A total of 374 migrants have been rescued in two days, said SOS Mediterranee, which operates Ocean Viking aid vessel. More than 370 migrants and refugees...
Slovakia’s former foreign minister Jan Kubis will succeed Ghassan Salame as the UN’s new envoy to war-stricken Libya. The United Nations Security Council has approved the...
Central Bank devalues the country’s currency in a bid to save the faltering economy damaged by years of conflict. The Central Bank of Libya on Sunday...
A 35-year-old woman identified as Comfort Innocent has been arrested by operatives of the Ogun state police command for allegedly attempting to trade two underage girls...
Defence Minister Hulusi Akar visits Libya, says Turkey will retaliate against any attack by rebel general Khalifa Haftar. Turkey’s defence minister said that any attack by...
Located just a two-hour flight or a short boat trip away from its southern shores, Libya is a country in Europe’s immediate neighbourhood. Political shifts and...
Attorney General William Barr hopes Libya will allow the suspect, Abu Agila Mohammad Masud, to be tried in the US. The US Justice Department unsealed new...
Abdel Basset al-Megrahi, who died in 2012, was found guilty but his family have made a posthumous appeal against his conviction. Scotland’s High Court began hearing...
Move comes after US, Germany propose asset freeze and travel ban on al-Kaniyat armed group and its leader Mohammed al-Kani. Russia stopped a UN Security Council...
Delegates will hold talks online next week to agree on a selection mechanism for a government that will oversee polls. Talks on Libya’s future have adjourned...
Acting UN envoy Stephanie Williams says participants at Tunisia talks agreed that national elections should take place on 24 December, 2021. Libyans at UN-led talks have...
Agreement at meeting in Tunisia’s capital paves the way for a road map towards ‘free, fair, inclusive’ elections in 18 months. Libya’s warring sides have agreed...
Some 100 people had been travelling for about two days on a dinghy that collapsed in international waters off Libya, Open Arms says. At least five...
Hanan al-Barassi, a lawyer and outspoken critic of rights abuses, shot dead in her car in the eastern city of Benghazi. Gunmen shot dead a prominent...
The graves were discovered in Tarhuna, the main staging point of Haftar’s year-long offensive on the capital, Tripoli. Seventeen bodies have been unearthed in newly found...
Libya’s warring sides sign agreement for ‘a permanent ceasefire in all areas’, the UN Libya mission says in a Facebook post. Libya’s warring sides have signed...
The United Nations mission in Libya has said the country’s rival sides will hold direct political and military talks next month. The announcement came hours before...
Days after the Libyan interior Ministry revealed how three Libyan men invaded a factory in Tripoli, doused a Nigerian worker in petrol and reportedly set him...
UN mission says Egypt talks addressed confidence-building measures, security arrangements, and the role of Petroleum Facilities Guard. Warring sides in Libya have agreed to resume military...
UNSMIL expressed ‘great concern’ over fighting in the eastern suburb of Tajoura. The United Nations has condemned clashes between two armed groups in a residential suburb...
The European Union has imposed sanctions on three companies for violating the UN arms embargo on Libya. A meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels resolved...
A middle-age Nigerian man based in Tripoli, the capital of Libya, has cried out to Nigeria government for assistance to evacuate stranded Nigerians from the North...
Libya’s renegade military commander Khalifa Haftar has announced a conditional lifting of a months-long blockade on oilfields and ports by his forces. In January, backers of...
Protesters set fire to the eastern-based government’s headquarters in the Libyan city of Benghazi, as rare demonstrations over living conditions and corruption continued in the east...
Libyans go on with their lives in the capital Tripoli on March 10, 2020. According to Libyan authorities, not a single case of coronavirus so far...
In this file photo taken on May 18, 2020, a syringe is pictured on an illustration representation of COVID-19. Libya on Monday reported more than...
Nigerians who are Libya returness have recounted their bitter experiences and what they went through in their pursuits for greener pastures in Europe countries through Libya...
Voters in the western Libyan city of Misrata are going to the polls on Thursday to elect city leaders. Other towns in the region are also...
The head of Libya’s internationally recognised government has appointed a new defence minister and army chief after days of protests against poor public services and living...
