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Gadhafi's son goes on hunger strike in Lebanon to protest detention without trial

A son of Libya’s late leader Moammar Gadhafi, who has been held in Lebanon for more than seven years, has started a hunger strike to protest his detention without trial

The Independent UK

Libya's Tripoli government targets more western towns with drone strikes

Libya's Government of National Unity (GNU) stepped up drone strikes on Friday against what it said were smuggling gangs in western regions, attacking targets in Zawia, Zuwara, Ajeelat and Maya.

Reuters

9 Indians freed in Libya after intervention by Indian school principal

Nine Indian nationals, held captive in Libya, have been freed by their captors, with the help of Tabassum Mansoor, the principal of the Indian school in Benghazi

The Hindu

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Libya sentences 23 Isis fighters to death

‘As lawyers for the victims’ families, we see the verdict of the court as very satisfying and very just’

The Independent UK

Libya court sentences 23 to death for Islamic State campaign

A Libyan court sentenced 23 people to death and another 14 to life in prison on Monday for their role in a deadly Islamic State militant campaign that included beheading a group of Egyptian Christians and seizing the city of Sirte in 2015.

Reuters

Libya court sentences 23 to death for ISIL campaign

Appeals court sentences 14 others to life in prison for campaign including the beheading of Egyptian Christians in 2015.

Al Jazeera

Rescue groups say Malta coordinated the return of 500 migrants to Libya instead of saving them

Rescue groups are accusing the European island nation of Malta of coordinating the return of around 500 people to Libya where they were subsequently imprisoned, in violation of international maritime law

The Independent UK

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‘Lost at sea’ asylum seekers found and towed back to Libya

Nearly 500 migrants who tried to cross the central Mediterranean have been brought back to Libya, according to a UN spokesman

The New Daily

Boat carrying 500 migrants disappears off Libya

A boat carrying about 500 migrants, including a newborn baby and pregnant women, has disappeared in the central Mediterranean.

The New Daily

Libya govt says it conducted air strikes in western areas

Libya's Government of National Unity (GNU) said it had conducted air strikes against smuggling networks on Thursday, with blasts hitting a western city that is home to armed factions that have backed a rival administration.

Reuters

Sudan's peace mediation should be led by the African Union: 3 reasons why

Questions about who mediates in a conflict – and when – are crucial. Mediation is about trust, an awareness of regional realities and insights into complex politics. It should happen before conflict reaches a mutually damaging stalemate. This spares lives and political disintegration of the kind seen in Libya and…

The Conversation

Freezing the RSF’s bank assets won’t stop it in Sudan: Analysts

The army wants to squash Hemedti and the RSF’s independence – but the RSF is safeguarded by multiple revenue sources.

Al Jazeera

Libya parliament suspends rival eastern-based PM Bashagha

Prime Minister Fathi Bashagha suspended by parliament and his duties handed over to his finance minister.

Al Jazeera

Libya parliament replaces its appointed PM, spokesperson says

Libya's eastern-based parliament voted to suspend its appointed prime minister, Fathi Bashagha, and assign his finance minister Osama Hamada to his duties, the parliament spokesperson Abdullah Belhaiq said on Tuesday.

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‘I saw many bodies’: having escaped one conflict, Tigray refugees face new terrors

Living in UN camps in a rapidly collapsing Sudan, refugees from Ethiopia are being kidnapped, taken across the Sahara, and tortured for ransom – in a brutal, multimillion-dollar industry

The Independent UK

French prosecutors seek trial for Sarkozy over Libya financing for 2007 campaign

French prosecutors are seeking to send former President Nicolas Sarkozy to trial on charges that he received millions in illegal campaign financing from the government of late Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi

Reuters

ICC prosecutor issues secret arrest warrants for Libya crimes

The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court told the United Nations Security Council on Thursday that the court has issued four new secret arrest warrants for crimes allegedly committed in Libya since 2011.

Reuters

Pope Francis recognises 21 Copts beheaded by Islamic State as martyrs

Pope Francis on Thursday announced that 21 Coptic Orthodox Christians beheaded by Islamic State in Libya in 2015 are being recognised as martyrs by the Vatican.

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The Independent UK

Vatican formally recognizes 21 Coptic Orthodox killed in Libya as martyrs, gives them feast day

The Vatican is formally recognizing 21 Coptic Orthodox workers who were beheaded by Islamic militants in Libya as martyrs

The Conversation

Sudan's conflict will have a ripple effect in an unstable region - and across the world

Sudan, Africa’s third largest country by land mass, shares borders with seven countries in an unstable region. This means that Sudan’s current conflict will have economic, social and political ripple effects across a number of countries, including the Central African Republic, Egypt, Libya, Chad, South Sudan, Ethiopia and Eritrea.

The Guardian - UK

‘Not safe for us’: Sudanese in north Africa warn fleeing relatives of danger

People who sought route to Europe before fighting erupted in Khartoum have faced police brutality, torture and homelessness

The Conversation

Sudan: the longer the conflict lasts, the higher the risk of a regional war

The 2019 Sudan uprisings that ousted long-time dictator Omar al-Bashir and installed a military-civilian transitional government gave hope that the northern African country could finally transition to democratic rule. The country has been ruled by the military for most of its independence since 1956.

Al Jazeera

Tunisia’s choice: Migration and realpolitik in the Mediterranean

Tunisia’s relationship with Europe remains firm as the EU courts Tunis’s help in stopping migration.

The Guardian - UK

Six Libyans face death penalty for converting to Christianity

Religious laws are increasingly being used to silence civil society and human rights groups, say activists

Al Jazeera

What does fighting in Darfur mean for Sudan’s western frontier?

The power vacuum in western Darfur state risks drawing in fighters and weapons from Libya, CAR and Chad, analysts say.

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