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Podcast: Sahel and North Africa week in review 7 Jan 2023
Greetings to our second episode of Week in Review and a quick summary of what we are tracking in the Sahel and in North Africa. Today is Saturday, the 7th of January 2023. This past week was somewhat subdued in the region largely due to the year-end holiday season and...
Libya: 35-year-old Lockerbie bombing case gets into Libyan politics
Libya: Treating each other as enemies, Libyan leaders carry out prisoner swap
Libya: Mercenaries of Libyan warlord Khalifa Haftar accused of war crimes
Amnesty International accused Monday an eastern Libyan armed group of committing war crimes and serious abuses to impose the rule of its leader's father, military strongman Khalifa Haftar. The elite force led by Saddam Haftar is aimed at "crushing any challenge" to...
Libya: Court in Tripoli sentences 17 IS members to death
A Libyan court on Monday sentenced 17 people to death after finding them guilty of joining the Islamic State group and carrying out atrocities in its name, the prosecution said. The Tripoli court also sentenced two people to life in prison and 14 others to lesser jail...
European plane maker Airbus to pay less than 16 mil. euro to avoid corruption probe
A French judge on Wednesday allowed European aerospace firm Airbus to pay 15.9 million euros ($16.4 million) to avoid a corruption probe into aircraft deals in Libya and Kazakhstan between 2006 and 2011. Prosecutors from France's national financial crime unit (PNF),...
Libya: Tripoli-based government inks controversial defense agreements with Turkey
Libya: 15 bodies found on Sabratha beach
Libya-Turkey undersea gas deal angers European nations
Libya’s eastern government signs oil and gas exploration deal with Turkey, rival government rejects it
Libya: Another gruesome mass grave unearthed in city of Sirte
Libya: Clashes reignite in coastal town of Zawyah among militias supporting rival governments
Libya: Continued foreign meddling in a dangerously divided Libya ($)
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Libya: Elusive US engagement in Libya
Libya: International court abandons case against late Libyan security chief Tohami Khaled
Libya: Apparent calm hides potential for more violence
Libya: Egyptian migrants dead and missing after boat sank off the coast Tolmeta
Five migrants died and 16 went missing after their boat sank off the coast of eastern Libya while attempting to reach Europe, authorities said on Tuesday. A rescue unit official told AFP that the boat with 27 people on board -- all Egyptians -- capsized off Tolmeta in...
Libya: Dozens killed in militia clashes in Tripoli
Libya in turmoil again as tensions escalate
Libya: New mass grave found in Tarhuna
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