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State-sanctioned fuel smuggling cost Libya $20bn over three years – report
ByPatrick Wintour Diplomatic editor November 12, 2025November 13, 2025

Policy body calls for western-backed investigation into oil officials known to be at heart of illegal enterpriseA surge in state-sanctioned fuel smuggling between 2022 and 2024 cost the Libyan people about $20bn (£15bn) in lost revenue – an alarming su…

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The man on a mission to save Mauritania’s ‘city of libraries’ from encroaching desert sands
By November 12, 2025

Desert settlement of Chinguetti faces rising sands, dwindling tourism and insecurity due to conflict in neighbouring MaliOn a recent afternoon, 67-year-old Saif Islam made his way into the courtyard of a library in Chinguetti, a tiny desert settlement …

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The man on a mission to save Mauritania’s ‘city of libraries’ from encroaching desert sands
By November 12, 2025

Desert settlement of Chinguetti faces rising sands, dwindling tourism and insecurity due to conflict in neighbouring MaliOn a recent afternoon, 67-year-old Saif Islam made his way into the courtyard of a library in Chinguetti, a tiny desert settlement …

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One man’s story inside the siege of El Fasher, Sudan – podcast
By November 8, 2025

What does the fall of El Fasher mean for the future of Sudan? Kaamil Ahmed reportsBy the time Mohamed Douda arrived in El Fasher, a city in the Darfur region of Sudan, the battle between the Sudanese armed forces and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) was …

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Civil rescue groups in Mediterranean cut ties with Libyan coastguard
ByAshifa Kassam European community affairs correspondent November 7, 2025

Accusations of violent interceptions and human rights violations levelled at EU-funded Libyan services by NGOsEurope live – latest updatesMore than a dozen NGO rescue vessels operating in the Mediterranean have suspended communication with the Libyan c…

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Civil rescue groups in Mediterranean cut ties with Libyan coastguard
ByAshifa Kassam European community affairs correspondent November 7, 2025

Accusations of violent interceptions and human rights violations levelled at EU-funded Libyan services by NGOsEurope live – latest updatesMore than a dozen NGO rescue vessels operating in the Mediterranean have suspended communication with the Libyan c…

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Love & War: From frontlines to family life. Pulitzer-winning conflict photographer Lynsey Addario on the five stories that defined her career
ByMiddle East and north Africa | The Guardian November 7, 2025

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UK rejected atrocity prevention plans for Sudan despite warning of possible genocide
ByMark Townsend November 7, 2025

Exclusive: British government adopted ‘least ambitious’ option months before RSF’s massacres in El FasherBritain rejected atrocity prevention plans for Sudan despite intelligence warnings that the city of El Fasher would fall amid a wave of ethnic clea…

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UK rejected atrocity prevention plans for Sudan despite warning of possible genocide
ByMark Townsend November 7, 2025

Exclusive: British government adopted ‘least ambitious’ option months before RSF’s massacres in El FasherBritain rejected atrocity prevention plans for Sudan despite intelligence warnings that the city of El Fasher would fall amid a wave of ethnic clea…

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One man’s story inside the siege of El Fasher, Sudan – podcast
By November 7, 2025

What does the fall of El Fasher mean for the future of Sudan? Kaamil Ahmed reportsBy the time Mohamed Douda arrived in El Fasher, a city in the Darfur region of Sudan, the battle between the Sudanese armed forces and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) was …

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