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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 while trying to reach Europe, its French-based operator said. "The rescued, mainly from Gambia and Senegal, were suffering from dehydration, exhaustion...
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 Tripoli, is ready for more steps, including an oil blockade, and would seek a legal ruling, he said. "We are ready to raise the red flag, stop... the export...
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 Thursday, adding that 50 Chinese nationals had been detained. Interior ministry agents searching a farm in Zliten, some 160 kilometres (100 miles) east...
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 elections contained "politically contested issues" that could spark a new crisis in the divided country. Presidential and parliamentary elections were due...
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 long-delayed elections, in place of the rival administrations currently vying for control. Libya has been torn by more than a decade of stop-start conflict since...
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, #arezkidaoud, #1country1minute ♬ original sound - Arezki By Arezki Daoud: The disruptive actions of warlord Khalifa Haftar continue to reverberate on the...
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 over their treatment including arbitrary detention and mass expulsion. War-torn Libya is regularly criticised for its handling of migrants, with...
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 preventing long-delayed presidential and legislative elections being held in the conflict-scarred nation. Early Wednesday, envoys of Libya's factions said...
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 elections in the conflict-scarred nation, both sides said early Wednesday. Election were due to be held in December 2021 but were never organised as...
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 the divided country's UN-backed government, local medics and media reported. Several residents in Tripoli were lightly wounded in the clashes which...
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 west Friday as they pursued a campaign begun over a week ago, local media reported. "Strikes targeted Zuwara" some 120 kilometres (75 miles) west of...
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 now some analysts see faint signs of progress toward reconciliation between them. They point to discord within one of the camps, based in the east and...
Libya: Fathi Bashagha, rival prime minister, ousted by eastern parliament
Related Content: The fleecing of Libya [listen as audio podcast] Also: How to Plunder a Nation: How the Ben Ali clan ransacked Tunisia’s wealth Libya's parliament, in the east of the divided country, on Tuesday suspended Fathi Bashagha as head of an administration...
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 left three people dead including two civilians, according to medics. "We have deployed on the instructions of the supreme military authorities in the...
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 and widespread that Transparency International ranks Libya third before last in the MENA region, doing only better than Syria and Yemen. In this...
Libyan authorities are cracking down on civil society groups
Libyan authorities have imposed "severe restrictions" on local and international civil society groups, obstructing their work in the war-scarred country, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Tuesday. "Libya's Government of National Unity (GNU) and other authorities are...
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 found, a general in the country's east said Thursday. General Khaled al-Mahjoub, commander of eastern strongman Khalifa Haftar's communications...
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 pushback from the eastern-based parliament and a lukewarm reception by its rivals in Tripoli. Senegalese diplomat Abdoulaye Bathily told the UN...
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 iceberg, the International Organization for Migration chief said Wednesday. "It remains very unacceptable in terms of the violation of the rights of...
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 later this year. Elections were originally scheduled for December 2021, but were postponed indefinitely because of differences over controversial...
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