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Kidnappings along Kufra-Jalu Road threaten security in southeastern Libya

Kidnappings along the only road in and out of southeast Libya may pose a threat to peace

6 September 2018

Rights take back seat to ‘priorities’ in Egyptian-European relations

Asmahan Soliman and Leonardo Giansanti | Despite Egypt's ongoing rights abuses, arms sales, migration deals and Libya negotiations continue

31 July 2018

Arrest of 131 Egyptian migrants in east Libya points to migration network funneling into militant groups

Maha Ellawati | 131 irregular migrants from Egypt have been arrested in the east Libyan city of Baydan in 3 weeks

19 July 2018

Syria cooperation highlights progress in Egypt-Russia relations as hurdles remain

Asmahan Soliman | The past month has seen several breakthroughs on pending Cairo-Moscow diplomatic discussions

1 May 2018

While Cairo condemns Derna bombing, government source attributes airstrikes to Egyptian Air Force

Libyan and Egyptian sources have confirmed to Mada Masr that the airstrikes in Derna were carried out

31 October 2017

A nation against the intimate realities of a family: On Hisham Matar’s The Return

Jailan Zayan | Jailan Zayan, who fled Libya as a child with her family, discusses Hisham Matar's moving memoir

5 May 2017

Europe’s migration trade with Egypt

Sofian Philip Naceur and Tom Rollins | Is cooperation between Egypt and the EU putting migrants at risk?

1 February 2017

In Minya, more sorrow and less anger

Heba Afify | Two days after a video was released showing self-proclaimed Islamic State forces in Libya beheading

19 February 2015

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