By Rim Taher: Libya's prosecutor general has ordered the arrest of eight officials as part of his inquiry into the...
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Libya’s latest official death toll exceeds 3,800
Nearly two weeks after a flash flood devastated the Libyan port city of Derna, the official death toll keeps rising,...
Podcast: And Now the Environment is Major Factor of Instability in North Africa
As we reach the end of the third quarter 2023, about to enter the tail-end of the year, it is difficult to see a...
Libya: As lawlessness and abuse on migrants spike, thousands left Libya voluntarily last year
Tripoli, Feb 6, 2019 (AFP) - More than 16,000 migrants returned home from conflict-wracked Libya in 2018 under a...
Sahel: French fighter jets hit rebels entering Chad from Libya
Paris, Feb 6, 2019 (AFP) - French warplanes have carried out fresh attacks against an armed convoy which crossed into...
Libya: Haftar forces enter al-Sharara oil fiel
Libya, Feb 6, 2019 (AFP) - A force led by Libyan military strongman Khalifa Haftar, engaged in an offensive in...
Libya-based Chadian rebels cross border to Chad, get bombed by French Air Force
Paris, Feb 4, 2019 - French warplanes on Sunday struck twice to halt an armed group that crossed into northern Chad...
Libya: Violence and political deadlock wreck havoc on the population
Al-Gawalesh, Libya, Jan 27, 2019 - "Our town has been looted, homes wrecked and olive trees torched," Moftah Mohammed...
Libya: More migrant deaths off the coast of Libya
Tripoli, Jan 22, 2019 - Two migrants have died and nearly 500 have been rescued in the past three days off the coast...
Libya militias agree to end clashes south of capital, 16 killed and scores wounded
Tripoli, Jan 21, 2019 - Rival Libyan militias agreed to a new ceasefire Monday aimed at halting nearly a week of...
Libya: UN still looking for more conferences that produce nothing
Commentary by Arezki Daoud: The United Nations and its envoy, Mr. Ghassan Salame have an interesting take on...
Libya: AP photographer Mohamed Ben Khalifa killed in Tripoli clash
Tripoli, Jan 19, 2019 (AFP) - A Libyan photographer who worked for Associated Press news agency was killed Saturday...
Libya: More than 100 migrants missing off Libyan coast
Jan 19, 2019 - Scores of migrants were feared missing off the Libyan coast, the IOM said Saturday after the Italian...
Libya 2019 Preview Podcast
Season 1, Episode 1 Libya, 2019 PreviewWhen you think that the destabilization of Libya reached its peak, new...
Libya: Ten killed in Tripoli clashes
Tripoli, Jan 17, 2019 (AFP) - Two days of clashes between rival militias near Libya's capital Tripoli have left 10...
Libya: Southwest Libya braces for more violence as Haftar prepares to bomb insurgent positions
Jan 16, 2019 - The forces of Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar on Wednesday announced a military operation to "purge" ...
Libya: Chaos and more deaths in Tripoli
The North Africa Journal with AFP – January 16, 2919: Just as the UN warned against escalating violence in the Libyan...
Libya: Tripoli authority on the brink as its leader faces uncertain future ($)
The North Africa Journal: The head of the Libyan Presidential Council, Fayez Al Sarraj, has never appeared so...
Libya to boycott Arab summit over attacks on flag
Tripoli, Jan 14, 2019 - Libya's internationally recognised government said Monday it will boycott an Arab economic...
Libya: Thousands of people detained in prisons with little government control
United Nations, United States, Jan 10, 2019 - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is urging the Libyan government to...
Libya: Bulgaria investigates alleged illegal sale of Libyan tanker, as Libya orders seizure of Bulgarian ships
Sofia, Jan 11, 2019 - Prosecutors in Bulgaria on Friday opened an investigation into the alleged illegal sale of a...
Libya: Belgium and the fueling of illegal arms market and human trafficking ($)
Up to 5 billion euros belonging to the Libyan Investment Authority have vanished from Belgian banks. On 30 October,...
Libya issues arrest warrants against attackers of oil facilities ($)
The North Africa Journal: 9 January 2019: The Libyan authorities have issued 37 arrest warrants against Libyans,...
Libya in 2019: Podcast
In mid-December 2018, Arezki Daoud and Alessandro Bruno discussed the latest about Libya and what could happen in...
Libya: Civil aviation unions threaten to paralyze the sector
MEA Risk's Shield & Alert: 19 Nov. 2018: Two syndicates at the Civil Aviation Authority went on a strike on 18...
Libya: Critical Incidents Map for July 2018. Libya risk remains highly elevated
The North Africa Journal - August 8, 2018: For the period of 1 July to 7 August 2018, there were 64 critical incidents...
Libya: Nothing new achieved in yet another Paris conference on Libya
By Arezki Daoud, MEA Risk Lead Analyst - May 31, 2018: The headlines in some of the world’s media read as if something...
Libya: General Haftar suffers heart attack
MEA Risk Brief: April 10, 2018: The commander of the pro-eastern government Libyan National Army, General Khalifa...
Libya: Haftar seeks to degrade Chadian mercenaries in Southern Libya
The North Africa Journal- April 4, 2018: The air force controlled by Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar has been targeting...
Libya’s slave trade
By Maya Yang: On January 25, a series of grisly videos from Libya surfaced online that depicted several kidnapped...
Libya: No hope for stability anytime soon
The North Africa Journal - February 21, 2018: No one seems to know what to do with Libya these days. French President...
Not such a happy new year for North Africa
The North Africa Journal: January 11, 2018- The new year started off on the wrong foot for North African nations, and...
The Jihadists are back
The North Africa Journal - 22 November, 2017: Although authorities have so far been able to contain the militant...
The disgraceful practice of human trafficking in Libya
The North Africa Journal - November 16, 2017: International organizations and human rights groups have long been aware...
As Algeria ups its defensive capabilities, North Africa braces for an influx of new insurgents
The North Africa Journal - September 7, 2017: Over the past 20 years, the Algerian defense system has been largely...
The Sahel about to be more militarized, as Russia looks for some action in Niger and Nigeria
The North Africa Journal- August 23, 2017- More trouble ahead for the Sahel region and West Africa. On 22 August,...
Video: Migrant crisis: How Italy is training Libyan coast guards
Libya: The unlikely return of peace with Haftar and Serraj in the driving seat
The North Africa Journal- July 27, 2017: By Arezki Daoud: Two Libyan leaders, UN-backed, Tripoli-based Prime Minister...
Libya: Shifting sands in the militia and insurgency movements
The North Africa Journal - June 12, 2017: Tracking and understanding the various militias and insurgent groups...
Italy’s dangerous bet that Libya would help contain migration flows
The North Africa Journal: June 9, 2017: Italy is naturally troubled by the massive inflow of migrants from Africa and...
Libya/Egypt: Egyptian air strikes target Derna’s al-Jabilah neighborhood
Egypt has launched air strikes on Derna’s al-Jabilah neighborhood on 26 May in retaliation for the attack on Coptic...
Libya: Rival militias skirmish in several Tripoli neighborhoods
Armed clashes between rival militias were reported throughout the Tripoli neighborhoods of bu Salim, Hai Damscus,...
After failing to make its case against Goldman Sachs, Libya’s sovereign wealth fund takes Société Générale to court
The North Africa Journal - May 4, 2017: The Libyan Investment Authority (LIA) is back to the UK to sue the French...