Libya Bound

The Maghreb’s Response to U.S. Tariffs and Rising Chinese InfluenceF

U.S. tariffs have not yet affected consumer spending in the Maghreb, but as the tariffs are sending shockwaves through global trade—North Africa is not insulated.

Libya Refutes ‘Best Option’ Claim for Gaza DisplacementF

Libya has firmly rejected reports suggesting it as a potential destination for resettling Gaza residents, calling the claims baseless.

As West Retreats, China’s Offensive in Libya Gains MomentumF

China and Libya have been working to deepen economic and diplomatic ties, positioning Libya as a key partner in China’s Belt and Road Initiative while boosting infrastructure, trade, and energy cooperation.

EU Report Accuses Tunisia of Migrant Trafficking to LibyaF

A report presented to the European Parliament accuses Tunisia of deporting sub-Saharan migrants and selling them to Libyan armed groups.

Libya’s Fragile Peace Shaken Again by Local ViolenceF

Aug 5, 2025

Tensions are flaring again in Libya, from deadly street battles in Tripoli’s suburbs to violent protests in Sabratha....

Libya in Perpetual Crisis: How Khalifa Haftar Is Gaining Ground Amid Institutional CollapseF

May 30, 2025

Libya is unable to find a way out of its crisis. It is caught between two rival governments, a dysfunctional...

U.S. Trade Policy Is Accelerating China–North Africa Economic and Defense EngagementF

Apr 23, 2025

U.S. trade tariffs are accelerating China’s push into developing economies, with North Africa emerging as a key...

Libya: The ordeal of Libya’s civil war amputeesF

Dec 31, 2020

For Radwan Jibril, wounded in a bastion of Libya's 2011 revolution, losing his leg became "inevitable" and he had a...

Libya: Despite series of talks to bring peace in Libya, warlord Haftar threatens more violenceF

Dec 28, 2020

Turkey tells Haftar to back off Turkey's defence minister said that any attack by eastern Libyan strongman Khalifa...

Despite their divisions, Libyans hope for a return to stabilityF

Dec 24, 2020

The Tawergha People: By AlJazeera When Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi was toppled, people took revenge on those they...

Divided Maghreb countries celebrate one common thing: the CouscousF

Dec 17, 2020

Couscous, the Berber dish beloved across northern Africa's Maghreb region and beyond, Wednesday joined the UN list of...

Libya: 18 foreign fishermen released from warlord Haftar’s prisonsF

Dec 17, 2020

Eighteen fishermen including eight Sicilians who were held in Libya for more than three months have been freed,...

Libyan politician Omar Garmil dies from the CoronavirusF

Dec 14, 2020

Libyan Member of Parliament (MP) Omar Garmil has died in Morocco weeks after being infected with Covid-19, multiple...

Libya releases Russian operatives after serving 18 months in prison for vote meddlingF

Dec 14, 2020

An ally of President Vladimir Putin has shelled out nearly $500,000 to two Russian political operatives recently freed...

Libya: Forces of warlord Haftar seize Turkish commercial ship, hold 17 crewmenF

Dec 9, 2020

Turkey on Tuesday denounced the seizure of a commercial ship by the forces of Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar, warning...

Libya: How many foreign mercenaries in Libya? 20,000 is the numberF

Dec 3, 2020

Twenty thousand foreign forces and mercenaries are in Libya despite a ceasefire and long-standing arms embargo, the UN...

Minorities: The Amazigh people remain abused by North African regimesF

Dec 3, 2020

The Berbers of Egypt: By Hager Harabech Siwa Oasis, Egypt, Dec 2, 2020 - Youssef Diab drives his truck through the...

Libya: Terror group tied to warlord Haftar blacklisted by USF

Nov 25, 2020

The US Treasury announced sanctions Wednesday on a Libyan rebel militia loyal to eastern strongman Khalifa Haftar...

Libya: Europe and Turkey at odds about Libya, threaten and intimidate each otherF

Nov 23, 2020

German navy searches Turkish ship headed for Libya Turkey on Monday said the German navy had conducted an...

Libya: Despite ceasefire deal, militias and foreign meddlers refuse to withdraw their mercenariesF

Nov 20, 2020

Rival forces in Libya have failed to begin withdrawing as required under an October ceasefire agreement aimed at...

Libya: The civil war’s human tragedyF

Nov 16, 2020

Tarhuna, Libya: A year ago armed men took Mohamed al-Magri's son for questioning as fighting raged around the Libyan...

Libya: Death toll from recent migrant shipwrecks reaches 100F

Nov 13, 2020

Italian coastguard rescues migrant boats near Lampedusa Italy's coastguard rescued about 170 migrants on two separate...

Podcast: Covid-19 in the Maghreb region as of mid-November 2020F

Nov 12, 2020

In this brief podcast recorded on 12 November 2020, MEA Risk's Arezki Daoud provides an update on the Coronavirus in...

