By Arezki Daoud: If you were born in 1990, you are now 34 years old. This means in 2011 you just turned 21 and unless...
Libya Bound
Libya’s Abnormal New Normal
By Arezki Daoud: Since 2011, Libya has been engulfed in a bloody civil war after the death of Muammar Gaddafi. Over...
Profile: The Controversial Legacy of Saddam Haftar: A Portrait of Corruption and Abuse
By Arezki Daoud: Khalifa Haftar, the powerful figure dominating eastern Libya, has orchestrated a regime where his...
Libya: Troops of warlord Khalifa Haftar kill civilians in Tripoli
Tripoli, March 19, 2020 (AFP) - Libya's unity government said Thursday that five women were killed and five civilians...
Libya: Syrian airline accused of bringing into Libya people infected with coronavirus
Libya [18 March]: Haftar’s LNA forces continue to launch attacks on Tripoli
Libya [18 March]: Increased kidnappings and enforced disappearances in Libya (mobile alert)
Libya wants Covid-19 out, closes its borders and airspace
Tripoli, March 15, 2020 - The UN-recognised government in divided and war-torn Libya has said it will close from...
Libya: While COVID19-free, Libya announces preventive measures
Tripoli, March 13, 2020 - Libya's rival governments on Friday both announced a two-week closure of schools and...
North Africa coronavirus: 12 March 2020 update
Listen to the audio podcast above By Arezki Daoud: It is not total panic mode yet, but there is a feeling that the...
Libya still officially coronavirus-free
Tripoli, March 11, 2020 -By Jihad Dorgham- Despite advice from health authorities to shun public gatherings, Moayed...
Libya: UN point men for Libya, Ghassan Salame, resigns
Tripoli, March 2, 2020 (AFP) - The UN's envoy to war-plagued Libya, Ghassan Salame, on Monday announced his ...
Libya: Protagonists have no appetite for talk
Geneva, Feb 26, 2020 - UN-hosted talks between the warring sides in Libya that were supposed to start on Wednesday...
Libyans propose ceasefire, slam international inaction
Geneva, Feb 24, 2020 (By Nina LARSON- AFP) - Libya's warring sides have hashed out a draft ceasefire agreement, the UN...
Libya: Despite UN call for lasting ceasefire, warlord Harftar continues to wage war in Tripoli
Tripoli, Feb 13, 2020 - Rival forces clashed in the Libyan capital Thursday, witnesses and pro-Government of National...
Libya: Unusual consensus in the UN Security Council, but no solution in sight
United Nations, United States, Feb 13, 2020 - The UN Security Council on Wednesday adopted a resolution calling for a...
Libya: Haftar’s forces obstruct humanitarian flights into Libya
Tripoli, Feb 12, 2020 - The United Nations condemned Wednesday the obstruction of its flights into conflict-hit Libya...
Libya: African Union gets in the game after complaining of isolation
Addis Ababa, Feb 10, 2020 - The African Union vowed Monday to boost efforts to end the crisis in Libya and support a...
Libya: African Union pressured to do more on the Libyan crisis
Addis Ababa, Feb 8, 2020 - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Saturday said he supported the African Union (AU)...
Libya: Russia in denial over its mercenaries in Libya
United Nations, United States, Feb 6, 2020 - Russia on Wednesday blocked a UN draft resolution on Libya due to...
Libya: UN sees ray of hope in Libya crisis, announces principal of “lasting truce” agreed by belligerents
Geneva, Feb 4, 2020 - Representatives of the warring parties in Libya meeting in Geneva have agreed on the principle...
Investigators probing role of Libya into financing of French ex-president Sarkozy’s election campaign
Paris, Jan 31, 2020 - A businessman at the heart of a probe into alleged Libyan financing of French ex-president...
Libya: Factory fire in Tripoli kills four
Analysis: Northern half of Africa bracing for upheaval this year
MEA Risk LLC - 29 January 2020: There has been a dangerous escalation of security risks and instability in the...
How UAE security firm deceives jobless Sudanese and sends them to fight in Libya
Khartoum, Jan 28, 2020 - Dozens of Sudanese protested Tuesday in Khartoum, alleging that their relatives had been...
Immigration: Hundreds of migrants rescued at sea to disembark in Italy
Rome, Jan 28, 2020 (AFP) - More than 400 migrants pulled from the sea in recent days will be allowed to disembark in...
Libya: Crude production collapses as warlord Haftar maintains blockade of oil sites
Tripoli, Jan 25, 2020 - Libya's oil production has plunged by around three-quarters since forces loyal to military...
Libya: the collapsing public health system in Tripoli
Tripoli, Jan 22, 2020 - By Jihad Dhorgham: "The pressure was unbearable," said doctor Mohamad al-Rajehi, recalling a...
Libya: Tripoli’s sole functioning airport, Mitiga, shuts down after Haftar launches rocket attack
Tripoli, Jan 22, 2020 - Rocket fire forced the suspension of all flights into and out of Tripoli's sole functioning...
Libya: Despite calls for ceasefire, Haftar continues to attack Tripoli
There is little to no hope that warlord Khalifa Haftar and his supporters will listen to calls for reason and endorse...
Libya/Tunisia: Syrian fighters seize facility of Chinese industrial company near Tunisia borders
Libya: UN panel says no trace of Sudanese RSF mercenaries in Libya
United Nations, United States, Jan 20, 2020 - A United Nations panel said Monday it had no "credible evidence" of...
Libya: Haftar under pressure to resume oil exports
Tripoli, Jan 21, 2020 - The United States called Tuesday for an immediate resumption of Libya's lifeline oil exports...
Libya: The Berlin conference outcome suggests no peace in Libya
Opinion by Arezki Daoud: All the roads leading to Tripoli are paved with landmines. The Berlin conference was a great...
Libya: Pro-Haftar militia shuts down pipelines leading to export terminals
UPDATE: Gunmen known for their support to Khalifa Haftar closed on Sunday morning halted the flow of crude oil by...
Libya: Increase of migrant departures from Libya, Europe returns them
Geneva, Jan 14, 2020 - Heavy clashes have spurred a growing exodus of migrants from Libya, but nearly 1,000...
Podcast: The Libyan crisis is getting more complex
The discussion on Libya that follows was recorded on the 10 of January. The discussion between MEA Risk’s Arezki Daoud...
Libya: Eastern assembly to give warlord Haftar 20 billion dinars to fund civil war
Libya: More than 300 migrants died in Med crossing from Libya in 2019
Libya: More Russian private mercenaries arrive in Libya
Libya: Dangerous military buildup in Libya
Libyan warlord Khalifa Haftar announced this morning (Monday, 6 January) his troops entered the coastal city of Sirte...
Libya: Warlord Khalifa Haftar’s raid on military school in residential area kills at least 28
Tripoli, Jan 4, 2020 - At least 28 people were killed and dozens injured on Saturday in an air strike on a military...
The southern Mediterranean braces for war
Libya has long been a battleground pitting several regional powers against one another. That competition for influence...