Libyan presidential vote will not go ahead on Friday, officials confirm
Unclear whether another date has been set or if election has been cancelled altogether A Libyan parliamentary committee has said it has become “impossible” to...
Category : Middle East and North Africa
Fears of Libya violence as UN races to manage election postponement
All sides acknowledge 24 December vote cannot go ahead but there has been no announcement, and political vacuum looms The United Nations is scrambling to...
Shipwrecked migrant crossings leave 164 dead in Mediterranean, says UN
Attempted crossing from Libya to Europe surge as authorities carry out deadly crackdown on migrants More than 160 people drowned in two separate shipwrecks off...
Leading activist in Egypt’s 2011 uprising and two others jailed
Alaa Abd El-Fattah gets five years for ‘spreading false news’ and lawyer and blogger get four-year terms A leading figure in Egypt’s 2011 uprising, his...
