Libya

Serving soldier investigated on suspicion of using leave to train troops in Libya last year

Soldier interviewed by Defence Forces police for training troops in Libya but evidence insufficient to bring charges under military law

Facebook photos and pub talk led Defence Forces to investigate Libya training

Former and departing soldiers provided training for warlord Khalifa Haftar. Senior officers feared reputational damage

The Irish soldiers who trained a rogue general’s army in Libya

They provided services to strongman Khalifa Haftar in an apparent breach of a UN arms embargo

Who is Khalifa Haftar and what is the UN arms embargo on Libya?

The aspiring strongman and rogue general is a challenger to the UN-recognised Libyan government in Tripoli

Libyan coastguard accused of hampering attempt to save more than 170 people

Incident came after up to 60 people reported to have died last week in the Mediterranean after setting out from the Libyan coast

Amnesty criticises EU-Egypt deal on economy and migration

EU will assist Egypt in fortifying its borders in return for €7.4 billion in aid

Up to 60 migrants feared dead after attempting to cross Mediterranean from Libya

SOS Mediterranee picks up more than 220 people, including women and children, in rescue operations in the past two days

Novelist Hisham Matar: ‘I’m fascinated by my friendship to my male friends. It just seems like such an important thing’

The novelist has been shaped by the Libyan embassy siege in London in 1984, and the kidnapping of his father

Defence officials recommended scrapping LÉ Eithne to avoid repeat of ‘LÉ Aisling situation’ involving warlord

Advice came amid fears of repeat of ‘LÉ Aisling situation’, when an ex-Naval Service ship ended up in the hands of a Libyan warlord, documents indicate

Shrugging off Egypt’s many crises, Sisi prepares for six more years

Serious mismanagement of the economy has impoverished many but the authoritarian president has never allowed his grip on power to loosen

Sixty-one migrants, including women and children, drown off Libya, says international agency

Shipwrecked boat was carrying some 86 people in the Mediterranean Sea after departing city of Zwara

KhakiKid: ‘The 2000s in Ireland was a horrible place. You’d get called the P-word every single day’

Distinctive Dublin hip hop artist KhakiKid is making serious waves. He talks about growing up with dual heritage, democratic technology and his ambitions to go all the way to the top

Libya: Demonstrators set fire to home of destroyed city’s mayor following fatal floods

Journalists ordered out of Derna, where thousands are dead or missing, with officials claiming they were impeding rescue efforts

Libya: Disease outbreak could create ‘second devastating crisis’ after thousands die in floods

Some 3,200 bodies buried so far, many in mass graves outside the devastated city of Derna, with others moved to nearby towns and cities

Libya: Derna residents still reeling in aftermath of devastating flood

Rescue teams continue to comb through the rubble while some survivors report miraculous escapes

Libyan floods: Survivors face water shortages and landmines displaced by torrents

UN says at least 11,300 have died and more than 10,000 are missing city of Derna

Refugees in Tunisia: ‘We want to live with dignity like every human being’

A Sudanese refugee finds that so-called legal routes to safety can bring their own forms of psychological torture

Libya floods: 11,300 people dead as officials warn of long-lasting distress for survivors

Thousands of bodies buried amid fears that failing to do so could lead to the spread of disease

Libya floods: reconstruction will take years, survivors will be affected for a lifetime

Desperate calls for more attention to be turned towards a country that has been in crisis for 12 years

Claire Byrne’s grim cocktail leaves a bitter taste

Radio: The RTÉ presenter discusses crises big and small, from Libya and Morocco to RTÉ and dodgy Greek hooch

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