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Africa: Libya

Al-Sayeh first picked up a discus in primary school.  By Mahmud Turkia AFP

Libyan Olympic hopeful defies war, patriarchy and adversity

Jan 14, 2024 | Africa: Libya

Under the watchful eye of her father, Libyan Retaj al-Sayeh practised discus throws near the edge of a dilapidated runni ...

Dec 24, 2023 | Africa: Libya

Dressed all in white, a man pretends to aim a slingshot towards another who, running away, tries to dodge the imaginary ...

Dec 17, 2023 | Africa: Libya

Sixty-one migrants, including women and children, drowned following a shipwreck off Libya, the International Organizatio ...

Nov 20, 2023 | Africa: Libya

More than seven months into Sudan's devastating war that has killed thousands and displaced millions, experts warn that ...

Oct 18, 2023 | Africa: Libya

Libya's electoral commission has told the United Nations it can only start a countdown to national elections after resol ...

Oct 7, 2023 | Africa: Libya

Geneva/Derna - The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is calling for an immediate scale up of donor ...

Oct 3, 2023 | Africa: Libya

More than three weeks after Libya's deadly flood disaster, the divided country's two rival administrations remain bitter ...

Oct 1, 2023 | Africa: Libya

Libya's eastern authorities said Sunday they had postponed a reconstruction conference for the flood-hit city of Derna t ...

Oct 1, 2023 | Africa: Libya

Libya's eastern authorities Sunday announced the postponement of a reconstruction conference for the flood-hit city of D ...

Sep 29, 2023 | Africa: Libya

Libya's prosecutor general has ordered the arrest of four more officials, bringing to 12 the number held as part of an i ...

Sep 25, 2023 | Africa: Libya

Libya's prosecutor general ordered the arrest of eight officials as part of his inquiry into the recent flood disaster t ...

Sep 25, 2023 | Africa: Libya

The authorities in eastern Libya want to rebuild the town of Derna as quickly as possible, nearly two weeks after a flas ...

Sep 25, 2023 | Africa: Libya

Libya's prosecutor general has ordered the arrest of eight officials as part of his inquiry into the recent flood disast ...

Sep 24, 2023 | Africa: Libya

About a dozen women hunch over sewing machines in Libya's capital, urgently making clothes for the living, and shrouds f ...