Libya crisis: Talks in Tunisia show some progressF

Nov 12, 2020

Libyans agreed in UN-led talks on Wednesday a plan to hold elections within 18 months, as diplomatic efforts grow to...

The Mediterranean Sea’s fishing warsF

Nov 11, 2020

Domenico Asaro recalls the day in 1996 when Libyan forces began firing on his Italian fishing boat "Osiride" (Osiris),...

Libyan lawyer and media figure Hanan Al-Barasi murdered in BenghaziF

Nov 10, 2020

A Libyan lawyer was shot dead in her car in the eastern city of Benghazi on Tuesday, a security source told AFP,...

Immigration: Interceptions of migrants off the coast of Libya on the riseF

Nov 3, 2020

A total of 575 migrants have been intercepted off Libya's western coast in just a week, the UN's migration agency said...

Libya: New meeting in Ghadames to set up the basis of a ceasefireF

Nov 2, 2020

Rival Libyan military officers arrived Monday for talks held for the first time on home soil following a ceasefire...

More North Africans die at sea in desperate effort to escape miseryF

Oct 26, 2020

At least 11 migrants died on Sunday when their boat floundered off the coast of Libya, the UN's migration agency said,...

Libya: Tenuous ceasefire in Libya as foreign meddlers ponder what to do nextF

Oct 23, 2020

Libya's two warring factions signed a "permanent" ceasefire agreement on Friday after five days of talks at the United...

Libya: Shipwreck off Libya coast claims lives of 15 migrantsF

Oct 22, 2020

A shipwreck off Libya has left at least 15 migrants dead, the UN's migration agency said Wednesday, the latest tragedy...

Libya: As Libyans hope of some normalcy, Afriqiyah Airways resumes Tripoli-Benghazi flightsF

Oct 20, 2020

Flights between the Libyan capital and Benghazi resumed Friday after an 18-month halt, amid an a easing of tensions...

Prosecutors say ex French Prez Sarkozy was involved in criminal conspiracy, took money from Libya’s Muamar GaddafiF

Oct 16, 2020

French prosecutors said Friday that they had slapped criminal conspiracy charges on former president Nicolas Sarkozy...

Libya: Another rogue official arrested in Libya for human traffickingF

Oct 16, 2020

Libya's UN-recognised government on Wednesday announced the arrest of a former coastguard wanted by Interpol and under...

Libya: Hopes for resolution of Libya crisis as rivals to meet and oil production resumesF

Oct 12, 2020

Libya's state oil firm gave the green light Sunday for production to resume at a major oil field, as the UN announced...

Libya: Tripoli authorizes reopening of mosquesF

Oct 12, 2020

Mosques reopened in and around the Libyan capital Friday almost seven months after they were ordered to close as part...

Libya: Financial challenges undermine UN’s rights agency’s work in LibyaF

Oct 6, 2020

The United Nations does not have enough funds to investigate rights violations in strife-torn Libya this year, the...

Libya: After Morocco, Egypt gets its own Libya conferenceF

Oct 1, 2020

Two days of talks between representatives of Libya's rival administrations that took place in Egypt this week were...

Libya: Armed militias clash in populated neighborhood of east TripoliF

Sep 28, 2020

The United Nations has condemned clashes between two armed groups in a residential suburb of the Libyan capital and...

Libya: More tragedy at sea, with migrants dead, others missingF

Sep 25, 2020

Tripoli, Sept 25, 2020 - The International Organization for Migration said Friday the bodies of three migrants whose...

Libya: Amnesty Intl catalogs horrific abuses on migrants in LibyaF

Sep 24, 2020

Amnesty International on Thursday urged the EU to reconsider cooperation with Libya over "horrific abuses" of refugees...

Migration: Uncertain fate for migrants who arrived in Italian islandF

Sep 24, 2020

A ship with 125 rescued migrants aboard reached the Italian island of Sardinia on Thursday, the aid organisation...

Libya: Russian and other mercenaries still impeding oil sector activity in LibyaF

Sep 21, 2020

"force majeure continues on the oil fields and ports that confirmed the presence of elements of Wagner gangs and other...

Libya: EU targeting three companies for breach of arms embargoF

Sep 21, 2020

The European Union on Monday imposed sanctions on three companies -- one Turkish, one Kazakh and one Jordanian -- for...

Libya: Turkey’s Erdogan not too happy that Libya’s Sarraj is apparently quittingF

Sep 18, 2020

What happened? The head of Libya's UN-recognised Government of National Accord, Fayez al-Sarraj, said he plans to step...

Libya: Warlord Khalifa Haftar wants money from oil revenues as condition to lift blockade of oil fieldsF

Sep 18, 2020

Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar announced Friday a conditional lifting of a months-long blockade on oilfields and...

Libya: Under US pressure, version 2.0 of the UN Mission in Libya will have a ‘Special Envoy’ and a ‘Coordinator.’ As if that matters!F

Sep 16, 2020

The UN Security Council adopted a resolution Tuesday under pressure from the United States endorsing a change in...

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