Tag: Kufra
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Up to 200 migrants in Kufra freed from slavery: several arrests take place
Up to 200 African Black migrants held captive in the Libyan city of Kufra have been freed. The migrants spent up to two years under captivity and several arrests took place. Kufra, near to the border of Sudan, is commonly known as a smuggling hub. This is not the first time that raids took place…
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Khalifa Haftar hosts RSF Camp south of Kufra: Al-Fashir besieged with drones
An extensive investigation by the Centre for Information Resilience has revealed that Khalifa Haftar, the rump dictator of east Libya, is hosting a camp of the genocidal Rapid Support Forces just a few kilometers south of Kufrah. Kurah also has an airport which receives cargo flights from Bosaso in Somalia and the United Araba Emirates…
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Mass graves uncovered in Libya: bodies have gunshot wounds and signs of torture
Mass graves have been uncovered in the south-east of Libya in the Al-Kufra desert late last week. Various reports have now confirmed that bodies found in the mass graves, totaling more than 50 Black migrants, had gun-shot wounds. Some bodies also show signs of torture and rape. The Al-Kufra desert is a high-risk region with…
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Khalifa Haftar has full control of the southern Libya border
When diplomats onced asked Khalifa Haftar on the slavery situation in the south-eastern regions of Libya, specifically in Kufra, Khalifa Haftar always tells these diplomats that his forces actively hunt and arrest both illegal immigrants and human traffickers. Occasionally, Haftar’s forces conduct operations in the southern desert parts of Libya and do actually arrest human…
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Al-Masri’s freedom by Italian government raises protests by African activists against the Italian government
African human-rights activists and previous individuals who endured the experience of Black slavery in Libya are protesting against the Italian government for doing a grave injustice to victims in Libya for freeing Osama Al-Masri. Al-Masri, is wanted by the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity and is accused of widespread murder, torture and rape…
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Case of Naima Jamal in Libya raises plight of Black slaves in Libya
The case of twenty-year old Naima Jamal, which spread on social media has raised awareness about the Black slave trade in Libya. Naima Jamal’s case which has been widely reported in the Italian press involves a woman who has been kidnapped into slavery in Kufra, Libya. Naima Jamal is one of the many thousands of…
