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French prosecutors allege ex President Sarkozy took money from Libya to fund election campaignF

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy will be tried in 2025 over allegations he took money from late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi to fund one of his election campaigns, prosecutors said Friday. The trial is set to hear explosive evidence that the rightwinger,...

Libya says it captured IS militant behind three attacks in 2018F

A leader of the Islamic State (IS) group who allegedly planned and sponsored three deadly attacks in the Libyan capital Tripoli in 2018 has been captured, the country's prime minister said Thursday. "Our forces apprehended on Tuesday a leader of the terrorist...

Libyan warlord Haftar invites the Russian militaryF

Russian military officials including Moscow's deputy defence minister arrived in Libya on Tuesday after receiving an invitation from pro-Moscow military strongman Khalifa Haftar. Haftar, who backs the country's eastern administration, is close to Russia's private...

North African governments struggling with migrant crisisF

Tunisia and Libya announced Thursday they had agreed to share responsibility for providing shelter for hundreds of migrants stranded at their border, many of them for over a month. The migrants, primarily from sub-Saharan African countries, had been driven to the...

Libya: Ancient Greco-Roman city of Cyrene faces risk of collapseF

Libya: Ancient Greco-Roman city of Cyrene faces risk of collapseF

Sep 20, 2023

Floods that killed thousands in the Libyan city of Derna also inundated one of the country's premier ancient sites,...

Libya: Incompetent eastern authorities tighten control on media, block communications accessF

Sep 20, 2023

Communications were severed Tuesday to the flood-hit Libyan city of Derna and journalists were asked to leave, a day...

Libya: Entire families of Syrian migrants perished in floodF

Libya: Entire families of Syrian migrants perished in floodF

Sep 19, 2023

More than 100 Syrians, including entire families, died in flash flooding that killed thousands in Libya's eastern city...

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