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Libya: More than 100 migrants missing off Libyan coast
Jan 19, 2019 - Scores of migrants were feared missing off the Libyan coast, the IOM said Saturday after the Italian navy flew three survivors to the Mediterranean island of Lampedusa. The International Organization for Migration said the three, who were suffering from...
Libya 2019 Preview Podcast
Season 1, Episode 1 Libya, 2019 PreviewWhen you think that the destabilization of Libya reached its peak, new development on the ground sinks the country even deeper. The year 2018 was devastating for the Libyan people, and 2019 does not promise any improvement. ...
Libya: Ten killed in Tripoli clashes
Tripoli, Jan 17, 2019 (AFP) - Two days of clashes between rival militias near Libya's capital Tripoli have left 10 people dead and 41 wounded, the health ministry said Thursday. Fighting between armed groups erupted Wednesday despite a truce deal four months ago that...
Libya: Southwest Libya braces for more violence as Haftar prepares to bomb insurgent positions
Jan 16, 2019 - The forces of Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar on Wednesday announced a military operation to "purge" jihadists and criminal gangs from the south of the conflict-hit nation. A spokesman for the self-proclaimed Libyan National Army (LNA) said its...
Libya: Chaos and more deaths in Tripoli
The North Africa Journal with AFP – January 16, 2919: Just as the UN warned against escalating violence in the Libyan capital, there is news of clashes that have already claimed at least five lives. Over the past days, the UN's Libya mission warned against clashes in...
Libya: Tripoli authority on the brink as its leader faces uncertain future ($)
The North Africa Journal: The head of the Libyan Presidential Council, Fayez Al Sarraj, has never appeared so weakened. Not recognized as interlocutor by rival authorities of Benghazi since he was named head of the Libyan Presidential Council (CP), he is now...
Libya to boycott Arab summit over attacks on flag
Tripoli, Jan 14, 2019 - Libya's internationally recognised government said Monday it will boycott an Arab economic summit in Lebanon this weekend after supporters of a Shiite movement in the country attacked its flag. "We have been forced to boycott this summit and...
Libya: Thousands of people detained in prisons with little government control
United Nations, United States, Jan 10, 2019 - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is urging the Libyan government to bring all prisons under its control and fre from the grip of militias, some of whom run migrant-smuggling networks. Guterres said in a report to the...
Libya: Bulgaria investigates alleged illegal sale of Libyan tanker, as Libya orders seizure of Bulgarian ships
Sofia, Jan 11, 2019 - Prosecutors in Bulgaria on Friday opened an investigation into the alleged illegal sale of a Libyan oil tanker, after Libya ordered the seizure of Bulgarian ships entering its ports in retaliation. "The regional prosecution in Burgas opened a...
Libya: Belgium and the fueling of illegal arms market and human trafficking ($)
Up to 5 billion euros belonging to the Libyan Investment Authority have vanished from Belgian banks. On 30 October, Belgian broadcaster RTBF revealed that the Belgian courts had opened an investigation to determine whether Belgian banks had paid interest and dividends...
Libya issues arrest warrants against attackers of oil facilities ($)
The North Africa Journal: 9 January 2019: The Libyan authorities have issued 37 arrest warrants against Libyans, Chadian and Sudanese rebels suspected of involvement in attacks on oil facilities and a military base. The arrest warrants were issued against 22 Chadian...
Libya in 2019: Podcast
In mid-December 2018, Arezki Daoud and Alessandro Bruno discussed the latest about Libya and what could happen in 2019. This is the audio version of the broadcast hosted on YouTube.
Libya: Civil aviation unions threaten to paralyze the sector
MEA Risk's Shield & Alert: 19 Nov. 2018: Two syndicates at the Civil Aviation Authority went on a strike on 18 November,and said will continue till their demands of better salaries are met. The syndicates sent a letter to the Civil Aviation Authority saying that...
Libya: Critical Incidents Map for July 2018. Libya risk remains highly elevated
The North Africa Journal - August 8, 2018: For the period of 1 July to 7 August 2018, there were 64 critical incidents affecting Libya’s stability rating, according to risk and tracking firm MEA Risk. Those incidents resulted in at least 18 deaths and 1,004 arrests....
Libya: Nothing new achieved in yet another Paris conference on Libya
By Arezki Daoud, MEA Risk Lead Analyst - May 31, 2018: The headlines in some of the world’s media read as if something new happened in Paris this week. One of them says “Libyan factions agree to December 10 elections at Paris talks,” suggesting to the reader that...
Libya: General Haftar suffers heart attack
MEA Risk Brief: April 10, 2018: The commander of the pro-eastern government Libyan National Army, General Khalifa Haftar, is reported to have suffered a heart attack. He has been transferred to Jordan for intensive care.
Libya: Haftar seeks to degrade Chadian mercenaries in Southern Libya
The North Africa Journal- April 4, 2018: The air force controlled by Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar has been targeting the forces of the Military Command Council for the Salvation of the Republic (CCMSR), an organization of Chad rebels operating in Southern Libya. ...
Libya’s slave trade
By Maya Yang: On January 25, a series of grisly videos from Libya surfaced online that depicted several kidnapped Sudanese migrants tortured for ransom. In one video, at least five Sudanese men lay on the ground with fresh wounds on their backs, pleading with their...
Libya: No hope for stability anytime soon
The North Africa Journal - February 21, 2018: No one seems to know what to do with Libya these days. French President Emmanuel Macron at least had the courage to say that the military intervention in Libya under President Nicolas Sarkozy, was a “serious mistake…It...
Not such a happy new year for North Africa
The North Africa Journal: January 11, 2018- The new year started off on the wrong foot for North African nations, and the seeds of discontent for the years to come have been sown. The year 2017 ended with a lot of drama and lingering crises that promise to stick...
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