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Independent stores and community business initiatives could save the UK’s high streets Marie Hazelwood won 6 months of lease space for her bakery in High Wycombe’s Eden shopping centre in April of this year, as part of a much…

Independent stores and community business initiatives could save the UK’s high streets: an interview with High Wycombe's local business owner Marie Hazelwood.

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Lebanon may release son of Gaddafi after decade in detention Lebanon is awaiting a judicial ruling on whether to release Hannibal Gaddafi, who has been imprisoned for 10 years.

Lebanon is expecting a ruling on whether Hannibal Gaddafi will be released from prison, the son of notorious Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi

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🇱🇾 The Libya Gazette – Edition 004 is out now.

📰 Lockerbie suspect’s new claims
🗳️ UN roadmap: interview with Salem Sahed
🌊 Refugee tragedy off Libya’s coast
🌍 Libya–Greece maritime talks

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“Arkenu is basically controlled by the Haftar’s, specifically Saddam Haftar and it is because of his power that he has been able to get Arkenu to export crude.”

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UN’s new elections roadmap for Libya garnering further support A new political roadmap to bring about national elections in Libya was presented by the UN, which is receiving more support internationally.

Libyan Prime Minister Dbeibah and the EU are amongst those showing support for the UN's newest plan for Libya, a political roadmap presented by Hannah Tetteh on August 21st:

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Egyptian lawyer charged for posting on Egypt's prisons and Gaza An Egyptian rights lawyer has been charged with spreading false news in her social media posts about Gaza and prison conditions in Egypt.

An Egyptian human rights lawyer has been arrested for posting about Egypt's prisons under President Sisi and Gaza:

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Libyan PM’s wide ranging interview, from elections to Israel In an interview, Libya PM discussed foreign relations, militia dismantling, elections and the upcoming political roadmap.

Libya's Prime Minister Dbeibah discusses elections, foreign relations, Israel, and the UN's political roadmap in a new interview:

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Tunisia is erasing the women’s rights it once championed Once hailed for its progressive gender policies, Tunisia is now slipping back into the shadows, quietly erasing the very women’s rights it once championed. The situation for women in Tunisia will remain unchanged if world leaders continue to sit and ponder at the fact that it could be worse, using the gender apartheid in Afghanistan to support their claims. But in Tunisia, despite being influenced by the Sunni Maliki Islamic tradition, Sharia law still anchors the country’s debates on women’s rights.

Tunisia is erasing the women’s rights it once championed

Once hailed for its progressive gender policies, Tunisia is now slipping back into the shadows, quietly erasing the very women’s rights it once championed. The situation for women in Tunisia will remain unchanged if world leaders continue to…

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Sudan strained from cholera outbreak in Darfur, UNICEF reports UNICEF reported that across the Darfur region in Sudan, at least 80 people have died of cholera and over 2,100 cases have been recorded.

On July 3rd, the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) reported that across the five states that make up the Darfur region in Sudan, at least 80 people have died of cholera and over 2,100 cases have been recorded.

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Libya and Belarus allegedly involved in migration manipulation The European Commission is investigating the involvement of Belarus and Russia with irregular migration into southern Europe from Libya.

The European Commission is investigating the involvement of Belarus and Russia with irregular migration into southern Europe after a string of unusual flights between the capital of Belarus and the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi.

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Tunisia extends buffer zone on Libya border for another year Tunisia’s military buffer zone along its border with Libya will remain in place for another year until August 2026.

Tunisia’s military buffer zone along its border with Libya will remain in place for another year until August 2026.

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Libyan rival governments ordered to stop all cooperation Osama Hammad has instructed all institutions of the eastern governments to stop cooperating with the rival government based in Tripoli.

The Prime Minister of the eastern government in Libya, Osama Hammad, has issued a statement instructing all the institutions of the eastern government to stop cooperating with the administration based in the western city of Tripoli.

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18 migrants dead and 50 missing after capsize off Libyan coast At least 80 migrants have died on the weekend of July 26th and 27th, and 50 are missing following the capsize of a boat off the Libyan coast.

18 dead and 50 missing off Libya's coast: “a stark reminder of the deadly risks people are forced to take in search of safety and opportunities.”
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Pressure, fatigue and fatalities: the devastating cost of farming Under pressure, under-resourced – and still the UK’s deadliest job. Farmers face daily risks. Farm Safety Week urges change, not shortcuts

"farming continues to have the poorest safety record of any occupation in the UK...

Over the past 13 years, an average of 31 lives have been lost on UK farms each year. Victims have been farm labourers, members of the public and children."

UK to recognise state of Palestine in September unless Israel holds to ceasefire Cabinet agrees to support Middle East roadmap at emergency meeting The UK will formally recognise the state of Palestine this September as a result of the “increasingly intolerable” situation on the ground in Gaza, unless Israel abides by a ceasefire and commits to a two-state solution for the Middle East. Keir Starmer’s cabinet has agreed to support a roadmap for peace in the region after coming under intense domestic pressure over the mounting humanitarian crisis in the territory, and internal calls to follow France in acknowledging Palestinian statehood. Continue reading...

UK to recognise state of Palestine in September unless Israel holds to ceasefire

Sudan visits Libya ahead of reopening their consulate On July 27th, a Sudanese consular mission arrived in the Libyan city Kufra to mark the first step toward reopening Sudan’s consulate.

A delegation from Sudan arrived in the Libyan city Kufra in a step toward reopening Sudan’s consulate

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