North Africa
Libya National Army committing war crimes: HRW
Human Rights Watch accused the Libyan National Army—actually controlled by the unrecognized government in the country's east—of committing war crimes in Benghazi.
Tag: North Africa
North Africa
Mali: Tuareg rebel militias again seize Timbuktu
Installation of an interim authority in Timbuktu under a peace deal with Tuareg rebels in Mali's desert north was blocked as hardline factions erected street barricades.
North Africa
Libya: oil ports change hands yet again
The Benghazi Defense Brigades seized Libya's key oil ports from warlord Khalifa Haftar, and urged the Tripoli-based "official" government to take control of the country's "oil crescent."
North Africa
UN: trial of Qaddafi son did not meet standards
The UN issued a report finding that the trial of Saif al-Islam Qaddafi failed to meet international standards, and again calling on Libya to turn him over to The Hague.
North Africa
More mysterious air-strikes in Libya
The latest in an ongoing wave of unclaimed air-strikes in Libya hit al-Jufra air base in the interior of the country, which is in the hands of local militia forces.
North Africa
Morocco joins AU; Sahrawi Republic betrayed?
As Morocco is readmitted to the African Union, it is pushing for the suspension of Morocco-occupied Western Sahara, placing the AU in a difficult position.
North Africa
Libya: Obama’s parting air-strikes
US B-2 Stealth bombers and drones carried out a raid against presumed ISIS camps in the Libyan desert—part of a final spate of air-strikes ordered by President Obama.
North Africa
Russia’s next intervention: Libya?
Khalifa Haftar, the warlord who controls eastern Libya, was feted on board the Russian aircraft carrier that just left Syrian waters, sparking fear of Moscow's regional designs.
North Africa
Libya: civilians detained in evacuation of Sirte
Human Rights Watch issued an urgent call for Libya's government to protect civilians who were detained after fleeing former ISIS stronghold Sirte.
North Africa
Mass round-up of migrants in Algeria
Some 1,400 African migrants—including whole families and asylum-seekers—were rounded up by riot police in a series of raids in Algiers, and apparently face summary deportation.
North Africa
ICC to expand investigations in Libya
The chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Court seeks to significantly expand investigations in Libya in 2017, in light of a growing atmosphere of lawlessness.
North Africa
Libya: civilians under siege in Benghazi
Civilian residents are trapped in a neighborhood of Benghazi, amid fighting between the Libyan National Army and Islamist militias of the Benghazi Revolutionary Shura Council.