‘They hit us and torture us’: Refugees accuse Libyan authorities of violence
Africa • Sep 19, 2025, 3:15 PM
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Videos posted on social media by the NGO Refugees in Libya in early September show dozens of refugees crammed together on the floor at the detention centre in Tobruk, Libya. The videos are the latest example of the violence asylum seekers face in Libya, says our Observer, who was once detained himself.
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‘They hit us and torture us’: Refugees accuse Libyan authorities of violence
Africa • 3:15 PM
1 min
Videos posted on social media by the NGO Refugees in Libya in early September show dozens of refugees crammed together on the floor at the detention centre in Tobruk, Libya. The videos are the latest example of the violence asylum seekers face in Libya,
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RSF paramilitary drone strike kills at least 75 people in war-torn Sudan
Africa • 10:15 AM
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The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Sudan launched a drone attack on Friday that killed at least 75 people near the western city of El-Fasher, the last state capital in Darfur that is still in the hands of the Sudanese army. The strike hit a m
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Malawi's future hangs in the balance after Trump funding cuts
Africa • 9:30 AM
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Malawi has been one of the countries hit hardest by the Trump administration's funding cuts and tariff hikes. The stop-work orders issued by Washington in January have frozen several of the country’s key sectors, including health, education and infrastru
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France kicks out Mali diplomats as tensions rise over arrest of French envoy
Africa • 6:36 AM
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France has given two Malian diplomats until Saturday to leave the country and suspended its counter-terrorism cooperation with the country weeks after a French envoy was arrested in Bamako. Paris is demanding the diplomat's release, calling the arrest "u
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