Libya Bureau News Today

From AHMED ZAYED in Tripoli, Libya Libya Bureau TRIPOLI, (CAJ News) - DISTURBING reports have emerged of the killing, rape, sexual abuse, assault and denial of necessities to refugees, asylum seekers and migrants detained in Libya. Women and children are among the victims at the Abu Salim and Ain Zara detention centres in the capital,

From AHMED ZAYED in Tripoli, Libya Libya Bureau TRIPOLI, (CAJ News) - ONE month after the devastation by Storm Daniel in Libya, the need for mental health care is becoming even more acute. Hundreds of thousands of people east of the country are mourning the loss of over 4 000 loved ones, homes, possessions and

From AHMED ZAYED in Tripoli, Libya Libya Bureau TRIPOLI, (CAJ News) - THE upcoming meeting by Italy’s Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni, and authoritarian rulers from the Middle East and North Africa is denounced as a new low in the European Union’s efforts to curb migrants’ arrivals. The meeting between the far-right leader and the counterparts

From AHMED ZAYED in Tripoli, Libya Libya Bureau TRIPOLI, (CAJ News) - TUNISIA is rapidly surpassing Libya as the country in the continent most hostile to Black African migrants, refugees and asylum seekers. This follows revelations by a human rights organisation how Tunisian police, military, and national guard, including the coast guard, had committed serious

Libya Bureau TRIPOLI, (CAJ News) – VIOLATIONS of the United Nations (UN) arms embargo and delays in withdrawing foreign mercenaries are threatening to disrupt the peace process in Libya. The North African country is experiencing rare stability for the first time in a decade and in the middle of a transitional exercise ahead of upcoming elections. However, the above-mentioned issues are an impediment, the UN’s top envoy warned. “The continued use, presence and activities of thousands of m...

Of the benghazi controversy, candy crowley is live in washington this morning. youre speaking with senator susan collins about the new very serious questions on the benghazi attacks. >> yes. and the questions in some ways are old, the answers a little different on capitol hill i think first of all you saw the emotional -- our first sort of on the ground report from the deputy in the libya bureau, he was in tripoli embassy, rather. incredibly emotional testimony which obviously breathes life into...