In May a report by Bloomberg quoting UN sources gave the first evidence of the role the UAE’s base in…
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UN warns of ‘huge risk’ of regional war in Libya
Note: Weapons and troops from the UAE are reported to have been flown into Libya from Eritrean bases. Source: Financial…
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What’s behind President Isaias’s travels?
President Isaias Afwerki has been a busy man. On the 5th of May he returned to Asmara after seeing Prime…
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“Why is Egypt threatening with war in Libya, not Ethiopia?”
On June 22, the Egyptian Arabi 21 news website carried the following opinion piece by Firas Abu Hilal: “Why is…
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“350 RSF fighters in Eritrean town of Sawa waiting for deployment in Libya”
Source: The Libyan Observer Hemedti agrees to send another 1200 Sudanese fighters to Libya after UAE threats to cut off…
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UAE used Eritrea bases to run illegal arms to Libyan strongman
Source: Bloomberg U.A.E. Ran Covert Arms Flights to Aid Libya’s Haftar, UN Finds By David Wainer and Samer Al-Atrush May…
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Italian government told: enforced return of Eritrean shipwreck survivors illegal
Source: Statewatch Analysis Italy guilty of refoulements in 2009 handover of Eritrean shipwreck survivors to Libya Yasha Maccanico January 2020 An…
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No Protection for Refugee Children in Libya
By Sophie Stocker “He is stuck in Libya. If he wants to survive, he must get out. While talking to…
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Libyan human trafficker, under UN sanctions, reappointed as head of Coast Guard
Source: Libya Address TRIPOLI – A Libyan human trafficker, who is under sanctions by the United Nations, was reappointed as…
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Libya: Detention centre transfer exposes migrants and refugees to even worse conditions – MSF
Libya: Detention centre transfer exposes migrants and refugees to even worse conditions The transfer of more than one hundred detained…
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