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Tunisia Town Shuttered After Libya Closes Smuggler-linked Border

Months into the closure of Tunisia's main border crossing with Libya, a haven for smugglers, shops are shuttered and unemployment has soared in the already-marginalised desert region, merchants say.

International Business Times

Tories awarded £1.2m contract to Canadian firm which bribed Muammar Gaddafi’s son

Exclusive: The government awarded a £1.2m contract to AtkinsRéalis, a firm that pleaded guilty to bribing the son of Muammar Gaddafi with tens of millions of dollars to win contracts in Libya in the decade before the dictator’s downfall between 2001 and 2011

The Independent UK

Journalist Sally Hayden on the plight of refugees and migrants trapped in Libya

June 20 marks World Refugee Day and this year's theme is solidarity with refugees. Our Perspective guest is someone who understands the plight of refugees only too well. Sally Hayden is an award-winning journalist and the author of "My Fourth Time, We Drowned: Seeking Refuge on the World’s Deadliest Migration…

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Libyans want an end to country's divisions and feuding politicians to hold elections, UN envoy says

Libyans from rival regions and all walks of life are fed up with the country’s divisions and want political players to end their years-long impasse and agree to hold national elections, a key step to peace in the oil-rich north African country, the U.N. deputy representative says

The Independent UK

Smuggler paradise on Tunisia-Libya border hurts as closure strangles trade

The people of Ben Guerdane survived off the Ras Jadir border crossing. Its closure hurt them, badly.

Al Jazeera

Eleven dead and over 60 missing as migrant boats capsize off Italy’s coast

Boats from Libya and Turkey were carrying migrants from South Asia and Middle East

The Independent UK

Once Fruitful, Libyan Village Suffers Climate Crisis

In the Libyan village of Kabaw in the Nafusa Mountains, M'hamed Maakaf waters an ailing fig tree as climate change pushes villagers to forsake lands and livestock.

International Business Times

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Strongman Haftar And Sons Tighten Grip On Eastern Libya

The military strongman in the east of divided Libya, Khalifa Haftar, has named one of his sons as army chief, tightening his family's grip on the oil-rich region.

International Business Times

‘Bloody policies’: MSF recovers 11 bodies from Mediterranean off Libya

European countries accused of complicity in deaths due to migration policies after charity vessel retrieves 11 corpses.

Al Jazeera

Deadly Landmines Pose Hidden Threat In Libyan Capital

Hundreds of deadly landmines and unexploded ordnance still litter parts of Libya after years of fighting, posing a constant danger to civilians, especially children, long after the conflict.

International Business Times

The EU’s outsourced migration control is violent, expensive and ineffective

The EU’s approach to managing migration flows depends heavily on outsourcing border control to non member countries, particularly in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Many far-right politicians enthusiastically back this policy: 19 nations recently signed a letter calling to go “beyond the EU’s migration pact” and further…

The Conversation

In conflict-torn Libya, artist's family turns home into museum

A seemingly ordinary villa in the heart of Tripoli holds a lifetime of works by the late Libyan artist Ali Gana, whose family has turned his house into a unique museum.

Radio France Internationale

From Libyan Hell To Migrant Boat, Two Young Bangladeshis Are Saved

They never thought they would end up in Europe by leaving their native Bangladesh.

International Business Times

Pro-Turkey Syria Mercenaries Head To Niger To Earn Cash

Like hundreds of other pro-Turkish fighters, Omar left northern Syria for mineral-rich Niger last year, joining Syrian mercenaries sent to the West African nation by a private Turkish military company.

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Total solar eclipse 2027: A complete guide to the 'eclipse of the century'

Discover the 'eclipse of the century' with this comprehensive total solar eclipse 2027 guide. Find out where to see it, the timings of totality and possible weather conditions for key locations.

Al Jazeera

Tunisia: The migration trap

Asylum seekers from across Africa are becoming stranded, unable to return home and persecuted by authorities.

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U.S. Judge Dismisses Lawsuits Against Libyan Commander Khalifa Hifter

U.S. Judge dismisses civil lawsuits against Khalifa Hifter for alleged Libyan war crimes due to lack of jurisdiction. Legal debate ensues.

International Business Times

Turkish Airlines Returns To Libya After Near Decade-long Break

Turkey's flagship carrier, Turkish Airlines, has resumed flights to Libya's capital, almost 10 years after they were suspended over security concerns in the conflict-torn country.

The Guardian - UK

Libya to investigate claims oil smuggling is fuelling Sudan civil war

Authorities to launch inquiry into allegations of mismanagement at country’s national oil corporation

Al Jazeera

‘Never-ending humiliation’: Recalling horrors in Libya’s migration centres

Rescued in the middle of the Mediterranean, two men describe their experience being trafficked.

International Business Times UK

'Can I Go To School?': Boy, 8, Travels Over 3500 Miles Alone To Italy After Jihadists Attack His Village

The eight-year-old walked through the Sahara Desert and endured some time in prison before finally crossing the Mediterranean Sea in a dinghy.

France 24

Mass grave of at least 65 migrants found in Libya desert, UN agency says

At least 65 migrants' bodies have been discovered in a mass grave in southwest Libya, the International Organization for Migration said on social media platform X on Friday.

International Business Times

Ramadan Culinary Traditions Defy Crisis To Bring Libyans Together

Dressed in tracksuits with their sleeves rolled up, about 30 residents in Tajura, a suburb east of Libya's capital, volunteer every day to cook and give away some 300 meals during Ramadan.

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