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Yusuf was among 73 people taken on board the Médecins Sans Frontières Geo Barents ship off Libya
Yusuf was among 73 people taken on board the Médecins Sans Frontières Geo Barents ship off Libya
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Investigation into Irishmen training forces of rogue general reveals wider apparent violations of UN arms embargo covering north African country
Soldier interviewed by Defence Forces police for training troops in Libya but evidence insufficient to bring charges under military law
Tánaiste Micheál Martin says revelations are ‘deeply shocking’
Former and departing soldiers provided training for warlord Khalifa Haftar. Senior officers feared reputational damage
They provided services to strongman Khalifa Haftar in an apparent breach of a UN arms embargo
The aspiring strongman and rogue general is a challenger to the UN-recognised Libyan government in Tripoli
Incident came after up to 60 people reported to have died last week in the Mediterranean after setting out from the Libyan coast
EU will assist Egypt in fortifying its borders in return for €7.4 billion in aid
SOS Mediterranee picks up more than 220 people, including women and children, in rescue operations in the past two days
The novelist has been shaped by the Libyan embassy siege in London in 1984, and the kidnapping of his father
Advice came amid fears of repeat of ‘LÉ Aisling situation’, when an ex-Naval Service ship ended up in the hands of a Libyan warlord, documents indicate
Serious mismanagement of the economy has impoverished many but the authoritarian president has never allowed his grip on power to loosen
Shipwrecked boat was carrying some 86 people in the Mediterranean Sea after departing city of Zwara
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Journalists ordered out of Derna, where thousands are dead or missing, with officials claiming they were impeding rescue efforts
Some 3,200 bodies buried so far, many in mass graves outside the devastated city of Derna, with others moved to nearby towns and cities
Rescue teams continue to comb through the rubble while some survivors report miraculous escapes
UN says at least 11,300 have died and more than 10,000 are missing city of Derna
A Sudanese refugee finds that so-called legal routes to safety can bring their own forms of psychological torture
Thousands of bodies buried amid fears that failing to do so could lead to the spread of disease
Desperate calls for more attention to be turned towards a country that has been in crisis for 12 years
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Mayor of Derna fears city will be struck by an epidemic due to large number of bodies beneath the rubble and in the water
Scientists agree that Storm Daniel, the worst to have hit Libya on record was almost certainly supercharged by climate change
Red Crescent says death toll has risen to 11,000 after disaster that devastated eastern city of Derna
In the hardest-hit city, Derna, the search for survivors continues as concerns mount over the danger of the Jaza and Qattara dams collapsing
‘The devastation is hard to comprehend’, says Dublin-born Tibrah Bazama from city neighbouring Derna
Rival governments agree to co-operate to get aid to Derna
International aid begins to arrive as the UK announces an initial package worth up to €1.16m
Recovery and rebuilding efforts hampered by country’s chaotic and fractured politics
Death toll could reach 20,000 as 10,000 are declared missing after major flooding in the north African country
Coastal city of Derna may be worst affected as two dams collapse leaving quarter of its territory ‘disappeared’
‘Bodies are lying everywhere - in the sea, in the valleys, under the buildings’, says official, with a quarter of city of Derna washed away
Leader of eastern government says thousands are missing
‘This was a big blunder because it puts Israel in a position of a country that cannot handle anything secret because everyone is rushing to the media’
UN says woman may have died from tuberculosis at Abu Salim detention centre in Tripoli
Israel’s triumphal announcement of the meeting on Sunday set off protests in several Libyan cities and prompted the prime minister to suspend the foreign minister
Devastating conflict that began in Sudan in April has claimed thousands of lives and displaced four million people, more than one million of whom have left the country
Tripoli court finds three detained and tortured migrants and extorted ransoms from their families
State-backed private military force has played a significant role in Middle Eastern internal conflicts – particularly in Syria
Figure is based on information provided by families who said a relative had boarded the vessel heading from Libya towards Europe
Operation Irini is part of EU mission to enforce arms embargo on North African country, with most ships expected to co-operate with boarding
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