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Mali crisis: Who are the key leaders to know about?
As Mali faces its biggest security challenge in years, Al Jazeera profiles key leaders from government and armed groups.
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Deadly journeys: Refugees, migrants risk everything to reach Europe
Crossing to Europe offers hope but exposes refugees to peril, as militia abuse persists in unsafe Libya.
Eight bodies recovered in Libya, Greece as Mediterranean death toll rises
Bodies of five asylum seekers wash ashore in Libya as three others die in a separate incident off the coast of Greece.
‘Journey of hell’: Migrants in Libya endure torture, rape, forced labour
A new UN report says migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers in Libya are being forcibly rounded up and abused.
Libya issues rare oil exploration licences to foreign firms
Winning bidders include Chevron, Eni, QatarEnergy and Aiteo.
Why did Saif al-Islam Gaddafi have to die?
His name offered an alternative line of succession that Libya’s rival elites could neither control nor neutralise.
![In this Saturday, Nov 19, 2011 file photo, Saif al-Islam is seen after his capture in the custody of revolutionary fighters in Zintan, Libya [AP Photo/Ammar El-Darwish, File]](https://aljazeeranews.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/AP375353421109-1770192310_8b3654-1770888238.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
Two babies among 53 people dead or missing after boat capsizes off Libya
Incident brings number of people reported dead or missing on the central Mediterranean route this year to at least 484.
Thousands gather in Libya for funeral of Saif al-Islam Gaddafi
Authorities investigating killing of Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, once seen as de-facto PM under father’s iron-fisted rule.
From: NewsFeed
Thousands attend funeral for Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of Libyan ex-leader
Thousands of people came to the town of Bani Walid for the funeral of Saif al-Islam Gaddafi after he was assassinated.
Published On 6 Feb 2026
US attorney general says ‘key participant’ in 2012 Benghazi attack arrested
Zubayr al-Bakoush facing charges related to killing of US ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other US citizens.
From: NewsFeed
‘Treacherous assassination’: Who was Saif al-Islam Gaddafi?
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, former Libyan leader Muammar Gadaffi’s son, and his number 2, was killed by “four masked men”.
Published On 4 Feb 2026
