month — perhaps even the end of this week — three North African countries will have new...

Far-out tales from Zondo to Zuma

OpinionPaddy Harper | 2019-04-12 00:00:00

Thursday.

Libya clashes death toll rises to 32: UN-backed government

AfricaAgency | 2019-04-08 09:54:00

At least 32 people have been killed and around 50 wounded in fighting with strongman Khalifa Haftar's troops near Tripoli, the UN-backed government...

Dictator brought to justice

AfricaDavid Smith | 2019-03-22 00:00:00

THE TRIAL OF HISSÈNE HABRÉ by Celeste Hicks (Zed Books, London)

Mo Ibrahim: Africa’s decade of ‘lost opportunity’

AfricaSimon Allison | 2018-10-30 19:04:00

The 2018 African governance index was released this week. It’s not good news.

Why Libya’s new elections might not put the country back on track

AfricaJacob Mundy | 2018-06-07 11:01:00

Libya has been politically unstable since 2011 when a successful uprising against Muammar Gaddafi’s longstanding regime left a power vacuum. A transitional government was elected...

Sarkozy in hearing to determine go-ahead for fraud charges

WorldArielle Schwartz | 2018-05-16 11:16:00

On Wednesday, former French president Nicolas Sarkozy will attend a hearing to determine whether he will stand trial on charges of unlawfully...

Sarkozy 'arrested over campaign financing'

WorldMehdi Cherifia | 2018-03-20 10:01:00

French ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy was taken into police custody Tuesday and questioned over allegations that late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi...

Djibouti’s greatest threat may come from within

AfricaSimon Allison | 2018-03-02 00:00:00

Simon Allison in Djibouti

Habré trial a victory for hearing crimes against humanity in Africa

AnalysisMia Swart | 2016-06-09 00:00:00

It was a bright, clear morning in Dakar the day the much anticipated Habré judgment was to be delivered. Hundreds of people were pushing to get into...

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