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Libya: US ambassador and three other embassy staff have been killed

September 12, 2012 Global Author

According to Reuters, The U.S. ambassador to Libya and three other embassy staff were killed in a rocket attack on Tuesday night that targeted his car in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi, a Libyan official said on Wednesday. "The American ambassador and three staff members were killed when gunmen fired rockets at them," the official in Benghazi told Reuters.... Read More

Kidnapped Libya Olympic chief released

July 22, 2012 Global AuthorLibya, Olympics

The kidnapped president of the Libyan Olympic Committee was freed Sunday, a week after he was seized, the country's state news agency reported. It is not clear who kidnapped Ahmad Nabil al-Alam or why. Security officials are debriefing him to learn more about the identity and motive of his kidnappers, said Hashem Bashar, the head of the interim Supreme Security... Read More

UN Envoy Says Libya Faces Challenges

July 19, 2012 Global AuthorGaddaffi, Libya

NEW YORK — The senior United Nations official in Libya says the organization of the July 7 Libyan election was an extraordinary accomplishment, but the country's new government will face major challenges. The Special Representative of the U.N. Secretary-General in Libya, Ian Martin, told the U.N. Security Council that when Libya's new National Congress convenes, it will be the country's... Read More

Is Libya the Next Somalia? an African Perspective

July 18, 2012 Global AuthorEritrea, Ethiopia, Gaddafi, Italy, Libya, Panafrica, Somalia, Thomas C. Mountain, Tripoli

Libya seems well on its way to becoming the next Somalia, with much of the country already ruled by tribal/clan based armed militias. As was the case in Somalia, Libya is in the process of separation, with the eastern, oil rich, Cyrenica region having issued a de facto declaration of independence. . Read More

Libya: 54 African migrants die

July 11, 2012 Global AuthorGaddafi, Italy, Libya Rebels

Fifty four people have died while trying to sail from Libya to Italy in an inflatable boat, the United Nations refugee agency has said. The only survivor, found by Tunisian fishermen, said the others had died of dehydration during a 15-day voyage. He told UNHCR officials that they nearly reached the Italian coast, but were driven back by strong winds, and... Read More

Libyans refuse to split their country after rebel take over

March 11, 2012 Global Author

According to reports from the BBC, Thousands of Libyans have rallied in the country's two main cities to denounce moves by rebel leaders in the east to create a semi-autonomous territory. . Read More

Libya: Smuggling War as Human Rights

November 15, 2011 Global Author

When one of Africa's longest standing dictators, oil-rich Gabon's Omar Bongo, finally took leave of his political throne, a grieving US President said, "President Bongo played a key role in developing and shaping the strong bilateral relationship that exists between Gabon and the United States today." . Read More

Libya’s Rebels torturing pro Gaddafi prisoners

October 16, 2011 Global Author

As the battle for control of LIbya especially in Sirte and Ben Walid continues, the U.N. human rights office expressed concern on the number of prisoners in Libya and their treatment. It could be up to 7,000,” said Mona Rishmawi, a senior official with the group in Geneva, Switzerland. “At this stage, there is no police infrastructure, there is no… Read More

Qaddafi Fights on and NATO wonders what Happened

October 12, 2011 Global Author

SURT, Libya — From the windows of an apartment overlooking this seaside town, a commander peered through binoculars and yelled orders into a walkie-talkie, directing fire at a white building in the distance flying Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi’s green flag. . Read More

Libya News: When western powers support ‘revolution’ in Libya!

October 4, 2011 Global AuthorBritain, France, Libya, Makwaia wa Kuhenga, NATO

News from Libya - The rush by France, Britain and Italy in particular, to get their hands on Libyan oil will soon be too obvious to cover up. The so-called "revolutionaries" are no doubt busy signing deals handing over that previously nationalised resource to the neocolonialists who put them in power - robbing the people of Libya their country's natural... Read More

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