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Under the yoke of the militias in Libya

Paul Martial — 2025-06-20T06:25:26Z

A month ago, the detonations of automatic weapons and heavy artillery resounded in Tripoli, the capital of Libya, putting an end to the illusion of a stabilisation of the country. The responsibility of prime minister Abdul Dbeibah in triggering conflicts between militias to protect his corruption network has aroused popular condemnation.

- IVP605 - June 2025 / Libya

New attempt at a unity government in Libya

Paul Martial — 2024-03-20T21:59:37Z

Attempts to resolve the crisis are coming up against the interference of foreign powers and the leaders of militias who are profiting greatly from the country's troubles.

- IV590 - March 2024 / Libya

A chain of disasters in Libya

Maria Puccini — 2023-09-20T07:30:00Z

The carnage in Libya caused by a Mediterranean hurricane, known as “Daniel” or “medicane”, will take weeks to be quantified in terms of the number of dead and missing, probably in the tens of thousands, to which a million people have already been displaced.

- IV584 - September 2023 / Libya, Climate

Is Wagner facing a new challenge in Africa?

Paul Martial — 2023-07-07T11:05:32Z

The failed power grab by the head of the Wagner group, Evgeny Prigozhin, will have repercussions in Africa, even if the Russian authorities have spared no effort to mitigate the effects and reassure their African partners.

- IV582 - July 2023 / Russia, Africa, Mali, Libya, Sudan, Central African Republic, Cameroon

Power in the hands of mafiosi businessmen

Paul Martial — 2023-07-03T10:07:00Z

Talking about elections but never organizing them - this seems to be the strategy of the two camps sharing power and enriching themselves at the expense of an increasingly suffering population.

- IV582 - July 2023 / Libya

A never-ending crisis in Libya

Paul Martial — 2023-03-28T08:23:00Z

“There is now a consensus that it is impossible for one side to win militarily. But, in the absence of political will to make peace, the country has been in a state of low-intensity civil war for two years.”

- IV578 - March 2023 / Libya

European Union, Libya: violence against migrants

Editors l'Anticapitaliste — 2021-08-08T10:38:08Z

“Fresh evidence of harrowing violations, including sexual violence, against men, women and children intercepted while crossing the Mediterranean Sea and forcibly returned to detention centres in Libya, highlights the horrifying consequences of Europe's ongoing cooperation with Libya on migration and border control,” said Amnesty International in a report published today.

- IV559 - August 2021 / Migration, Libya, European Union

Reflections of an Anti-Imperialist after Ten Years of Debate

Gilbert Achcar — 2021-06-03T09:36:07Z

“At the same time, we should advocate to those who require such aid complete mistrust in the United States and any imperialist government whatsoever. And we should oppose any form of intervention that would tie their hands and subordinate them to Washington, Moscow, or anyone else.”

- Debate / United States (USA), Syria, Libya, Imperialism

Their anti-imperialism and ours

Gilbert Achcar — 2021-04-07T18:46:18Z

The logic of “the enemy of my enemy is my friend” is a recipe for empty cynicism.

- IV555 - April 2021 / United States (USA), Iraq, Libya, Imperialism

After the Pandemic Subsides, We May See a Third Wave of the Arab Spring

Ashley Smith, Gilbert Achcar — 2021-01-20T10:53:42Z

“There's still a very long way to go in this long-term revolutionary process. The good news is that people are learning what they're up against and drawing lessons from both defeats and victories.”

- IV552 - January 2021 / Syria, Iraq, Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco, Egypt, Lebanon, Libya, Arab Revolutions, Jordan, Yemen, Sudan, Bahrain