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Le Monde - EN : Libya
22 march
09h01
Libya: 15 years after Gaddafi’s fall, Marshal Haftar’s authoritarian model spreads
From Benghazi, the de facto capital of eastern Libya, Khalifa Haftar, who calls himself the ’savior’ of the nation, has extended his grip over three...
24 december
16h29
Russian ’ghost fleet’ tanker drifts alarmingly in the Mediterranean
The Arctic-Metagaz, a sanctioned vessel carrying liquefied natural gas, has been drifting dangerously since Libyan authorities failed to tow it to...
19 november
08h49
The UAE reorganizes its arms supply network for Sudanese paramilitaries
Abu Dhabi is seeking to develop new logistical routes from Sudan’s neighboring countries, such as Ethiopia and the Central African Republic, to...
27 august
12h44
Seif al-Islam Gaddafi, enigmatic son of the Libyan dictator, murdered in his mountain hideout
Holed up in Zinten, southwest of Tripoli, he embodied a controversial option in response to Libya’s collapse, 15 years after the 2011 revolution....
19 june
14h50
In Libya’s desert, Sudanese refugees cross paths as they flee or return to their homeland
Between 350,000 and one million Sudanese refugees have arrived in Libya since the outbreak of war in April 2023. In the southern city of Kufra,...
01 june
18h28
Libya’s top military chief killed in plane crash in Turkey
The head of Libya’s armed forces, Lieutenant General Mohammed al-Haddad, was killed along with four other passengers when their business jet crashed...
03 july
09h48
For this pilot’s widow, Sarkozy’s Libyan funding case is personal
The 1989 bombing of UTA Flight 772, ordered by the Libyan regime of Muammar Gaddafi, robbed Maryvone Raveneau of her husband. As a plaintiff in the...
29 january
15h02
How Libya has become a regional hub for fuel smuggling
The massive diversion of subsidized petroleum products is fueling instability around Libya’s borders, particularly with Sudan, according to a report...
10 january
19h52
Libyan coast guards fire on Ocean Viking in international waters
The humanitarian vessel operated by the NGO SOS Méditerranée came under automatic gunfire from two masked Libyan coast guards for about 20 minutes on...
09 january
17h13
The failure of Obama’s ’leading from behind’ in Libya
The Transatlantic Divorce’ (2 5). Elected on the promise of no longer sending American troops to the Middle East, President Barack Obama allowed...
28 january
16h50
Donald Trump’s selective ’travel ban’ targets African countries
Nationals from seven African countries are barred from entering the United States, under a policy based on the proportion of ’visa overstays’ but...
06 january
12h01
Libyan militia battles in Tripoli spark public anger
For the third time since May 14, demonstrations took place Friday in the Libyan capital. Khalifa Haftar, who controls the east and south of the...
At Sarkozy’s trial: A former friend, a ’generous’ transfer, and a Colombian villa
In court, businessman Thierry Gaubert got tangled up in his unconvincing explanation of the money he received, in 2006, from Ziad Takieddine, an...
Italy’s Meloni under investigation over release of Libyan warlord wanted by ICC
Prosecutors are looking into how Osama Najim, a militiaman under an arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court, was allowed to return...
How Gaddafi bankrolled Africa
The former leader of Libya, with whom Nicolas Sarkozy is accused of having forged a ’corruption pact,’ was known for his largesse in favor of...
Sarkozy attacks ’liars and swindlers’ in first statement at Libyan campaign financing trial
There is no corruption money because there was no corruption of the candidate,’ the former French president assured a Paris court.
Not a cent’ of Libyan money spent on political campaigns, Sarkozy tells French court
Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy was defiant in court on Thursday as he denied charges of illegal campaign financing against him.
Sarkozy’s Libyan campaign financing trial: The charges and sentences faced by each defendant
In the former president Nicolas Sarkozy’s trial over accusations he received Libyan funding for his 2007 presidential campaign, all but one of the...
Sarkozy’s most dreaded trial is opening. He faces accusations Libya’s Gaddafi funded his 2007 campaign.
Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy is accused of having, in 2005, entered into a ’corruption pact’ with Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi. The 12...
The fall of Bashar al-Assad, a blow for Russia in Africa
As a supporter of the deposed regime in Syria, Moscow wishes to retain two military bases there as a logistical base for its operations in the Sahel....
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