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AFRICAN MIGRANTS SOLD IN LIBYA 'SLAVE MARKETS', IOM SAYS


Africans trying to reach Europe are being sold by their captors in slave markets in Libya, the International Organization for Migration IOM says... READ MORE

11th April, 2017 7738

LIBYA BOATS CAPSIZE OFF ZUWARA CARRYING HUNDREDS


Hundreds of people are feared dead after two boats carrying up to 500 migrants capsized off the Libyan city of Zuwara, residents and officials say... READ MORE

27th August, 2015 4327

GROUP OF 'EXTINCT' ANTELOPE RELEASED INTO WILD IN SOUTHERN SAHARA


Conservationists hope second group of 14 scimitar-horned oryx bred in captivity will help repopulate original habitat in Chad... READ MORE

15th February, 2017 2773

141 PEOPLE KILLED IN BRAK AL-SHAT AIRBASE ATTACK


His comments prompted alarm in Tripoli, with the GNA calling for an immediate ceasefire in the south... READ MORE

20th May, 2017 2387

TOP ISLAMIST 'KILLED' IN US STRIKE


The Islamist militant who ordered a deadly attack on an Algerian gas plant in 2013 has been killed in a US air strike, Libyan officials say... READ MORE

14th June, 2015 1873

EUROPE SHOULD BE 'ASHAMED' OF MIGRANT CRISIS


Libyan officials have recovered 105 bodies after a migrant boat sank on Thursday in the Mediterranean Sea... READ MORE

28th August, 2015 1536

CRACKDOWN IN NIGER FAILS TO DETER MIGRANT SMUGGLERS


As many as 2,000 migrants leave Agadez weekly, the last big stop before reaching Libya, 620 miles away across the scorching sand... READ MORE

21st August, 2015 1295

REGIONAL AFRICAN POWERS REJECT FOREIGN INTERVENTION IN LIBYA


Saturday's meeting was attended by the foreign ministers of Egypt, Chad, Niger, Libya, Algeria, and Tunisia... READ MORE

22nd January, 2017 1197

ALL PASSENGERS ARE SAFE AFTER LIBYAN JET IS HIJACKED


Libyan officials, though, believed the hijackers had more personal goals... READ MORE

24th December, 2016 986

LIBYA EXPOSED AS AN EPICENTRE FOR MIGRANT CHILD ABUSE


The report maps 34 known detention centres in Libya, three of them deep in the country's desert interior... READ MORE

28th February, 2017 939

JIHADISTS DEEPEN COLLABORATION IN NORTH AFRICA


Many of the extremist groups are affiliates of Al Qaeda, which has had roots in North Africa since the 1990s... READ MORE

2nd January, 2016 741

OVER 40 PEOPLE 'DIE OF THIRST' IN SAHARA DESERT


The route from Niger to Libya is one of the main ways migrants reach North Africa before crossing the Mediterranean Sea to get to Europe... READ MORE

1st June, 2017 649

TROOPS FROM CHAD AND NIGER TAKE ON BOKO HARAM


Facing direct engagement from government forces, Boko Haram has reverted to old tactics, bombing so-called soft targets in the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri... READ MORE

9th March, 2015 621

ATTACK ON LIBYAN AIRBASE BY TROOPS LOYAL TO UN-BACKED FACTION KILLS 141


An attack on an airbase in southern Libya has killed 141 people, mostly soldiers loyal to military strongman Khalifa Haftar, according to a spokesman for his forces... READ MORE

20th May, 2017 563

ON THE ROAD IN AGADEZ: DESPERATION AND DEATH ALONG A SAHARAN SMUGGLING ROUTE


The going rate between Agadez and Libya is thought to be about 150,000 West African francs CFA, or ?166... READ MORE

10th November, 2015 505

JIHADI LEADER MOKHTAR BELMOKHTAR KILLED IN US AIR STRIKE, LIBYA CLAIMS


Jihadi leader Mokhtar Belmokhtar killed in US air strike, Libya claims... READ MORE

15th June, 2015 443

THOMAS L FRIEDMAN OUT OF AFRICA


Chaifou explains that West Africa has experienced two decades of on-again-off-again drought... READ MORE

14th April, 2016 406

GADHAFI'S SON SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER 2011 KILLINGS


The court, in the capital of Tripoli, sentenced eight other people to death, including former Libyan spy chief Abdullah al-Senoussi and two former prime ministers, al-Baghdadi al-Mahmoudi and Abuzaid Dorda... READ MORE

28th July, 2015 353

BRITISH SCHOOLGIRL 'MARRIES AUSTRALIAN ISLAMIC STATE FIGHTER IN SYRIA'


Communicating with the paper via the encrypted text message service Kik Elmir also praised the gunman who killed 38 tourists including 30 Britons in Tunisia two weeks ago... READ MORE

12th July, 2015 350

US SAYS DRONE KILLED AN ISIS OPERATIVE


Last month, the State Department announced multimillion-dollar rewards for information leading to the whereabouts of four Islamic State leaders, including Mr... READ MORE

23rd June, 2015 325

SABHA IN THE SPOTLIGHT: THE CITY WHERE MIGRANTS ARE SOLD AS SLAVES


At least half of the 180,000 migrants who arrived in Italy via Libya last year passed through Sabha... READ MORE

19th June, 2017 312

LIBYA BECOMES A KEY FOCUS OF THE MANCHESTER BOMBING PROBE


The focus on Libya comes as the Islamic State branch here has fragmented into smaller groups, spreading across the nation and into neighboring nations... READ MORE

26th May, 2017 214

BURKINA FASO PROTESTERS SET FIRE TO PARLIAMENT


Government spokesman Alain Edouard Traore issued a statement Wednesday hailing the vitality of Burkina Faso's democracy despite what he termed anti-government misbehaviour ... READ MORE

30th October, 2014 211

CHAD, NIGER SOLDIERS KILLED AS BOKO HARAM LOSES NIGERIAN TOWNS


Chad niger soldiers killed as boko haram loses nigerian towns... READ MORE

9th March, 2015 206

DOZENS OF MIGRANTS DYING IN SAHARA DESERT TRYING TO REACH EUROPE


In a separate case, the bodies of 18 migrants were discovered on Sunday near Arlit, a route to Algeria, the IOM said... READ MORE

17th June, 2015 174

UN ENVOY CRITICISES DEADLY ATTACK IN LIBYA'S SOUTH


The unity government's defence ministry laid the blame on those who started bombing Tamenhant base with warplanes and tanks, referring to Haftar's forces... READ MORE

19th May, 2017 149

BODIES OF 34 MIGRANTS FOUND IN NIGER DESERT


Thousands of migrants have arrived in Algeria in recent years, mostly from neighbouring Mali and Niger... READ MORE

16th June, 2016 136

NIGER FORCES KILL 109 BOKO HARAM MILITANTS IN BATTLE


Four soldiers from Niger were killed in the fighting against Boko Haram, whose insurgency is spreading from Nigeria to neighboring states... READ MORE

6th February, 2015 123

INSIDE NIGER'SA BOOM IN PEOPLE SMUGGLING


Inside Niger'sA boom in people smuggling Sneaking people across the Sahara to Libya and eventually Europe is big business in Agadez... READ MORE

25th July, 2015 96

FIVE MEN CHARGED WITH MURDER OF 200 MIGRANTS IN MEDITERRANEAN


Italian police arrested the men named as Imad Busadia Abdullah Assnusi Ali Rouibah Suud Mujassabi and Shauki Esshaush on Thursday Reuters reported... READ MORE

7th August, 2015 84


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