TRIPOLI: Libya’s ex-intelligence chief Abdullah Senussi appeared in a Tripoli court with his lawyers for the first time on Sunday, accused of abuses during the 2011 uprising that toppled dictator Moamer Kadhafi. It was the first hearing he has attended with the four lawyers picked by his family, just one of whom is Libyan. The other three are Tunisian. The [ Read More ]
At least 40 people died and 51 others were rescued after a boat carrying mostly sub-Saharan African migrants sank off Libya’s coast east of Tripoli, the Libyan government said on Sunday. The vessel appeared to have got into difficulty around 37 miles east of Tripoli, Rami Kaal, a spokesman for the Libyan ministry of interior said. Libya’s porous borders with [ Read More ]
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