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Climbing sand: Russia’s faltering advance in Africa’s Sahel
For years, Russia has sought to establish itself as a power broker in Africa, using the Sahel as a showcase
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Libya's eastern-based forces have enabled a crackdown on dissidents and a spike in arbitrary detentions that has resulted in at least two deaths in custody in recent months, Amnesty International said Tuesday. Libya is split between a UN-recognized government in the capital Tripoli and a rival administration in the east backed by military strongman Khalifa Haftar. The eastern-based Libyan Arab Armed Forces (LAAF) "has enabled the Internal
Security Agency (ISA) to intensify its crackdown on critics and political opponents in recent months", Amnesty said in a report.
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