The St Valentine’s Day Charade: Khalifa Haftar, the cause of and main actor in, Libya’s second civil
In April this year, Libyan warlord Khalifa Haftar declared that he would ‘push the (Libyan government) out of Tripoli’. Since then, he...
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Rory O'Keeffe
Mar 30, 201833 min read
Open Arms? Closing borders and refusing to talk is handing Europe to the far-Right
The – justified – outrage over the impounding of the ship ‘Open Arms’ has its roots in Italy’s refusal to make a case for aiding...
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Rory O'Keeffe
Mar 20, 201820 min read
The EU/Turkey Deal, two years on
The exact date of the anniversary of the initiation of the EU/Turkey Deal is a matter of some debate, as the document was signed on 16...
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Rory O'Keeffe
Nov 24, 20173 min read
France's sanctions plan against Libya (and the plan's manifest problems)
France has threatened sanctions against the Libyan ‘government’ after French President Emmanuel Macron denounced the sale of men into...
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Rory O'Keeffe
Nov 13, 20174 min read
UNHCR's flawed approach to Africa
The United Nations says it has moved 25 ‘extremely vulnerable’ refugees from Libya to Niger, in the first stage of its new – deeply...
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Rory O'Keeffe
Nov 10, 20172 min read
Refugees forced to Europe by Libyan chaos, slavery
Refugees in Italy note that they had no real intention of coming to Europe, until they experienced the chaos in Libya, and realised they...
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Rory O'Keeffe
Nov 8, 20171 min read
Libya's coastguard: an EU-funded sea militia?
Aid organisation Sea Watch, which operates to rescue refugees on the Mediterranean, has criticised the Libyan coastguard for endangering...
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Rory O'Keeffe
Oct 30, 20174 min read
Sahel force; an exercise in folly
The UN meets today to discuss the formation of a five-nation, 5,000 soldier armed force to operate across the Sahel and into Libya. The...
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Rory O'Keeffe
Oct 18, 20172 min read
Libya: refugees held in hangars following torture
More than 14,000 people are being held in a hangar by the Libyan ‘government’ according to the United Nations. They have been ‘rescued’...
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Rory O'Keeffe
Oct 14, 20174 min read
Operation Sofia: causing deaths at sea
Those of you who have been receiving these updates for a little while now will be well aware that the EU’s policy in Libya has less to do...
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