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: North Africa
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
Berbers symbolically raise Kabylia flag at UN
Some 500 Berber activists from Algeria's Kabylia region gathered at the UN headquarters to symbolically raise the flag of their homeland.
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.
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.
North Africa
Tunisia: progressive forces still under attack
The same day the Tunisia Quartet civil activist group was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, a parliamentarian from the center-left ruling coalition survived an assassination attempt.
North Africa
Jihadist militant sent to ICC in Timbuktu attacks
An Ansar Dine militant was turned over to the International Criminal Court, accused of destruction of religious monuments and other war crimes committed in Timbuktu.
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.