News Libya Religion: Why young Eritreans are going to keep risking deadly migration crossings to Europe
As I was later to learn, he had successfully crossed from Libya into Europe ... continues to be fuelled by a lack of political, religious and social freedom. In addition, there are little economic ...
News Libya Religion: UN Calls for Eid Truce in Libya
The top U.N. official for Libya has called for a truce during the upcoming Eid al-Adha religious holiday, saying the fighting in that country needs to end before it “grows into a full-blown civil war.” In a grim briefing to the U.N. Security Council on Monday, U.N.
News Libya Religion: Death of Africans in Libya could herald a new governance system
Early this month, an unidentified group blew up a refugee detention centre housing African refugees and asylum seekers in Tripoli, Libya. At least 44 people ... altering of African social relations ...
News Libya Religion: Libya: The Libyan Disaster - Little Bits of History Repeating
Analysis - The Libyan catastrophe and the suffering of "illegal" migrants are generally depicted as fairly recent events, though they are actually the results of a long history of greed, contempt for others and fatal shortsightedness. Like former Yugoslavia, Libya was created from a mosaic of tribal entities, subdued by colonial powers and then ruled by an iron-fisted dictator. Now, Libya is a quagmire where local and international stakeholders battle to control its natural resources. The country holds the largest oi
News Libya Religion: Libya’s intertwined crises of migrants and civil war rage on
Libya has not, for some time ... The Saudis have intervened through support for the religious Makhdalist movement, which now plays a dominant role in Haftar’s security services, despite his avowed ...
News Libya Religion: Arabs are turning their backs on religion in record numbers ‘in backlash against Islamists’
They also reported a loss of trust in religious leaders and political parties. Egypt, Libya and Tunisia, the "Arab Spring" countries, saw three of the four biggest rises in non-believers. These ...
News Libya Religion: UN envoy in Mali: Sahel crisis could spread to Europe
The initial violence took off shortly after the fall of Muammar Gaddafi's regime in Libya in 2011. Armed groups and weapons entered Mali from the north, intersecting with already existing tensions ...
News Libya Religion: Dyer: 'Mad dog' may be least bad option for Libya
The Islamist militias of Tripoli, Misrata and the rest of western Libya are not all religious fanatics and secret members of al-Qaeda. They’re mostly just local boys with guns who are enjoying ...
News Libya Religion: Women’s football in Libya: The struggle to play on the field of dreams
It’s actually a cultural issue, not a religious one, and also a ‘fear of the unknown’ and, for me, it was very important to explore those nuances. “Women in Libya have so many obstacles, but there are ...
News Libya Religion: Egypt jihadist returned from Libya to face terror charges
Cairo (AFP) - A high-profile Egyptian jihadist who was transferred to Cairo from Libya will face a military tribunal over ... Ashmawy was dismissed in 2012 over concerns about his religious views. He ...
News Libya Religion: Divided Libya dogged by confusion over new moon
In an initial announcement Tuesday morning, Libya’s Religious Endowments (Waqf) Authority, which is affiliated with the Tripoli-based Government of National Accord, announced that the post-Ramadan Eid ...
