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Libya: Eni Leads Charge in Libya’s Energy Revival
The energy sector appears to be the only bright spot in the Libyan economy. The sector is experiencing significant...
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: Haftar’s deadly mines
Mines have killed or wounded more than 100 people, including many civilians, south of Libya's capital following deadly...
Libya: Sudan captures alleged mercenaries headed to Libya
Sudan said Sunday it has arrested 122 of its nationals as they headed to neighbouring Libya to fight as "mercenaries",...
Libya: Another mass grave found in Tarhuna
Tripoli, June 29, 2020 - Nine bodies have been found in another mass grave in the Libyan town of Tarhuna after...
Libya: Reports of foreign mercenaries in Sharara oil field
Russian and other foreign mercenaries have entered a key oil field in southern Libya, the conflict-hit country's...
Egypt amplifies instability in Libya with threat to attack
Tripoli, June 21, 2020 - Libya's UN-recognised Government of National Accord on Sunday denounced Egypt's warning of...
Libya: 100 migrants rescued off the coast of Zawyia
Rome, June 17, 2020 - The German NGO Sea Watch rescued around 100 migrants off of Libya on Wednesday, saying the...
Libya’s struggle to deal with Covid-19 outbreak
There has been an outbreak deep in the desert south, with dozens of cases appearing in the south's largest oasis city...
Libya: Eight mass graves discovered in Libya after Haftar forces retreated
Tripoli, June 11, 2020 - The United Nations voiced "horror" after reports that eight mass graves had been discovered...
Libya: Haftar’s landmines kill more civilians in Tripoli
Tripoli, June 10, 2020 - Landmine blasts killed at least seven people including civilians on the edges of Libya's...
Libya: Did Kadhafi give Sarkozy money to fund his election? A court will decide
Paris, June 10, 2020 - A Paris appeals court will rule in September on a legal challenge by ex-president Nicolas...
Libya: Haftar forces are resisting GNA offensive near Sirte
Tripoli, June 9, 2020 - Libyan military strongman Khalifa Haftar's forces have slowed an advance on the strategic city...
Libya: With Haftar forces on the run, Libya resumes oil production at al-Fil
Tripoli, June 8, 2020 - Libya's National Oil Company said Monday it had restarted production at Al-Fil oil field,...
Libya: With their protégé warlord Haftar losing the war, Egypt and UAE want a ceasefire
The United Arab Emirates on Monday backed an Egyptian peace initiative in Libya after a series of military victories...
Libya: Haftar’s forces lose Tarhouna in a disastrous retreat
Tripoli, June 5, 2020 - Libya's UN-recognised unity government retook the town of Tarhuna southeast of Tripoli on...
Libya: Warlord Khalifa Haftar loses Tripoli International Airport
Tripoli, June 3, 2020 - Forces backing Libya's unity government said Wednesday they had reseized the capital's Tripoli...
Libya: Family of Lockerbie bomber appeals conviction
London, June 3, 2020 - Lawyers representing the family of the Libyan man jailed for the 1988 Lockerbie bombing on...
Libya: Warlord Khalifa Haftar uses landmines against civilians in Tripoli
Tripoli, June 3, 2020 - Human Rights Watch on Wednesday accused Libyan military strongman Khalifa Haftar's forces of...
Libya: French warship intercepts oil tanker off the coast of Libya
United Nations, United States, June 3, 2020 - Europe tried to reassure Russia during a UN Security Conference video...
Libya: US says Malta seized fake Libyan money printed in Russia, Moscow denies
Moscow on Saturday denied US reports that $1.1 billion in Libyan money printed in Russia and seized by Maltese...
Libya: Mass murder of migrants underscores state of chaos in Libya
Tripoli, May 28, 2020 - The family of a Libyan smuggler killed by migrants have taken revenge by killing 26...
Libya: Russia may be escalating conflict in Libya with more support for warlord Haftar
Berlin, May 26, 2020 - Russia recently sent fighter jets to Libya to support Russian mercenaries fighting for...
Libya: Warlord Haftar’s IEDs kill civilians in southern Tripoli
Tripoli, May 26, 2020 - The United Nations has deplored the "grotesque" use of improvised explosive devices against...
Immigration: 160 migrants stranded in the Mediterranean for two weeks.
Geneva, May 21, 2020 - The United Nations called on the EU on Thursday to reach a deal to take in 160 migrants who...
Libya: Haftar’s troops abandon airbase south of Aljmail
Warlord Khalifa Haftar and his patrons of the United Arab Emirates, France, Russia and many others don't seem to be...
Libya: Warlord Haftar’s favorite target: unprotected civilians ($)
Tripoli, May 15, 2020 - Seventeen attacks have been recorded since January against health facilities in Tripoli and...
Libya: More civilians, including child, killed in Tripoli by militias of warlord Haftar
Libya's Government of National Accord said at least four civilians, including a child, were killed when rockets rained...
Libya: Haftar intensifies rocket attacks on Tripoli
Tripoli, May 8, 2020 - Rocket and shell fire on Tripoli has killed at least 13 civilians and two policemen in the...
Libya: EU begins Operation IRINI to enforce Libya arms embargo
Rome, May 7, 2020 - The European Union has launched a delayed naval mission to enforce an arms embargo on Libya, the...
Libya: After his forces suffered major losses, warlord Haftar wants a truce ($)
April 30, 2020 - Libya's UN-recognised government on Thursday rejected a truce unilaterally called the day before by...
WHO advises MENA region against loosening confinement measures
Cairo, April 28, 2020 - The World Health Organization warned Tuesday of the impact coronavirus could have in Middle...
Libya: Warlord Haftar claims to have popular mandate to rule
Tripoli, April 28, 2020 - Libya's UN-recognised government Tuesday accused rival military strongman Khalifa Haftar of...
Libya: Stuck between a never ending war and a lockdown
Tripoli, April 19, 2020 (By Rim Taher) - Already tired of the tribulations of war, Libyans in the capital Tripoli are...
Tunisia: Blocked border prevents Tunisians from returning home
Ras Jedir, Tunisia, April 21, 2020 - Hundreds of Tunisians stranded for weeks in war-racked Libya due to the...
Algerian diplomat Lamamra withdraw from UN Libya envoy consideration
Algerian former foreign minister Ramtane Lamamra on Thursday ruled himself out of becoming the next UN envoy to Libya,...
Libya: Warlord Khalifa Haftar unleashes terror on Tripoli population
Tripoli, April 14, 2020 - The forces of Libyan military strongman Khalifa Haftar rained rockets on the capital Tripoli...
Libya: Khalifa Haftar’s forces cut off water supply to Tripoli, millions of civilians at risk
Tripoli, April 11, 2020 - Water has been cut off to millions of Libyans living in and around the capital Tripoli, the...
Tragedy at sea: 85 migrants missing in the Mediterranean
Rome, April 12, 2020 - Europe's coast guard agency said Sunday it was looking for a dinghy believed to be carrying...
Diplomacy: No new UN envoys yet for Libya and Western Sahara crises
United Nations, United States, April 8, 2020 - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has begun searching for a new...
Libya: Former Interim Prime Minister of Libya Jibril dies from Covid-19
Mahmud Jibril, the former head of the Libyan rebel government that overthrew dictator Moamer Kadhafi in 2011, died...
Libya does the right thing: it releases prisoners in pretrial detention amid Covid-19
Tripoli, March 29, 2020 - Libya's justice ministry announced Sunday over 450 prisoners were being freed in a bid to...