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How militias police the Mediterranean for Europe

Accused by the UN of heinous rights abuses, militias tied to Dubaiba and Haftar now run border control

Militias linked to the Tripoli-based Government of National Unity (GNU) and its erstwhile rivals in the Libyan National Army (LNA) led by General Khalifa Haftar have taken over nat...


Saïed's new crank

President Kais Saïed's decision to replace Najla Bouden, hailed two years earlier ago as the Arab World's first female prime minister, with 66-year-old Ahmed Hachani, a politi...


Brussels stays on the hook

The first test of EU-Morocco relations following the Qatargate corruption scandal suggests that Brussels is as keen as before to partner with Rabat. The European Commission confirm...


Saïed wins €1 billion windfall in EU migration deal 

EU officials signed a €1bn pact with Tunis, establishing a new model for outsourcing migration control to the region's authoritarian regimes

The European Union signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Tunis on 16 July, promising around €1 billion to the beleaguered economy while handing a de facto political lifeli...


All quiet on the Wagner front

The Kremlin's mercenaries are still key to Khalifa Haftar's military strength but he has no interest in stirring up yet more trouble

The current hiatus in Libya's civil war means any effects on the Wagner Group's Libyan operations from the crisis in Russia would have been hard to spot. The mercenaries remain the...


Cave-in hits bitcoin miners

Up to 60 Chinese nationals, along with an undisclosed number of Libyans, were arrested in western Libya last month when police discovered major illegal Bitcoin-mining operations.


Cairo's gas export boom hits obstacles

With Europe's sanctions on Russian gas, Cairo has been boosting LNG exports to fill the gap but questions are mounting about sustainability

Increased revenue from exports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) have been a rare bright spot in Egypt's otherwise dismal economic performance over the past two years. The government ...


Coastguard in the dock

European Union backing for Libyan authorities who stop and detain migrants means the bloc has 'aided and abetted' rights violations against migrants, according to Chaloka Beyani, t...


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