Home brew kills 51 people in Libya
Libya’s health minister yesterday said 51 people have died over the past three days from drinking home-made alcohol that contained poisonous methanol. Nouri Doghman said another 330 people were...
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Former female Gadhafi bodyguard stabbed to death in Egypt
Egyptian authorities on Tuesday confirmed that Zahraa al-Bouaishi, a former female body guard of the late ousted Libyan leader Muammar Gadhafi, was found dead in her Cairo city apartment over the wee...
120 inmates escape Tripoli jail in Libyan prison break
Libya’s Supreme Security Committee says 120 prisoners have escaped from jail in the capital city of Tripoli, where security guards are suspected of having accepted bribes to free them. Spokesma...
Obama confirms “there’s no doubt” Benghazi attack wa...
United States President Barack Obama has said that “there’s no doubt” the assault on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, which left four American dead, including U.S. ambassador ...
Anti-Islam film made by US religious group, convicted fraudster and di...
Reports have revealed that the anti-Islam film, which has sparked outrage and deadly protests in the Muslim world, was produced US religious group called Media for Christ and directed by a pornograph...
Four arrested over Benghazi killings, updates on investigations
Libyan officials have arrested four people in connection with the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi that left four Americans dead, the CNN reported on Friday. Monem Elyasser, the chief aide to...
Security heightened in Jos, Kaduna and Kano following Libya, Egypt att...
Security operatives have intensified patrols in flashpoint cities in the north after deadly attacks by extremists in Libya and Egypt have left four Americans dead. There are reports that fundamentali...
US embassy in Nigeria issues warning following Benghazi killings
Militant attacks on US embassies in Libya and Egypt has prompted the US embassy in Nigeria to issue a warning on Thursday to Americans in the country. In the “emergency message” the embas...
One American killed in attack on US consulate in Benghazi
REUTERS – An American member of staff at the US consulate in Benghazi has died following fierce clashes at the compound, two Libyan security sources said on Wednesday. “One American staff...
54 migrants die of thirst on a boat from Libya to Italy
The UNHCR has confirmed the deaths of 54 migrants who died of thirst after their boat ruptured on the Mediterranean as they sought to make their way into Italy. According to a report, 55 of them boar...