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Libyan militias ‘making a killing’ off kidnapping refugees for ransom

Refugee Salem Doma was tortured and held for ransom in Bani Walid, Libya, another victim of human trafficking.

Al Jazeera

Niger coup leader repeals law aimed at slowing migration to Europe

The head of Niger's military regime has repealed a law criminalising the trafficking of migrants. The country is a hub for those seeking to reach Europe via neighbouring Libya and Algeria.

Radio France Internationale

Russia Is the Loser in the Israel-Hamas War

Moscow’s decade as the arbiter of the Middle East is coming to an end.

Foreign Policy

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Libyan desert's yellow glass: how we discovered the origin of these rare and mysterious shards

The Great Sand Sea Desert stretches over an area of 72,000km² linking Egypt and Libya. If you find yourself in a particular part of the desert in south-east Libya and south-western parts of Egypt, you’ll spot pieces of yellow glass scattered across the sandy landscape.

The Conversation

Two months after flood in Libya’s Derna, mental anguish still takes lives

The damage left behind is more than physical as people mourn lost loved ones and deal with their own trauma.

Al Jazeera

Rewarding failure? With David Cameron’s return, it’s being celebrated like never before

After his triumph in Libya I can’t wait to see what Lord Failed State achieves as foreign secretary, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

The Guardian - UK

Brexit to pints with Xi: why David Cameron is a controversial foreign secretary

As former UK PM makes a return to cabinet, we look at his somewhat chequered record on global stage

The Guardian - UK

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‘A real hell’: The climate refugees of Libya’s floods and regional strife

Libya’s city of Derna was already host to migrants — its floods have now created a new generation of climate refugees.

Al Jazeera

In a Tunisian town, Sudanese refugees wait in fear for UN protection

Hundreds of Sudanese refugees are cornered in the Zarzis olive groves, fearing local anger and hoping for UN protection.

Al Jazeera

Adel Omran, Associated Press video producer in Libya, dies at 46

Adel Omran, a video producer in chaos-stricken Libya for The Associated Press, has died

The Independent UK

Libya's road to democracy remains blocked as political stalemate endures

Libya's electoral commission has told the United Nations it can only start a countdown to national elections after resolution of the question of forming a new government.

Radio France Internationale

Revealed: thousands who bought ‘golden passports’ through Dominica’s $1bn scheme

Former Afghan spymaster, convicted millionaire and former Libyan colonel among those who became Dominican citizens

The Guardian - UK

The Libyan divers facing daily horror to retrieve Derna’s dead

Libyan divers are left to find bodies still missing at sea after most international relief teams left.

Al Jazeera

By sea, by land: Desperate refugees still transit Morocco to get to Europe

A month after an earthquake killed nearly 3,000 people, the stream of refugees transiting Morocco to Europe continues.

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The Independent UK

NGO rescue ship saves 258 migrants off Libya in two operations

A nonprofit rescue ship operating off the coast of Libya has saved 258 migrants in two separate operations in the early hours of Friday morning

The Independent UK

UN envoy calls for a 'unified mechanism' to lead reconstruction of Libya's flood-wrecked city

The United Nations’ top official in divided Libya has called for a unified mechanism to lead the reconstruction a coastal city that was wrecked by devastating floods last month

The Guardian - UK

East Libya postpones Derna reconstruction conference amid calls for unity

Rival governments urged to work together to best manage donations for city after catastrophic flooding

Al Jazeera

Rescue group decries Libya coastguard ramming into migrant boat

Video from Sea-Watch International shows Libyan coastguards crashing into a dinghy with dozens of migrants on board.

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WEKU

After Libya's catastrophic floods, survivors and recovery teams assess losses

The floods in Derna left thousands dead, missing and displaced. Here are scenes from last week, as search and rescue teams and survivors dug through mud, continuing the work of recovery.

France 24

More than 2,500 migrants dead or missing in Mediterranean this year, UN says

The U.N. refugee agency said Thursday that some 186,000 migrants and refugees arrived in southern Europe so far this year, the vast majority in Italy.

Al Jazeera

Middle East Roundup: Tragedy strikes Iraqi couple’s ‘happiest day’

A mass fire in Iraq, Saudi’s foreign policy moves, surviving Libya’s floods post-ISIL–here’s the Middle East this week.

The Guardian - UK

‘I had to drink my own urine to survive’: Africans tell of being forced into the desert at Tunisia border

As EU prepares to send money as part of €1bn deal, people trying to reach north African country detail border ‘pushbacks’

The Guardian - UK

‘It’s a torment’: refugee tells how his family died in desert on quest for a future in Europe

Pato Crepin’s wife and six-year-old daughter were repeatedly pushed back by authorities in Tunisia, which has signed a €1bn deal with the EU

The Independent UK

Libya: Eight officials arrested as search continues for missing dead in city devastated by flood

‘At ground zero there is still no water, no electricity,’ one Derna resident says

Radio France Internationale

Libya orders the arrest of eight officials after deadly floods

Libya's prosecutor general ordered the arrest of eight officials as part of his inquiry into the recent flood disaster that killed thousands, his office said on Monday.

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