Nigeria captain William Troost-Ekong says his team have been left at an abandoned airport in Libya for more than 17 hours without food or drink. Nigeria’s football team will be flown back from Libya without playing their 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying match following their alleged “inhumane treatment” in…
At least 10 people still missing and 29 rescued in latest boat disaster in the Mediterranean. At least 12 people have been found dead and 10 are still missing after a boat heading to Europe capsized off the coast of Tunisia’s southeastern island of Djerba, according to officials. Judicial official…
Tea, towels and survival blankets On that same cold, grey morning when I met Hashim and Yusuf, 12 wet, freezing Vietnamese people were walking down a coastal road south of Calais. Their boat had capsized. On their way back from this misadventure, they met a team from the French association…
After weeks of tension that saw the Central Bank of Libya (CBL) shuttered, salaries go unpaid and cash vanish, the country’s two rival governments appeared ready to accept a United Nations-brokered agreement to resume operations, before once more reverting to a deadlock familiar to many in the country. The internationally…
Leadership dispute between rival governments leads to suspension of oil production. Libya’s central bank, which controls billions of dollars in oil revenue, is at the heart of the country’s latest political dispute. The bank’s governor has fled the country, fearing for his life. Two rival governments have fought for power,…
Tripoli-based Presidential Council appoints new board of directors, with banking operations suspended amid upheaval. Libya’s central bank Governor Sadiq al-Kabir says he and other senior employees of the institution have been forced to flee the country to escape threats from armed militia, the Financial Times reported. “Militias are threatening and…
Libya was among the Arab Spring nations – but since a revolution toppled longtime leader Muammar Gaddafi in 2011, it has known neither peace nor political stability. Libya is divided between two governments and two prime ministers. And people in Libya are voicing fears of a return to civil war….
Benghazi, Libya – It happened in the middle of the night, as most destructive operations carried out without the consent of the local population are. In March 2023, an area of Benghazi’s historical centre including several buildings of Italian colonial heritage, was razed to the ground. So unexpected was the…
European countries accused of complicity in deaths due to migration policies after charity vessel retrieves 11 corpses in Mediterranean, rescues more than 160. The aid group Doctors Without Borders has reported recovering 11 bodies and rescuing dozens of people off the coast of Libya as it criticised the migration policies…
As the planet tips towards a point of no return, we look at how youth across the world are demanding climate action now. Protests and activism have the potential to bring about transformative, rapid change. But with big corporations making hefty profits while simultaneously polluting the planet, the appetite for…
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