But they have forced those involved in crime networks to lower their profiles and adapt their activities. Twelve years on from Libya’s revolution, the country remains fragile. The government has limited reach, with de facto power exercised by competing armed groups. Libya’s instability and lack of state control have helped drive a massive rise in […]
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More than 11,000 people have been killed and tens of thousands are missing following the catastrophic dam collapse in the eastern Libyan city of Derna on 12 September. The dam collapse came after an extreme storm, Storm Daniel, slammed into the north African country. The Conversation Africa’s Moina Spooner asked water resources and engineering expert […]
The Great Sand Sea Desert stretches over an area of 72,000km2 linking Egypt and Libya. If you find yourself in a particular part of the desert in south-east Libya and south-western parts of Egypt, you’ll spot pieces of yellow glass scattered across the sandy landscape. It was first described in a scientific paper in 1933 […]
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Morocco – a Neighbour Nobody Wants
AN attempt by Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu to reset relations with the African Union (AU) started on a wrong footing and ended with “disaster” diplomacy. At last week’s 36th Summit of the AU, the ejection of Israeli diplomat, Ambassador Sharon Bar-li, left Israel raging at Algeria and South Africa for initiating the move. According […]
In the new logic of repression, all evidence of the 2019 uprising must be eliminated, the first targets being the journalists, writers and artists that used to gather at a literary café in Aokas. For over three decades, the literary café of Aokas, a town in the Kabylie region, has drawn artists, writers and actors. […]
Beirut — New Entry Restrictions Leave Asylum Seekers in Peril The Egyptian government’s decision in June 2023 to require all Sudanese to obtain visas to enter Egypt has reduced access to safety for women, children, and older people fleeing the ongoing conflict in Sudan, Human Rights Watch said today. The impact of the new rule, […]
Beirut — Address Roots of Crisis; Ensure No Discrimination in Cuts The Egyptian government is limiting electricity use with daily power cutbacks nationwide, putting people’s economic and social rights at risk, Human Rights Watch said today. The cuts appear to last longer in rural areas, which have higher poverty rates, and have left many people […]
Tripoli and Tobruk plan a reunified government, but the UN and wider international community are wary of this approach. Libya has found itself in an anomalous predicament. Its two deeply divided and competing governments are in rare accord about how to take the riven country forward – but the international community largely opposes them both. […]
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Libya: Derna Flood Response Costs Lives
Beirut — Independent Investigation Needed; Prioritize Reconstruction An independent inquiry is needed to review failings in Libyan authorities’ management of catastrophic flooding in eastern Libya in September 2023, Human Rights Watch said today. The floods caused widespread destruction, with whole neighborhoods flushed away and thousands of people killed. Despite flood warnings up to three days […]
Tunis — First Two Prison Sentences Under Tool Used to Stifle Free Speech Tunisian authorities have sentenced two political opposition activists to prison terms for criticizing the government under a 2022 cybercrime decree, Human Rights Watch said today. Instead of using the decree to address cybercrime, the authorities have used it to detain, charge, or […]