Daily Archives: June 27, 2012

Libyan group blocks east-west highway

TRIPOLI, Libya, June 27 (UPI) – A militia group demanding more representation for Cyrenica province set up a road block Wednesday 40 miles from Libya’s largest oil refinery. The gunmen were equipped with trucks carrying anti-aircraft weapons, The Guardian reported. They … Continue reading

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Libya’s former PM Mahmoudi ‘tortured’ on forced return to Tripoli

Al Baghdadi Al-Mahmoudi in Tripoli on 24 June 2012, with a prison guard. Photograph: Anis Mili/Reuters Guardian – 27 Jun 2012 The lawyer acting for Libya‘s former prime minister Al-Baghdadi al-Mahmoudi, who was extradited to Tripoli from Tunisia at the weekend, claims his … Continue reading

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Swarm of locusts threaten crops in post-Gaddafi Africa

Desert locusts in Niger. One of the immediately obvious consequences of the ousting of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi was the large number of weapons that went missing in Libya, many of which ended up in neighbouring countries. However that’s … Continue reading

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