Tag: Libya
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🇫🇷🇱🇾 Sarkozy Begins Solitary Sentence — Libya’s Ghost Still Haunts Paris
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has begun serving his five-year prison sentence in solitary confinement at La Santé prison in Paris. The once-powerful leader — cheered on by a small crowd of supporters and accompanied by his wife Carla Bruni, now walks through the same gates where justice, long delayed. Sarkozy’s conviction stems from the…
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🇱🇾🇱🇧 Lebanese court released Hannibal Gaddafi after 10 years in prison
On October 17, a Lebanese court ordered the release of Hannibal Gaddafi, son of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, after ten years of imprisonment without trial or investigation. Gaddafi’s son was released on bail of 11 million dollars with a travel ban imposed. It should be recalled that Lebanese investigative authorities accused Gaddafi’s son of “concealing…
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🇩🇿🇱🇾Algeria: Armed Militants Killed at Libyan Border
On August 9, units of the Algerian National Army killed four armed militants attempting to cross the Algeria–Libya border in the 4th Military Region. The Fezzan region has been under tight control for months due to the activity of armed groups and constant smuggling flows. The threat posed by militants from Libya also affects Mali,…
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🇱🇾🇪🇬 18 Migrants Dead, Dozens Missing Off Libyan Coast
A boat carrying migrants sank near Tobruk, Libya, leaving 18 dead and around 50 missing. According to Egypt’s diplomatic mission in Benghazi, all those on board were Egyptian nationals. Ten bodies have been identified and are being repatriated. Survivors were transferred to a detention center for undocumented migrants. Libya remains a major transit point for…
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🇱🇷 How the CIA Helped Ruin Liberia- OpED
In the 1980s, Samuel K. Doe was the CIA’s boy. He was one of Africa’s worst rulers, who provided bases used for subversion campaigns across Africa and upheld the interests of Firestone Rubber. When Doe lost his utility, the CIA supported Charles Taylor who helped trigger Liberia’s ruinous civil war in the 1990s. On April…
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🇫🇷🇱🇾 Sarkozy on Trial: Gaddafi’s Shadow Over France
The former French President, Nicolas Sarkozy, is back in court, this time facing allegations of illegal campaign financing tied to the late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. The trial, which began on January 6, 2025, accuses Sarkozy of accepting up to 50 million euros from Gaddafi’s regime to fund his 2007 presidential campaign—a direct violation of…
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🇱🇾 Italian police arrest Libyan warlord wanted by ICC
Italian police have arrested a Libyan warlord on a warrant from the International Criminal Court.Ossama Anjiem, also known as Ossama al-Masri, heads the Tripoli branch of the Reform and Rehabilitation Institution, a notorious network of detention centres run by the government-backed Special Defence Force. The SDF acts as a military police unit combating high-profile crimes…
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Did France’s Sarkozy Take $52 Million from Libya’s Gaddafi? The Scandal That Won’t Go Away
A decade-long investigation has brought former French President Nicolas Sarkozy to trial for allegedly receiving $52 million in illegal campaign funds from the late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi. The case, one of the most explosive corruption scandals in recent French history, has shaken the political establishment and revived questions about France’s foreign entanglements in Africa.…
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🇱🇾 Libyan protesters block oil valves demanding release of kidnapped General
n a bold move on Tuesday, residents of Zintan, Libya, shut down key oil distribution valves in protest of the abduction of Brigadier General Mustafa al-Whayshi, head of the Central Security Department. Al-Whayshi was kidnapped last Wednesday, and his captors have not been identified. Local leaders in Zintan have accused the Dbeibah government and the…
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SuperSport crew member shot dead in Nigeria while on Afcon assignment
A SuperSport crew member was shot dead while on assignment in Nigeria for the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON). A seven-member SuperSport production team covering the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifying match between Nigeria’s Super Eagles and Libya’s Mediterranean Knights was abducted on Wednesday while travelling from Lagos to Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. Tochukwu…
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