Category Archives: Libya
Timbuktu Who’s Who
First Published: 12 July 2012. Updated: 8 February 2013 Jump to News Update Notes MNLA (National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad) The MNLA is a very recent organisation with a very old cause: the Tuareg have been fighting an insurgency against the central power in Mali since the late 1950s and openly fighting since 1963. This […]
Video: Weapons recovered after In Amenas, Algeria attack thought to be supplied by Libya rebels in Zintan
TV footage of the weapons authorities said were seized after the terrorist attack on the In Amenas natural gas facility in eastern Algeria, which came to a bloody end after a series of operations by the Algerian military. Assault and sniper rifles, grenades, mortars, ammunition and explosives were among the recovered weapons brought to the […]
1 Jan 2013 Updates
Libya says it will put Saif al-Islam Gaddafi and Abdallahal- Senussi on trial “within a month” Western Sahara: Right to self-determination affirmed by UN, international consultations in 2013 to unlock conflict. The Western Sahara issue witnessed a rebound during 2012, particularly with publication of the UN Secretary General’s hard-hitting report, criticizing barriers imposed on the MINURSO mission […]
Will #Mali’s new government herald arms or armies?
In less time than it takes for an apartment pineapple to ripen, a new government of national unity has been formed in Mali in the latest effort to restore stability after the military coup in March. It follows 5 long months of political tug-of-war between the ready-meal interim government and the frozen-dinner coup leadership headed by Captain Sanogo. […]
Sole survivor tells of tragic incident off #Libya’s coast, 55 lives lost
A year and a few months after the “left-to-die boat” case lead to international indignation, another dramatically similar incident reveals how, despite the changed geopolitical situation, migrants keep dying in the Mediterranean sea in appalling conditions. Last year, in March 2011, 63 people who had left Tripoli in the attempt to reach the Southern shores […]
