Libya: Gaddafi’s Bid for President Questions the ICC’s Influence

admin Eurafrica Featured Maghreb November 28, 2021 7

Saif al-Islam Gaddafi’s ambitions in Libya may not materialise, but his move shows the international court’s limits. It’s almost 10 years to the day since the streets of Tripoli rang out to a rally of celebratory gunfire by Zintani militiamen. After several false sightings, Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the fugitive son of late ruler Muammar Gaddafi, […]Continue Reading

UN says Sudanese migrant beaten, shot and killed in Libya

admin Maghreb October 16, 2021 46

A Sudanese migrant was beaten, shot and killed in Libya after escaping from a government-run detention center in the North African country, the U.N. refugee agency said on Wednesday. The 25-year-old who arrived in Libya two years ago was detained and held in the Mabani detention center in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, one of more […]Continue Reading

Algeria bans French military planes as diplomatic row deepens

admin Eurafrica Featured Maghreb October 6, 2021 75

Tensions rise as Algiers imposes airspace ban in latest response to visa dispute and Macron criticism The diplomatic discord between Algeria and France has deepened after Algiers banned French military planes from its airspace, its latest response to a row over visas and critical comments from President Emmanuel Macron. France’s jets regularly fly over the […]Continue Reading

Fonds souverain libyen : les milliards de Kadhafi bientôt dégelés ?

admin Featured Maghreb September 16, 2021 73

Le dernier round du bras de fer entre le groupe koweïtien Al Kharafi et le fonds souverain libyen se joue ce mardi devant la Cour de cassation à Paris. La LIA pourrait perdre plusieurs centaines de millions d’euros. C’est un dossier brûlant pour le fonds souverain libyen. La Cour de cassation de Paris statue, ce […]Continue Reading

What’s driving the escalating tensions between Algeria and Morocco?

admin Featured Maghreb September 6, 2021 96

On Aug. 24 Algeria broke off its already minimal bilateral relations with Morocco, declaring this was due to the kingdom’s “hostile actions” and accusing it of involvement in the wildfires that struck the Kabylia region earlier that month. The heightened tension between the two countries brings into focus regional uncertainty and may spell the end […]Continue Reading

Army says attack on Malian military convoy kills at least 15

admin Maghreb August 22, 2021 63

Gunmen ambushed a Malian army convoy in central Mali on Thursday, killing at least 15 soldiers, the army said, just days after another attack in the country’s north left several dozen civilians dead. The soldiers had been heading from the town of Douentza to Boni when it came under attack by a vehicle that exploded […]Continue Reading

Libye: Saïf al-Islam Kadhafi va-t-il revenir en politique?

admin Eurafrica Featured Maghreb August 4, 2021 87

Si l’on en croit ce qu’il a laissé entendre au New York Times, ce retour rebattrait les cartes de la scène politique en Libye. C’était la première fois, depuis une décennie et le renversement de son père, qu’il s’exprimait dans la presse internationale : Saïf al-Islam Kadhafi a affirmé au New York Times, en fin […]Continue Reading

Qaddafi’s Son Is Alive. And He Wants to Take Libya Back.

admin Eurafrica Maghreb August 1, 2021 137

In his first meeting with a foreign journalist in a decade, Seif al-Islam described his years in captivity — and hinted at a bid for Libya’s presidency. Ten years ago, near the remote Libyan desert town of Awbari, a band of armed rebels ambushed a small convoy that was fleeing south toward Niger. The gunmen […]Continue Reading

Congo-Libye : Denis Sassou Nguesso recevra le président Mohammed el-Menfi à Brazzaville

admin Eurafrica Featured Maghreb July 16, 2021 114

Le chef de l’État congolais souhaite s’entretenir avec son homologue libyen, à la tête du Conseil présidentiel depuis février. Alors que, depuis février, le dossier libyen semble enfin évoluer positivement, avec la désignation de nouveaux dirigeants chargés de mener le pays vers des élections générales en décembre 2021, le président libyen Mohammed el-Menfi se rendra, […]Continue Reading

Libya conference: Russia, Turkey to start removing their foreign mercenaries

admin Eurafrica Maghreb June 27, 2021 113

Libya’s transitional government renewed its commitment to holding elections in December at a UN-sponsored conference in Berlin, where Russia and Turkey reached a tentative plan to start withdrawing their foreign mercenaries from Libya. At the Berlin conference on Wednesday, Libya’s transitional government underlined its commitment to holding elections on 24 December, Continue Reading