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article 23 April 2013 World, France
A car bomb attack hit the French embassy in Libya in the early hours of Tuesday morning (pictures: Reuters)
French embassy targeted in Libyan car bomb attack

French President Francois Hollande denounces a car bomb attack on his country's embassy in Libya as an attack not only on France, but on all countries fighting terrorism.

article 29 March 2013 UK, Libya
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British women 'raped on Libya aid mission'

Three women travelling with an international aid convoy in Libya have been raped by pro-government forces, according to the country's deputy prime minister.

article 04 March 2013 UK, Libya
Abdel Hakim Belhaj, who has offered to drop his case against the British government for 3 pounds, an apology, and an admission of liability (picture: Reuters)
Libyan torture victim's £3 settlement offer to UK government

Libyan politican Abdel Hakim Belhaj, who is suing the British government over its alleged role in his kidnap and torture, says he will drop the case for £3, an apology and an admission of liability.

post 08 February 2013
Lindsey Hilsum is Channel 4 News' International Editor. Read more from Lindsey Hilsum on her blog Sandstorm update - the links between Mali and Libya

I've updated my book Sandstorm with an epilogue, taking into account the killing of the US ambassador and other events in Libya. I also write on Mali, showing the links between events in the two count

article 08 February 2013 UK, Libya
Why did MI6 and Tony Blair's government, with the CIA's help, kidnapped Mr Belhaj and his pregnant wife Fatima Boucher from Malaysia in March 2004 and deliver them to Colonel Gaddafi's torturers?
New evidence of UK complicity in Libya torture

Exclusive: what was the role of MI6 and Tony Blair's government in the kidnap of Abdul-Hakim Belhaj from Malaysia in March 2004, which delivered him into the hands of Colonel Gaddafi's torturers?

article 30 January 2013 World, Mali
Press Freedom 2013. (Pictures: Google and Reuters)
by David Doyle Press Freedom 2013: Mali plummets following turmoil

Mali is the country that falls the furthest in the Reporters Without Borders press freedom index as a result of the conflict which still divides the nation.

article 25 January 2013 UK, Libya
Benghazi Airport after some western countries advised their citizens to leave (Reuters)
Benghazi schools a possible target, European officials say

Schools are among the possible targets of imminent threats to westerners in the Libyan city of Benghazi, according to reports.

article 24 January 2013 World, Algeria
burnt out US embassy building in Benghazi after September 2012 attack (Getty)
Libya terror fears: westerners urged to leave Benghazi

The Foreign Office advises Britons to leave the Libyan city of Benghazi immediately because of a "specific and imminent terrorist threat".

video 21 January 2013 World, Algeria

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Al-Qaeda in North Africa: panel discussion - video

Tariq Ramadan, professor of contemporary Islamic studies at the University of Oxford and Professor Kiron Skinner of Carnegie Mellon University, discuss North African jihadism.

article 20 December 2012 World, United States
Benghazi report prompts resignation of US officials (G)
Benghazi report prompts resignation of US officials

Four US officials resign after a report into the events leading up the death of the US ambassador and three other Americans in Libya finds that security was "grossly inadequate".

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