EU must prioritize safety in Mediterranean amid refugee deaths: UN
BY ANADOLU AGENCY ANKARA JUL 03, 2023 – 9:51 AM GMT+3 A Sea-Watch 3 crew member on a lifeboat approaches an inflatable boat with 120 people on board in the central […]
Grief-stricken Pakistani town mourns sons lost in Greek shipwreck
Pakistan Poverty drove young men from small Kashmir town to board ill-fated fishing trawler, say families Shah Meer Baloch in KhuirattaMon 19 Jun 2023 18.02 BST The last time Mohammed Yousaf […]
‘Evil people smugglers’ are easy to blame for migrant boat tragedies. Here’s the truth
OpinionRefugees Diane Taylor With a disaster off Greece in the headlines, governments are keen to repeat a convenient myth rather than face scrutiny themselves Mon 19 Jun 2023 The Greek […]
Endless Mediterranean deaths guaranteed unless broken system is fixed
CHRIS DOYLE June 20, 2023 It is that time of year again, when wealthy Northern Europeans dust off their swimsuits and descend on the warm, sun-drenched beaches of the continent’s […]
‘I want answers’: hope gives way to fury in Greece as hunt for survivors ends
Greece As families mourn, questions have mounted over inconsistencies in the coastguard’s account of events Helena Smith in Kalamata Sat 17 Jun 2023 At a little after 8am on Friday, Fadi, […]
Greece boat disaster: ‘People are waiting for any piece of good news’
bbc.com Related Topics By Lina Shaikhouni, Fernando Duarte & Kawoon Khamoosh BBC World Service Shaheen Sheikh Ali knew something bad had happened when he saw frantic activity in a family […]
Did Gaddafi Plan to Introduce an African Currency Backed By Gold Reserves? Maybe, but There’s Little Evidence for This [analysis]
Story by Africa Check Johannesburg Keegan Leech • Wednesday Over the years we’ve frequently seen the claim that former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi had plans to introduce an international currency. But as […]
Can oil money and fancy shopping malls finally unite Libya?
POLITICSLIBYA Can oil money and fancy shopping malls finally unite Libya? Cathrin Schaer | Islam Alatrash in Libya May 25, 2023 New roads, public parks and expansive reconstruction — Libya has recently seen […]
How Sudan crisis casts long shadow over Libya
HAFED AL-GHWELL May 14, 2023 Short Url As crisis grips a Sudan strangled by years of political instability, economic hardship and widespread unrest, neighboring countries such as Libya could become […]
ICC issues four new arrest warrants in Libya war crimes investigation
Khan said he had also applied for an additional two warrants in the past few weeks. (Reuters) ALI YOUNES May 12, 2023 NEW YORK CITY: The prosecutor of the International […]
Joint Press Stakeout on the situation in Libya
STATEMENTS We would like to make this statement on behalf of the following members of the Security Council that are States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal […]
Turkiye, Egypt may cooperate to help Libya
YASAR YAKIS April 23, 2023 Turkiye and Egypt have been at loggerheads for a prolonged period. It started with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s harsh rhetoric against the rise to […]
Why they killed Gaddafi
Colonialism is alive and well in central banking Issue 95, 19th February 2021 Ellen Brown | American author, attorney, public speaker and advocate of public banking reform. She is the […]
Libya’s transition is going nowhere fast — by design
HAFED AL-GHWELL February 11, 2023 This week is the 12th anniversary of the outbreak of the first Libyan civil war but there will be no fanfare or grand speeches commemorating […]
OIC reaffirms support to resolve Libyan crisis
OIC Secretary-General Hissein Brahim Taha. (@OIC_OCI) Updated 06 February 2023 ARAB NEWS February 06, 2023 JEDDAH: The Organization of Islamic Cooperation remains committed to resolving the crisis in conflict-ridden Libya, […]
Europe’s unforced errors in the Maghreb
HAFED AL-GHWELL January 29, 2023 The EU’s engagement with the Maghreb has been long, complex and, at times, tumultuous. Since the early 2000s, this subregion has only grown in strategic […]
What next for northern Africa’s conflict zones?
DR. THEODORE KARASIK January 21, 2023 West Africa, and the Sahel region in particular, represent serious security concerns in a global context. France is pulling out of francophone Africa and […]
The cost of missed opportunities in the Maghreb
HAFED AL-GHWELL January 21, 2023 Thirty-five years ago, fleeting pan-Maghreb ambitions led Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya and Mauritania to found the Arab Maghreb Union with the aim of transforming this […]
The Turkish-Egyptian rapprochement and Libya
YASAR YAKIS January 01, 2023 Egypt last month announced that it had redefined the border of its exclusive economic zone in the Mediterranean Sea adjacent to Libya. Bearing in mind […]
2022 Year in Review: A time of triumph and turmoil for the Middle East and North Africa
Short Url Updated 10 sec ago ARAB NEWS December 31, 2022 RIYADH: Like much of the world, 2022 in the Middle East and North Africa felt like the year when things […]