North Africa
Libya: ISIS abducts Eritrean Christians
As Libyan peace talks open in Morocco, ISIS militants abduced 86 Eritrean Christian migrants—including 12 women and several children—at a roadblock outisde Tripoli.
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North Africa
Libya: ISIS tightens grip on Sirte
ISIS forces are in control of most of Moammar Qaddafi's hometown of Sirte, sucessfully repulsing an effort to retake the town by forces aligned with the Libya Dawn coalition.
North Africa
Mali: Tuareg rebels demand autonomous Azawad
Mali's government is boasting a deal with Tuareg leaders granting autonomy to the northern homeland of Azawad—but the biggest rebel factions are holding out for more power.
North Africa
Amnesty: Libya migrants facing rape and torture
Refugees and migrants in Libya face rights abuses including torture and rape, causing many to risk their lives crossing the Mediterranean to escape, Amnesty International reports.
North Africa
Egypt air-strike on Libya may amount to war crime
Amnesty International charged that the Egyptian military failed to take adequate precautionary measures to avoid civilian casualties in its attack on the Libyan city of Derna.
North Africa
Libya: Coptic Christians abducted by ISIS?
Presumed ISIS adherents in Libya have released photos on social media purporting to show some 20 abducted Coptic Christians, saying they await execution.
North Africa
Mali: Tuareg autonomy at issue in new fighting
UN "peacekeepers" have been drawn into fighting between Tuareg separatist rebels and pro-government paramilitaries as northern Mali remains divided.
North Africa
Demand Mauritania release anti-slavery activists
Amnesty International called for the release of three anti-slavery activists imprisoned in Mauritania, including UN Human Rights Prize recipient Biram Ould Dah Ould Abeid.
North Africa
Mauritania: death sentence for blasphemy
Blogger Cheikh Ould Mohamed of Mauritania was sentenced to death for apostasy after a court convicted him of "speaking lightly of the Prophet Mohammed" on websites.
North Africa
Libya: air-strikes on Misrata as fighting spreads
Warplanes under the command of renegade Gen. Khalifa Haftar fired missiles at Misrata's rebel-held airport, as Libya's oil exports remain effectively paralyzed by civil war.
North Africa
Africa Command: ISIS in Libya
Gen. David Rodriguez, head of US Africa Command, said that ISIS has set up training camps in eastern Libya, and that the Pentagon is closely monitoring the situation.
North Africa
Benghazi: investigation finds no White House fault
The GOP-led House Intelligence Committee released a report finding that the Obama administration properly responded to the 2012 attack on the US consulate in Benghazi.