October 26, 2023
Libya: Libya's Parliament Orders Out Envoys of Countries Supporting Israel
The Libyan parliament on Wednesday, October 25, requested that ambassadors from countries that "support" Israel in its conflict with Hamas in Gaza leave the country, AFP reports. Read more »
September 20, 2023
Libya: Protesters Burn Derna Mayor's Home as Flooding Death Toll Soars
The residence of the mayor of Libyan city Derna, has been set alight as hundreds of protesters sought an explanation for the disastrous flood that occurred last week, BBC reports. Read more »
September 14, 2023
Libya: Rival Political Leaders Urged to Bury Differences After 'Heart-Breaking' Floods
Libya's divisions have exacerbated the brutal impact of this week's lethal floods, claiming thousands of lives in a disaster-hit North Africa also rocked by last week's deadly… Read more »
August 11, 2023
North Africa: Tunisia, Libya Announce Deal to Rescue Migrants Stranded on Border
Tunisia and Libya will split the cost of housing hundreds of migrants who were stuck at their borders, many of whom had been there for more than a month, Al Arabiya reports. Read more »
July 10, 2023
Tunisia: Yet Again, Tunisia Accused of Ill-Treatment of Black Refugees
Tunisia's President Kais Saied dismissed criticism of his government's handling of Black African refugees after hundreds of Black African migrants were apprehended by police and… Read more »
June 15, 2023
Sudan: UN Refugee Agency Says Sudan Joins Ukraine in Driving Up Tally of Displaced People
Sudan, like Ukraine, is deeply worrying for the United Nations as the latest figures show it helped swell the worldwide displacement total to an estimated 110 million in May, the… Read more »
March 24, 2023
Africa: U.S. Turns Spotlight on Russian Paramilitary Group Wagner's Africa Activities
The activities in Africa of Russia's Wagner Group, the private paramilitary group which deploys mercenaries to support the Kremlin's foreign policy objectives, are coming under… Read more »
April 12, 2022
Libya: Khalifa Haftar Loyalists Suspend Participation in Dialogue
There has been mixed reactions following the decision by soldiers loyal to Khalifa Haftar to suspend their participation in the 5+5 committee. The military committee was set up at… Read more »
March 02, 2022
Libya: Parliament places Trust In Bachagha Govt
The Libyan parliament granted its confidence to the government of Fathi Bachagha appointed two weeks ago to replace the cabinet of Abdel Hamid Dbeibah whose mandate theoretically… Read more »
February 04, 2020
Africa: Is the African Union Capable of 'Silencing the Guns in Africa'?
This year's African Union (AU) summit, which draws the continent's heads of state and government together in Addis Ababa in the coming days, is being held under the theme,… Read more »
October 14, 2019
West Africa: We Are Paying a Heavy Price for What's Happening in Libya - President Issoufou
The security threat to the Sahel region has been amplified by the Libyan crisis, said the President of Niger Mahamadou Issoufou. In his forthright assessment of the conflict,… Read more »
August 19, 2019
Africa: U.S. Envoys Assume Key Africa Posts – But Not South Africa
Career U.S. ambassadors are taking up key diplomatic assignments across Africa following confirmation by the Senate earlier this month. These include envoys to Nigeria, Egypt,… Read more »
July 26, 2019
Libya: Scores Feared Drowned in 'Worst Mediterranean Tragedy of the Year'
More than 100 migrants and refugees are feared drowned after the boats they were travelling in capsized off Libya's coast in the Mediterranean Sea, Al Jazeera reports. Read more »
July 08, 2019
Libya: Plea to Save Lives of Migrants and Refugees in Tripoli
Countries such as Britain, the United States, Canada, France, Germany and Norway should offer emergency sanctuary to refugees and migrants whose lives are threatened by fighting in… Read more »
July 05, 2019
Libya: Guards Shot at People Fleeing Air Strikes - UN Report
The United Nations said on Thursday that it had information that Libyan guards shot at refugees and migrants trying to flee from air strikes that killed at least 53 people,… Read more »
July 03, 2019
Libya: Refugees in Detention Centres Need to Be Evacuated Urgently - MSF
Doctors Without Borders (MSF) believes that the deadly attack on the Tajoura detention centre "could easily have been avoided". Read more »
Libya: Scores Killed, Dozens Wounded in Attack on Migrant Detention Centre
An air attack hit a detention centre for mainly African migrants in the Tajoura suburb of the Libya's capital Tripoli late on Tuesday, Al Jazeera reports. Read more »
April 05, 2019
Libya: Army Commander Orders Forces to Advance on Tripoli
Libyan army commander Khalifa Haftar has ordered his eastern military forces to advance on Tripoli, the capital of the UN-backed government, Aljazeera reports. Read more »
September 14, 2018
Africa: Africans Live A Decade Longer Than in 1990, But...
The level of human development in Sub-Saharan Africa, judged by how long people live for, how well they are educated and how much they earn, has improved by more than a third in… Read more »
September 10, 2018
Libya: CIA Likely to Launch Drone Strikes in Libya - Report
The American Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is preparing to carry out secret drone attacks against militants in Libya, a leading U.S. newspaper reports. Read more »
December 22, 2017
Africa: Turkey's President Erdogan on Africa - allAfrica's Exclusive Interview
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, speaking in an interview with AllAfrica ahead of a visit to three Muslim-majority African nations, has spoken out strongly against the… Read more »
September 25, 2017
Africa: Trump Adds Chad to U.S. Travel Ban, Lifts Restrictions on Sudan
President Donald Trump has included Chad in a new list of countries whose citizens are prohibited from entering the United States. But the ban placed on Sudanese travellers earlier… Read more »
December 27, 2016
Congo-Brazzaville: No Meeting for Sassou N'Guesso with President-Elect Trump
No meeting between President Denis Sassou N'Guesso of the Republic of Congo and U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has been scheduled, the Trump Team said on Tuesday. Read more »
December 19, 2016
Africa: In Memoriam - African Journalists Killed in the Line of Duty
Somalia continues to stand out as the African nation in which journalists' lives are most consistently at risk. Read more »
October 26, 2015
Africa: How Africa Can Fix the International Criminal Court
The demand of South Africa's ruling African National Congress that the government should pull out of the International Criminal Court is defeatist, naïve and reactionary, says… Read more »