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UN Libya rights probe stalled due to cashflow problems

Africa Agence France Presse - 6 Oct 2020

The UN is currently going through a serious liquidity crisis because many countries have not paid their annual dues, and it is therefore unable to fulfil all its mandates

Time is not on our side in Libya

Africa Vijay Prashad & Independent Media Institute - 22 Jul 2020

Simmering tensions could see the country partitioned between east and west

Life in the time of coronavirus

Analysis Paddy Harper - 31 Jan 2020

Self-diagnosis and symptoms are recipe for paranoia — just see the doc, take the meds and Bob’s your uncle

Soleimani air strike: Why this is a dangerous escalation of US assassination policy

Article Luca Trenta - 12 Jan 2020

The Trump administration is only the latest to push the boundaries of the law to take out foreign adversaries

It’s too early to celebrate

Africa Simon Allison - 12 Apr 2019

People power can break a dictatorship – but what comes next?

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

Africa Agency - 8 Apr 2019

Clashes near Tripoli in Sunday have killed at least 32 people, with a further 50 people left wounded

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

Africa Staff Reporter - 7 Jun 2018

Libya’s proposed elections and any subsequent interim government will fail if the country’s challenges aren’t addressed

Sarkozy ‘arrested over campaign financing’

Article Staff Reporter - 20 Mar 2018

The former president is being questioned in connection to former Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi and the source of his funding for his 2007 campaign

Djibouti’s greatest threat may come from within

Africa Simon Allison - 2 Mar 2018

Military superpowers, which now include China, rely on Djibouti’s increasingly fragile stability

Habré trial a victory for hearing crimes against humanity in Africa

Analysis Mia Swart - 8 Jun 2016

The trial of the Chad dictator in Senegal shows that war and other similar crimes need not be heard in The Hague.

Isis stronghold in Libya spells dire consequences

Africa Jakkie Cillier - 10 Mar 2016

If Islamic State consolidates its foothold in Libya, it will pose a major threat to North Africa and Europe.

Jacob Zuma ‘was in Gaddafi’s pocket’

Article Phillip De Wet - 7 Jan 2016

An informant told Hillary Clinton that Zuma secretly received money from Libya's Muammar Gaddafi and that he feared for his position as president.

To fight terrorism, Africa must save Libya

Africa Liesl Louw-Vaudran - 23 Dec 2014

African leaders reprimand the West, particularly France, for its intervention in Libya, which they say has left Africa rife with terrorism.

Mugabe at odds with new Libya

Africa Staff Reporter - 16 May 2014

With Muammar Gaddafi out of the picture, President Robert Mugabe  is severing commercial and diplomatic ties with Libya.

Libya holds stakes in South African hotels, including Michelangelo

Article Staff Reporter - 21 Jun 2013

And Treasury says it will work with Libyan authorities to locate more.

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