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US deports immigrants to African country of Eswatini amid rights concerns
Al Jazeera
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July 16, 2025
The government of the tiny, landlocked African country of Eswatini has confirmed that it received five individuals deported from the United States under President Donald Trump. In a statement on Wednesday, a spokesperson for the Eswatini...
Libya extends condolences to US over Texas flood tragedy
The Libya Observer
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The Libyan Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has expressed its heartfelt condolences and full solidarity with the United States following the devastating floods that swept through the state of Texas. In an official...
Libya protest organiser dies in custody in Tripoli
The New Arab
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July 7, 2025
Abdul Moneim al-Marimi, a prominent political activist and protest organiser in western Libya, died in custody last week, prompting widespread anger, street protests, and calls for an independent investigation. The circumstances surrounding his...
Shackelford: Sending immigrants to South Sudan is inhumane
The Mercury News - California
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July 16, 2025
When I saw the news a few weeks ago that President Donald Trump’s administration was trying to deport eight men to South Sudan, I was shocked. I had worked and lived in South Sudan as a diplomat and know the country well. It is on the brink of yet...
Libya's broken health system drives family to irregular migration
Deutsche Welle
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July 6, 2025
Libya's healthcare crisis has a sad, new face. It is that of a tired 7-year-old girl, Sohan Aboulsoud, who suffers from cystic fibrosis, an inherited genetic disorder. Her family couldn't get treatment for Sohan in Libya so they decided to dare...
Libyan Crimes Watch: Last June marked dangerous escalation of violations
The Libya Observer
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The Libyan Crimes Watch Organization has reported a sharp escalation in serious human rights violations against civilians across Libya during last June, citing continued arbitrary arrests and extrajudicial killings amid a lack of accountability...
Turkey's Fidan heads to New York for Cyprus talks as Libya tensions flare
Al-Monitor
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July 15, 2025
ANKARA — Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan will travel to New York on Wednesday for talks on Cyprus hosted by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, according to a Turkish Foreign Ministry source. The talks come amid rising tensions in the...
UK Minister visits Tripoli – agreement signed to improve quality of English teaching at Libyan educational establishments
Libya Herald
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July 15, 2025
Under the supervision of the Tripoli based Libyan Prime Minister, Abd Alhamid Aldabaiba, an agreement was signed in Tripoli yesterday (14 July) to implement initiative to improve English language teaching in educational institutions, as part of...
Can French 'war culture' lead Europe's rearmament push?
Deutsche Welle
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July 15, 2025
France could be pivotal in making Europe's defense sector autonomous. But the country will have to overcome hurdles — and shouldn't go it alone, experts warn. French President Emmanuel Macron was already making the case for what he called...
Farm worker dies after US immigration raid in California
The Citizen (South Africa)
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July 13, 2025
200 undocumented migrants were arrested during raids on marijuana farms. A farm worker has died after being injured during a raid by US immigration agents on a legal cannabis farm in California, his family said on Saturday. Raids on agricultural...
'Unlawful and Vindictive’: ICE Stops Greensboro Man’s Release After Bond Is Paid
WFMY News 2 - North Carolina
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Mohamed Naser’s legal team is suing in federal court, calling ICE’s actions unconstitutional. GREENSBORO, N.C. — The fight to free a Greensboro father of five is now in federal court, after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) blocked...
Tracking the jostle for Northern leadership amid presidency, Kwankwaso’s growing rapport
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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August 2, 2025
While President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is torn between strengthening his hold on the northern voters and recruiting new allies, political leaders in the zone are jostling for who becomes the region’s leader following the demise of former President...
As Sudan’s war deepens, paramilitaries form a rival government — is a breakup coming?
Malay Mail
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August 1, 2025
CAIRO, Aug 1 — Sudanese paramilitaries are forming a parallel government to the one controlled by the country’s army, pushing Sudan further towards de facto division, political analysts say. After more than two years of war that has caused waves...
Terror groups ‘may exploit’ tensions in South Asia, UN report warns
Dawn
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August 1, 2025
ISLAMABAD: In the aftermath of the April 22 attack in occupied Kashmir, regional relations “remain fragile” and there is a risk that terrorist groups “may exploit these”, a UN monitoring report has warned. The assessment came in the thirty-sixth...
A vanished culture shrouded in mystery
Refugio County Press - Texas
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July 12, 2025
Today the Sahara Desert is bone dry. But 7,000 years ago it was a lush landscape with a vast sea of water with permanent bodies of deep lakes and rivers. Wildlife was abundant with hippos, crocodiles, elephants and giraffes. Along with this...
Sudan Nashra: High-level security talks in Cairo between Sudan, Egypt, Libya over border triangle | PM names five ministers, armed groups retain ministerial portfolios | Ethiopian militias breach eastern border
Mada Masr
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July 11, 2025
Still trying to contain the fallout from the Rapid Support Forces’ (RSF) takeover of the border triangle between Egypt, Sudan and Libya, and amid what one Sudanese intelligence source described as an “expanding presence of smuggling networks and...
Doctoral degrees awarded as PhD programmes yield results
University World News
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LIBYA The Libyan Academy for Postgraduate Studies and several public universities have started to award their first doctoral degrees – the result of a government initiative that established local PhD programmes as part of a broader long-term...
EU-Libya fallout: Should the European Union hold talks with Khalifa Haftar?
Euronews
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July 11, 2025
Published on 11/07/2025 - 16:37 GMT+2•Updated 16:50 European Commissioner for Migration Magnus Brunner and three ministers from EU countries were expelled from Libya on Tuesday due to a "protocol problem", according to Brussels. Sources told...
Keir’s small boats plan won’t deter ANYONE – hapless French will let them loose to do it again, immigration boss slams
The U.S. Sun
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July 11, 2025
By Julia Hartley-Brewer IMAGINE you live in a basket case country like Afghanistan, Eritrea or Iraq. Now imagine your entire family have saved up to fund the dangerous journey for you to get to Libya, where you then pay armed smuggling gangs to...
'They Think They're Untouchable': Palestinian Activist Mahmoud Khalil Files $20M Claim Against Donald Trump Admin
MENAFN
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July 10, 2025
(MENAFN- Live Mint) A few weeks out of detention, Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil is pursuing justice as his legal team filed a $20 million claim on Thursday against the Trump administration, accusing it of falsely imprisoning hi , pursuing a...