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Libya: UN Imposes Sanctions on Six Human Traffickers

For the first time, the UN Security Council has announced sanctions against six major traffickers operating in Libya. The sanctions, which show the toughening of international community against human traffickers, include a global travel ban and an assets freeze. The UN sanctions target two Eritrean nationals described as top operators in transnational smuggling networks and […]

Mauritania: Anti-Slavery Activist to Return Home after 8-Month International Campaign

Birame ould Dah ould Abeïd, leader of the anti-slavery movement IRA (Initiative for the Resurgence of the Abolitionist Movement) has announced his comeback to Mauritania for Sunday January 15 after he conducted an eight-month international campaign to denounce the ongoing phenomenon in the North African country, the last country in the world still practicing the […]

Libya: Tripoli Unrecognized Administration Steps Aside, GNA Gains Currency

Tripoli-based and Islamist-backed government announced Tuesday it was ceding power “in the high national interest” in a move to avoid bloodshed, leaving Serraj-led unity government to fully expand its control in the Libyan capital. “We inform you that we are ceasing the activities entrusted to us as an executive power,” said a statement by the […]