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As West Retreats, China’s Offensive in Libya Gains Momentum
While France is retreating from Africa and Washington DC is struggling to figure out Trump's "America First" policy,...
EU Report Accuses Tunisia of Migrant Trafficking to Libya
A report, presented to the European Parliament on January 29 by a group of researchers, accuses Tunisia of deporting...
Libya says it captured IS militant behind three attacks in 2018
A leader of the Islamic State (IS) group who allegedly planned and sponsored three deadly attacks in the Libyan...
Libyan warlord Haftar invites the Russian military
Russian military officials including Moscow's deputy defence minister arrived in Libya on Tuesday after receiving an...
North African governments struggling with migrant crisis
Tunisia and Libya announced Thursday they had agreed to share responsibility for providing shelter for hundreds of...
Anti-migrant sentiment in North Africa turns into humanitarian disaster
In the unbearable midday heat, a Libyan patrol near the border with Tunisia comes across a black African man collapsed...
Libya strongman Haftar issues new threat over oil revenue
Libyan military strongman Khalifa Haftar, who backs the politically-split country's eastern administration, has...
Libya: Base hosting Wagner mercenaries supporting warlord Haftar attacked by drones
Drone strikes early Friday hit an airbase in Libya's east used by mercenaries of the Russian paramilitary group...
Libya: Rescue ship saves 86 migrants off Libyan coast
The migrant rescue ship Ocean Viking rescued 86 people off the coast of Libya on Tuesday as their vessel foundered...
Libya: Rival governments bicker over oil revenues, threaten to shut down oil operations
The east-based government, which does not recognise the authority of the Government of National Unity based in...
Libya arrests 50 foreign nationals over alleged illegal crypto mining operation in Zliten
Libyan authorities have dismantled a crypto mining operation in the country's west, the prosecution in Tripoli said...
Libya: Politically contested issues threaten normalization in Libya
UN envoy Abdoulaye Bathily (pictured here) said Monday that a deal between Libyan rival camps over long-delayed...
Libya: After wanting total destruction of his western rivals, warlord Haftar now calls for unified government
Libyan military strongman Khalifa Haftar called Friday for a unified government of technocrats to organise...
Libya: This is why Libya may not see peace for the time being
@arezkid #Libya: the son of notorious #Libyan #dictator #Gaddafi is in #prison for the wrong reason. #ebanon,...
Libya: UN calls for halt to Libya migrant detention, expulsion
The United Nations on Monday called on Libya to treat migrants and asylum seekers with dignity, highlighting concerns...
Libya: UN wants to secure elections in Libya, to put pressure on rival groups
The United Nations said Thursday it would work towards helping Libya's rival factions agree on contested points...
Libya: Can Libya’s rival politicians and their foreign backers finally agree on a stabilization plan?
Envoys of rival Libyan factions have agreed on the legal steps to hold much delayed presidential and legislative...
Libya: Two militia groups aligned with Tripoli government clash in Tripoli, spread terror
Gunshots rang out in Libya's capital on Monday following hours of fighting between two armed groups both aligned with...
Libya uses drones to attack smugglers in west of the country
Forces of Libya's Tripoli-based government launched drone strikes against suspected smuggling sites in the country's...
Libya: Ousting of Bashagha signals possible path to reconciliation
Arezki’s Opinion By Rim Taher: Oil-rich but war-scarred Libya has for years been ruled by two rival governments, but...
Libya: Fathi Bashagha, rival prime minister, ousted by eastern parliament
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Libyan forces intervene to halt deadly clashes between rival militias
Libyan security forces said Sunday they had deployed in Zawiya after battles between armed groups in the western city...
Podcast: The Fleecing of Libya: Billions of Dollars Missing and Everyone is at Fault
In the post-Gaddafi era, corruption in Libya is endemic and metastasized. The culture of corruption is so ubiquitous...
Libyan authorities are cracking down on civil society groups
Libyan authorities have imposed "severe restrictions" on local and international civil society groups, obstructing...
Libya recovers previously missing 2 tons of uranium
More than two tonnes of natural uranium reported missing by the UN's nuclear watchdog in war-scarred Libya have been...
Libya: Efforts by UN envoy to organize elections face resistance from the Libyans themselves
By Jihad Dorgham: The new UN envoy to Libya had hoped to usher in long-delayed elections, but his initiative is facing...
Libya: With thousands of migrants held in detention centers, Libya continues to violate human rights
Around 5,000 migrants are being held in official detention centres in Libya and they represent just the tip of the...
Libya: New hopes of presidential and legislative elections in Libya this year.
The UN envoy to Libya on Monday announced a push to help the country organize presidential and legislative elections...
Egyptian Coptic Christians who were kidnapped in Libya are still detained in an illegal immigration center
Egypt's government said Friday it was "working around the clock" to secure the release of six Egyptian Coptic...
Africa says it wants to tackle the forgotten Libyan conflict
Arezki's Take: There have been so many conferences organized by Libya's North African neighbors, European nations, the...
Energy: Libya says agreement on major gas development project reached with Italy’s ENI
Libya's National Oil Corporation said Wednesday it had reached an $8-billion deal with Italian energy giant ENI to...
Most Arab leaders were no-show in regional meeting in Libya, unwilling to deal with Tripoli
Major Arab states boycotted a ministerial meeting hosted by Libya's interim government on Sunday, with just five of...
Economy: Tunisia gets food donations from Libya
Food shortages and rising cost of commodities in Tunisia: briefly explained Conflict-wracked Libya donated several...
Libya: CIA Director William Burns meets with leaders of Libya’s rival governments
CIA chief William Burns has met Libya's interim premier weeks after the authorities handed the United States a suspect...
Podcast: Sahel and North Africa week in review 7 Jan 2023
Greetings to our second episode of Week in Review and a quick summary of what we are tracking in the Sahel and in...
Libya: 35-year-old Lockerbie bombing case gets into Libyan politics
By Jihad Dorgham: Libya's Tripoli-based leadership is facing a public backlash for handing Washington a suspect in the...
Libya: Treating each other as enemies, Libyan leaders carry out prisoner swap
Libya's unity government has carried out a prisoner exchange with rival eastern forces, releasing a pilot captured...
Libya: Mercenaries of Libyan warlord Khalifa Haftar accused of war crimes
Amnesty International accused Monday an eastern Libyan armed group of committing war crimes and serious abuses to...
Libya: Court in Tripoli sentences 17 IS members to death
A Libyan court on Monday sentenced 17 people to death after finding them guilty of joining the Islamic State group and...
European plane maker Airbus to pay less than 16 mil. euro to avoid corruption probe
A French judge on Wednesday allowed European aerospace firm Airbus to pay 15.9 million euros ($16.4 million) to avoid...
Libya: Tripoli-based government inks controversial defense agreements with Turkey
Libya's Tripoli-based prime minister Abdulhamid Dbeibah signed two deals with Turkey's defence minister on Tuesday,...
Libya: 15 bodies found on Sabratha beach
Fifteen bodies were found on a beach near the Libyan city of Sabratha, some of them burned, the Libyan Red Crescent...