Stephanie Williams, the United Nations envoy for Libya, called for calm on Saturday as unrest across the volatile North African nation led to the burning of the parliament building in Tobruk, the seat of government in the divided nation’s east. “The people’s right to peacefully protest should be respected and…
The government of eSwatini says it’s waiting to see more evidence that King Mswati III is in possession of USD$30 million, allegedly sent to South Africa by former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi before his 2011 death and then later shipped from South Africa to his nation. Spokesman Percy Simelane told…
Nicolas Sarkozy, the former president of France long shadowed by allegations of improper campaign financing, denied Thursday that he betrayed the country by accepting illegal cash from the late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. Sarkozy said during an extended TF1 interview that he was outraged and deeply wounded by formal indictments…
Nicolas Sarkozy, the former president of France long shadowed by allegations of improper campaign financing, was taken into custody by police Tuesday in connection with a case that ties him to the late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. In a sudden but unsurprising turn of events, Sarkozy was being held at…
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A former chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Court (ICC) is under scrutiny for, among other things, his alleged role in supporting a wealthy client connected with potential war crimes in Libya. Luis Moreno Ocampo, a 65-year-old Argentinian lawyer who became the first ICC prosecutor in 2003, is the subject…
Fatou Bensouda, the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), has told the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) that the ICC is considering an investigation into human trafficking and other alleged crimes against migrants in Libya. Bensouda, speaking during a UNSC meeting on Monday, said her office continues to gather…