Can Libya break its vicious cycle?
The international community is pushing for Libya to hold elections this year to break the vicious cycle of instability and conflict. But voting, according to …
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EU policy exacerbates plight of migrants in Libya
The shocking images of a new form of slavery involving migrant Africans seems to have finally brought the atrocious plight of Africans trapped in Libya …
Libya’s lasting transition
When rebel forces took control of Libya’s capital in August 2011, the first flag to be hoisted atop Bab Al Aziziya, Gaddafi’s palace in Tripoli, …
Gen. Khalifa Haftar: Libya’s next strongman?
General Khalifa Haftar is a former Gathafi loyalist who in the past year became Libya’s most prominent “rogue general” and is now head of the internationally recognised national army.
The Libyan disaster
Femi Akomolafe writes on the disaster that is Libya today, three years after NATO’s leaders and their planes brought “democracy” and “freedom” to the North …
This Can’t Be NATO’s Libya!
In November 2010, the “Working Group” of the UN Human Rights Council held its ninth session in Geneva and considered, under Item 6, the human …