North Africa
Thousands detained without charge in Libya
Human Rights Watch says that thousands of people, including children, have been arbitrarily detained for years in Libya, facing torture and other ill-treatment.
Tag: Libya
North Africa
ISIS preparing ‘retreat zone’ in Libya?
A UN Security Council report warns that ISIS is preparing a "retreat zone" in Libya as coalition air-strikes threaten the group's territory in Iraq and Syria.
North Africa
Glencore secures Libya oil contract
Global commodities giant Glencore signed a deal with Libya's state oil company—which is now divided into feuding branches loyal to the country's rival regimes.
Africa
Mali: who is behind Bamako attack?
The deadly hotel siege in Mali's capital was apparently ordered by Algerian militant Mokhtar Belmokhtar—who was twice reported killed in military operations over the past two years.
North Africa
UN: ISIS brutality increasing in Libya
The UN Support Mission in Libya released a report warning that ISIS has seized large areas of the country and is commiting abuses that may amount to war crimes.
North Africa
France bombs Syria; US bombs Libya
Two days after the Paris attacks, French warplanes carried out air-strikes on the ISIS capital Raqqa—as the US bombed ISIS targets in Derna, Libya.
North Africa
UK Supreme Court hears Libya rendition claim
The UK Supreme Court began hearings in the case of Libyan Islamist leader Abdel Hakim Belhaj, who claims the British government assisted in his 2004 rendition by US forces.
North Africa
Libya: oil output plummets as rival regimes fight
Libya's oil output dropped to a record low after the government in the east sent troops to shut down an export terminal controlled by the rival regime in the west.
North Africa
Meanwhile in, um, Benghazi…
Missiles and mortar rounds were fired into a crowd of anti-Islamist demonstrators in central Benghazi, killing six and injuring many more.
Europe
UN authorizes operation against migrant smuggling
The UN Security Council approved a resolution to allow the European Union to intercept vessels suspected of smuggling migrants in the Mediterranean Sea.
North Africa
Libya: ISIS gains as rival regimes fight each other
ISIS launched an audacious attack on Tripoli, as Libya's two rival governments continue to wage war on each other, with new air-strikes on the contested city of Benghazi.
North Africa
ISIS complains about jihadist rivals in Libya
The latest edition of the English-language ISIS magazine Dabiq includes a tirade against Qaeda-aligned forces in Libya, amid an internecine war of jihadist factions.