Déby’s death: A microcosm of the flaws of French foreign policy in Libya
French President Emmanuel Macron flanked by Mahamat Idriss Deby, son of the late Chadian president, arrives to attend the state funeral for the late Chadian President Idriss Deby in N Djamena, Chad April 23, 2021. Christophe Petit Tesson/Pool via REUTERS
On April 20, after clashes that pitted the Chadian national army against rebels in the Kanem region of northern Chad, the country’s President Idriss Déby was killed. Déby, a larger than life figure that had ruled the country for over three decades, had flown to northern Chad to visit his troops at the military frontline.
Tara Kavaler 04/27/2021
Eastern Libya is trying civilians in military court, and Western Libya is no bastion of justice, either
Amnesty International has called on Libya’s new national unity government to halt and conduct a probe into the show trials of dissidents in Eastern Libya. Since 2018, at least 22 people have been handed death sentences and hundreds have been incarcerated, with many suffering from torture as they await trial. Those who receive trials are routinely denied legal representation and in some cases are even unaware of what crime they have been accused of.
“The use of military trials for civilians is a blatant smokescreen by which the LAAF [Libyan Arab Armed Forces] and affiliated armed groups are exerting their power to punish those who oppose them and instill a climate of fear,” Diana Eltahawy, Amnesty International’s deputy director for the Middle East and North Africa, said in an April 26 press release.
Italy found its way back into Libya
Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi and Libyan Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dbeibeh are seen duirng a joint news conference, in Tripoli, Libya April 6, 2021. REUTERS/Hazem Ahmed
On April 6, Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi met with his Libyan counterpart Abdulhamid Dbeibah in Tripoli. It was the Italian prime minister’s first state visit since taking office on February 13. More significantly, the visit has come at a time when Libya is entering a new phase of political transition. A recent ceasefire agreement signed on October 23, 2020 by the two main factions the Tripoli-based United Nations-backed Government of National Accord and General Khalifa Haftar’s Benghazi-based Libyan National Army has prompted the election of a unified government headed by Libyan Prime Minister Dbeibah.
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