Editor’s note: This film will be removed on October 6, 2019. Filmmaker: Cecile Allegra “If you use a bomb it goes through the body. It kills and it leaves a mark. Any weapon does. But rape is an invisible weapon. It’s only uncovered if the victim speaks out,” says Imad …
Read More »Blog Archives
Arrival of ‘thousands’ of foreign mercenaries risks escalating Libya conflict: UN envoy
The United Nations’ special envoy for Libya has warned that the North African country’s conflict may be escalated and extended by the arrival of thousands of foreign mercenaries.
Read More »Counter-Terrorism Force arrests four ISIS suspects in Sirte
The Counter-Terrorism Force has arrested four people, including a woman, suspected of belonging to ISIS.
Read More »ISIS sleeper cells depicted outside Libya’s capital
The spokesman for Al-Bunyan Al-Marsous Operation Mohammed Al-Ghasri has told Libyan Express that they have depicted movements for ISIS in Garabulli area outside Tripoli.
Read More »Gold, weapons, fighters: Sudanese Janjaweed’s international path to power
Perched on pick-up trucks adorned with machine guns and baskets of rocket-propelled grenades, the notorious Rapid Support Forces (RSF) were an unsettling sight for Khartoum when they began fanning out across the Sudanese capital earlier this year.
Read More »Chad jails 243 rebels over February incursion from Libya
Chad’s justice minister has said a “special criminal court” handed jail terms to 243 rebels who crossed from Libya in February, before their incursion was halted by French air raids.
Read More »Chad shuts down border with Libya, citing security concerns
Chad’s Defense Minister, Mahamat Abali Sala, on Wednesday, announced the closure of his country’s land borders with Libya, Sudan and the Central African Republic (CAR) citing security reasons for the move.
Read More »Armed attack on Libya’s Ajilat district leaves one person killed
A security source in Ajilat said one young man was killed after an attack by an armed group on Jadidah police station as well as a security department’s outpost.
Read More »Ex-Libyan oil minister released from captivity
Former Libyan oil minister Abdulbari al-Arusi was released on Tuesday after two weeks in captivity, according to local media, Anadolu Agency reports.
Read More »Haftar’s forces deny kidnapping HoR member Siham Sergiwa, accuse “terrorist groups”
The Interior Minister of the Interim Government of eastern Libya Ibrahim Bushanaf has accused “terrorist groups” and “sleeper cells” of kidnapping the member of the House of Representatives (HoR) Siham Sergiwa, adding that the case is still under investigation.
Read More »