Anarchy unbound: the new scramble for Africa
Caught between climate change, migration and social upheaval, Niger and the Sahel are the crucible of Western failure.
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Zones of anarchy: Inside the chaos and depravity of Libya’s long civil war
While there is relative calm in Tripoli, in Benghazi a tumultuous and bloody reordering is taking place.
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Libya’s storms of history
The turmoil in the nation is reawakening memories of conflicts between the Ottoman empire and Arab nationalists.
ByAs an LGBT refugee, Europe’s deal with Libya has left me fearing for my life
I feared that if I told the UN officials why I fled, they could transfer the information to the Libyan authorities,…
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Libya’s slave markets are a reminder that the exploitation of Africans never went away
Slavery was recorded in 20th century Ethiopia and continues to exist in Mauritania today.
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Nameless bodies: the horror faced by migrants in Libya
Even after I’d visited the morgue, and spoken to trafficked women, it was Jallo’s story which stuck in my mind.
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Where next for Libya?
Libya has fallen victim to poor planning and wooly thinking. But a document from the country’s past could save its…
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Shooting the great sand sea: a mysterious mission across Libya
On the eve of revolution, Sophie McBain accompanied the photographer Charlie Waite across the North African nation. Now she tells her…
ByWith Gaddafi gone, we must support the re-building of Libya
The UK and France should offer their help in training Libyan officials.
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The NS Profile: Muammar al-Gaddafi
The “mad dog of the Middle East” is back in the spotlight, 41 years after he took power.
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