The energy sector appears to be the only bright spot in the Libyan economy. The sector is experiencing significant...
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The Maghreb’s Response to U.S. Tariffs and Rising Chinese Influence
U.S. tariffs have not yet affected consumer spending in the Maghreb, but as the tariffs are sending shockwaves through...
Libya Refutes ‘Best Option’ Claim for Gaza Displacement
Libya has been in the news lately in relation to the crisis in Gaza. Reports have been suggesting that Libya may be a...
Libya: Police seize cannabis wrapped with images of Russian president Putin
Libya's anti-drug squad on Monday announced the discovery of 323 bars of hashish wrapped with images of Russian...
Libya: Eastern parliament looking to replace Prime Minister Dbeibah, likely to spark new east-west power struggles
Libya's parliament on Monday began hearings of hopefuls to replace interim prime minister Abdulhamid Dbeibah, a...
Conflicts: How the UAE pays mercenaries in Darfur to wage war in Libya in support of Khalifa Haftar
Providing mercenaries in Libya's internal conflict has become the main source of revenue for armed groups from Sudan's...
Libya: Parliament speaker Aguila Saleh calls for new government
Libya's parliamentary speaker called Monday for a new interim government to be established in the capital Tripoli,...
Business: Production in four Libyan oil fields resumes
Production has resumed at four key oil fields in war-torn Libya after a three-week shutdown by gunmen linked to...
Sahel: Niger president says weapons from Libya fuel violence in Sahel
Niger President Mohamed Bazoum on Monday urged his country's allies to step up the fight against arms trafficking from...
Libya: Rival central banks reach deal to reunite
Libya's rival central banks said on Monday they had reached a reunification deal, seven years after they divided as...
Libya: Stephanie Williams replaces Jan Kubis as UN SG’s special advisor on Libya
American diplomat Stephanie Williams was appointed Monday as the UN secretary-general's special advisor on Libya,...
Libya: Son of dictator Kadhafi cleared to run for presidential election
By Hamza Mekouar A Libyan court on Thursday reinstated Seif al-Islam Kadhafi, son of slain dictator Moamer Kadhafi, as...
Libya: Political divisions threaten the holding of this month’s elections
Libya court upholds presidential bid of PM Dbeibah A Libyan appeals court on Wednesday rejected two petitions against...
Libya: As country prepares for elections, presence of foreign mercenaries remains thorny issue
Fewer violations of the arms embargo on Libya have occurred this year as compared with 2020, but the "continuing...
Libya restores maritime link with Turkey after a 40-year break
A ferry set sail on Wednesday from the Libyan port of Misrata to Turkey's coastal city of Izmir, 40 years after the...
Libya: Electoral commission says Kadhafi cannot run for president due to his legal problems
Libya's electoral commission on Wednesday announced its rejection of the candidacy of Seif al-Islam Kadhafi, son of...
Libyan journalist Siraj Abdelhafid al-Mogassbi kidnapped in Benghazi
A Libyan journalist was kidnapped Monday in the country's second city Benghazi, the government media authority said....
Libya: How the city of Benghazi is growing out of control
Over a decade of war in Libya the second city Benghazi has mushroomed to twice its size, creating an unplanned and...
Libya: Former Interior Minister Bashagha and parliament chief Aguila want to be president
Libya's parliament chief, Aguila Saleh to run for presidency The speaker of Libya's eastern-based parliament, Aguila...
Libya: More voices call for rejection of Seif al Islam Kadhafi’s presidential bid
Elders from several cities called for a boycott of presidential elections and protesters shut voting stations in...
Libya: The resurrected old demons: Seif al-Islam Kadhafi to run for president
Seif al-Islam Kadhafi: Profile of a criminal who wants to be president Seif al-Islam, the son of slain Libyan dictator...
Libya: Handful of mercenaries may leave Libya soon
Forces of Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar said Thursday 300 foreign mercenaries fighting on their side would leave the...
Libya is experiencing a mental health crisis due to impact of civil war
By Rim Taher Libya's decade of violence has scarred not just the bodies but also the minds of many of its people,...
Libya: France wants elections in December in Libya, to host talks this week
By Valérie Leroux and Jérôme Rivet French President Emmanuel Macron will host Friday an international conference aimed...
Libya: Presidential council suspends Foreign Minister Najla al-Mangoush
Libyan PM says council has no authority to suspend ministers Libya's Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dbeibah on Sunday came...
At least 2 Tunisians killed in oil field accident off Libya
At least two Tunisian oil workers were killed and two went missing when cables holding a floating reservoir snapped...
More people seeking to reach Europe from Libya over dangerous sea
Libya's coastguard said Thursday it had stopped 280 migrants crammed on five boats, as they attempted the dangerous...
Elusive peace: Libyan militias damage only functioning oil refinery during violent clash
Libya's only operational oil refinery was "severely" damaged after gunmen battled for three hours around the complex,...
Libya: Italian captain given jail term for handing migrants to Libya
By Ella Ide, Alvise Armellini: A ship's captain who rescued a group of 101 migrants from the Mediterranean sea before...
Libya: Bodies of 17 migrants washed up on beach between Zawiya and Sorman
The bodies of 17 migrants have been found washed up on a Libyan beach after their boat capsized during a bid to reach...
Libya: Pro-election youth leader Imad al-Harathi kidnapped
A Libyan youth leader was abducted by unidentified gunmen after calling for demonstrations in support of scheduled...
Libya: Saadi, son of dictator Moamer Kadhafi, released from prison
Saadi Kadhafi, a son of Libya's late dictator Moamer Kadhafi who was overthrown and killed in a 2011 uprising, has...
Libya: Violence reignites in Libya amid slow political progress
Two Libyan army units used heavy artillery in an exchange of fire overnight centring on a barracks in a densely...
Libyan’s electricity crisis
By Hamza Mekouar: Walk down any commercial street in the Libyan capital Tripoli and the pavements will be lined with...
Libya: Preserving Libya’s Sufi heritage
By Hamza Mekouar: Bullet holes scar the minaret of the Sufi mosque in Libya's Zliten, but followers of the Muslim...
Libya: Rival forces agree to protect water network
The United Nations on Thursday welcomed the creation of a joint security force from rival sides in Libya to secure the...
Libya: Countries jockeying for lucrative projects in Libya when stability returns
By Hamza Mekouar A decade after Libya descended into chaos, a host of countries are eyeing potential...
Libya: Water supply to west and south Libya cut because of political terrorism
Libyan authorities have shut water supplies to swathes of the country after gunmen demanding the release of a jailed...
Libya: Strong disagreements over December elections in Libya
A day of UN-led talks between delegates from war-torn Libya failed to reach agreement on a constitutional framework to...
Refugees: Hundreds rescued from drowning off the coast of Libya
By Estelle Emonet Rescue ships picked up more than 700 people trying to cross the Mediterranean in makeshift vessels...
Libya gets 2 million Sinopharm doses with more expected
Libya called Monday on people to come forward to be vaccinated after it received two million doses of the Chinese...
Libya: Seif al-Islam wants to become the next ‘Kadhafi’
Anyone supporting Seif is a foolish person: Opinion by Arezki Daoud A decade ago, Seif had the opportunity to save his...
Libya: Militia gang leader Mohammed al-Kani gunned down
A Libyan militia gang leader accused of major human rights violations has been shot dead at a farm in the eastern city...