UN Libya mission alarmed by reported torture footage in detention facility
Cairo, Egypt Reuters The UN Libya mission expressed on Tuesday its alarm over what it said was footage circulating on social media featuring “brutal torture and ill-treatment” of detainees at the Gernada detention facility in eastern Libya. Reuters was unable to immediately independently verify the reported videos. “As UNSMIL continues to verify the circumstances of […]
Libyan court jails 12 officials over deadly floods
Benghazi, Libya Reuters A Libyan court has jailed 12 officials in connection with the collapse of a series of dams in Derna last year that killed thousands of the city’s residents, the Attorney General said on Sunday. The officials, who were responsible for managing the country’s dams, were sentenced to between nine and 27 years […]
“They knew”: Fury of Libyans that warnings went unheeded before flood
Reuters reports that the “catastrophe” which shattered the city of Derna this week had been warned about…
Explainer: Why Libya’s election has collapsed and what comes next
Tunis. Libya Reuters Libya said on Wednesday its planned election would not take place but it has not set a new date or worked out how to move forward to avoid a return to conflict. This sets out the main issues and what might happen next. How did we get here? Libya fell apart after […]
Postcards: First few tourists visit Libya but security threats remain
AHMED ELUMAMI, of Reuters, reports from the north African nation…
Libya: Five years after Gaddafi’s overthrow, North African nation still one of the most dangerous places to be a Christian
DAVID ADAMS examines a new report concerning the dangers still facing Christians in Libya, five years after the overthrow of dictator Muammar Gaddafi…
Libya: Questions remain over Gaddafi’s death while uncertainty for Christians continues
DAVID ADAMS reports…
Crisis in Libya: Concern over Libya’s Christians grows as allies launch military action
A report from BosNewsLife…