are open air slave markets not a big issue in libya now too?
― ||||||||, Thursday, 4 July 2019 10:05 (five years ago) link
Often, dictatorial rule is preferable to civil conflict.
― despondently sipping tomato soup (Sanpaku), 3. juli 2019 20:28 (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
My main problem with this is that dictatorial rule is pretty inherently unstable, and most often ends in civil conflict anyway.
― Frederik B, Thursday, 4 July 2019 10:36 (five years ago) link
Both Haftar and Jarvanka are UAE clients. There won't be a US led intervention.
― despondently sipping tomato soup (Sanpaku), Thursday, 4 July 2019 16:06 (five years ago) link
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/dec/24/mercenaries-flock-to-libya-raising-fears-of-prolonged-war
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 24 December 2019 11:14 (four years ago) link
Of course. Saudi Arabia has been using the same janjaweed to guard their own border with Yemen for several years, having learned how useless their own National Guard (ie, army) is.
― Stupor is appropriate (Sanpaku), Tuesday, 24 December 2019 21:53 (four years ago) link
Interesting article but doesn't say that NATO bombed Libya's Great ManMade River & destroyed a pipe factory, causing water scarcity since 2011. Now 4 out of abt 7 million Libyans could “face imminent water problems,” a potential “humanitarian disaster.” https://t.co/je5ASKbfGq— Lucia Pradella (@LuGuangMing) August 18, 2021
― xyzzzz__, Wednesday, 18 August 2021 11:51 (three years ago) link
Up to 20,000 are now believed dead in Libya. This tragedy hasn't just been caused by floods, but by NATO's 2011 military aggression and ongoing sanctions that have decimated the country and undermined its ability to prepare for extreme weather events. https://t.co/mUekVkd5Vw 1/2— Kai Heron (@KaiHeron) September 14, 2023
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 14 September 2023 12:20 (one year ago) link
Community notes does its job again
Libya was once one of Africa's most prosperous countries, but years of lawlessness have left it a fragile, divided state - ill-prepared to cope with the forces unleashed by a natural disaster. https://t.co/aFGO37ettU— BBC News Africa (@BBCAfrica) September 13, 2023
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 15 September 2023 17:34 (one year ago) link