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Marginalised nomadic group in Libya celebrate their culture
17/05/2013 - International report

Marginalised nomadic group in Libya celebrate their culture

Marginalized under the regime of former Libyan leader Moamer Khadafi, the Tubus now want their rights to be included in the soon-to-be-drafted constitution.

Embassies withdraw staff amid security fears after Libya militiamen occupy ministries
13/05/2013 - African news explained

Embassies withdraw staff amid security fears after Libya militiamen occupy ministries

Militiamen in Libya have ended their occupation of the country's foreign and justice ministries in Tripoli, handing control back to the authorities.

Libya's defence minister withdraws resignation
08/05/2013 - African news explained

Libya's defence minister withdraws resignation

Libya's Defence minister Mohammed al-Bargathi resigned on Tuesday before withdrawing his resignation a few hours later. The move is over the siege of the ministries of justice and foreign ...

Visiting Libya's war wounded in German medical centres
06/05/2013 - African news explained

Visiting Libya's war wounded in German medical centres

Hundreds of former Libyan rebels who were injured in the revolution are in Germany for medical attention. James Wheeler is a US citizen who describes himself as "an American volunteer ...

01/05/2013 - France - Libya

Ex-minister denies laundering Kadhafi cash for Sarkozy presidential campaign

Former French interior minister Claude Guéant has denied accusations that he laundered half a million euros donated by the late Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi to Nicolas Sarkozy’s 2007 ...

Who are the gunmen taking over ministries in Tripoli?
01/05/2013 - African news explained

Who are the gunmen taking over ministries in Tripoli?

In Libya, gunmen surrounded the Justice Ministry yesterday to demand that Kadhafi-era officials be sacked.

28/04/2013

French weekly magazines review

Even the success of the government's same-sex marriage bill provides little respite for France's embattled president.

23/04/2013 - France - Libya

Two injured in French embassy bomb in Tripoli

French President Francois Hollande wants Libya to explain how the French embassy in Tripoli was the scene of a car bomb attack on Tuesday which left two French security guards injured, one ...

20/04/2013 - France

French press review 20 April 2013

The big story making the front pages is the release of the seven French hostages seized in Cameroon by the Nigerian Islamist sect, Boko Haram.

Libya's trapped media
20/04/2013 - African Media

Libya's trapped media

Seth Meixner, Director of the Libya program at the Institute of War and Peace Reporting, discusses the country's media landscape.

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