Libya’s internationally recognised government suspended its interior minister on Friday, saying his handling of street protests and a violent crackdown against them would be investigated. The...
Renegade military commander Khalifa Haftar’s forces have dismissed a ceasefire announcement by Libya’s internationally recognised government as a “marketing” stunt. Ahmed Mismari, spokesman for Haftar’s self-styled...
Turkey and Qatar have reiterated their support for Libya’s internationally recognised government during a trip by their defence chiefs to the capital, Tripoli, where Germany’s foreign...
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL or ISIS) remains a “persistent threat” in Libya and could rise again unless the country’s long-running conflict...
Russian mercenary groups have enabled renegade military commander Khalifa Hafter, who is based in eastern Libya, to blockade the country’s oil exports, starving the country of...
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has criticised Germany for joining a European Union marine mission to supervise the Libyan arms embargo, calling it “a wrong step”....
GCFRNG: Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs Arancha Gonzalez Laya expressed Spain‘s support for Greece in stability in the Mediterranean region during her visit to Athens on...
The United States military has said Russia appears to be sending more military equipment to its mercenaries in Libya, including in the flashpoint city of Sirte, in...
Turkey and Russia agreed on Wednesday to press for a ceasefire in war-ravaged Libya, but Ankara said the leader of the eastern forces was illegitimate and...
Libya’s internationally-recognised Government of National Accord (GNA) on Saturday moved fighters closer to Sirte, a gateway to Libya’s main oil terminals that the GNA says it...
While most Libyans deal with the violence of war, one city has found relative stability, allowing the local economy to thrive. The Mediterranean city of Misrata,...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has denounced Egypt and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for supporting forces based in eastern Libya, after Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah...
A European Union mission to stop arms shipments to war-torn Libya is not “serious”, a senior US diplomat has said, accusing the bloc of not doing enough...
Libya has condemned the Egyptian president for recent comments suggesting Cairo “will not stand idle” against threats to national security and could arm Libyan tribes against the...
Libya’s warring sides have held a prisoner swap. The UN-recognised Government of National Accord and forces loyal to renegade military commander Khalifa Haftar have exchanged eight...
Libya’s eastern-based parliament approved a motion authorising neighbouring Egypt to directly intervene militarily in the country’s war if needed to counter Turkey’s support for the internationally...
Turkey has dismissed prospects of any ceasefire in Libya saying a deal incorporating the conflict’s existing front lines would not benefit the internationally recognised Government of...
Libya’s internationally-recognised government says it is gathering evidence of alleged war crimes committed by renegade military commander Khalifa Haftar’s forces. Mass graves have been discovered in...
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned the UN Security Council (UNSC) that the conflict in Libya has entered a new phase “with foreign interference reaching...
Libya’s UN-recognised government on Sunday condemned overnight air raids against a recently recaptured airbase in the west of the country saying the attack was carried out...
Libya’s United Nations-recognised government based in Tripoli has said Turkey’s defence minister and military chief have visited the war-torn Libyan capital. It is the second visit...
Russia has decided to reopen its embassy in Libya although its head will temporarily be based in neighbouring Tunisia, Interfax news agency cited Minister of Foreign...
Libya’s permanent representative to the United Nations has called for the United States and the European Union to impose sanctions over the activities of Russian mercenaries...
A woman who gave birth at sea was among 93 migrants rescued off Libyan shores as they tried to reach Europe, but six others died along...
The speaker of Libya’s eastern-based Parliament has urged Egypt to intervene militarily if forces allied with the internationally-recognised Government of National Accord (GNA) attack the strategic...
Italy’s foreign minister has made an unannounced visit to the Libyan capital, Tripoli, where he held talks with Fayez al-Sarraj, prime minister of the country’s internationally-recognised...
Fayez al-Sarraj (R), Prime Minister of Libya’s UN-recognised Government of National Accord (GNA), meets with Italy’s Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio (L) in the Libyan capital...
Arab foreign ministers said on Tuesday that they wanted to avoid a new battle in Libya and called for a truce as the warring sides mobilise near the...
A fact-finding mission to Libya has been established by the United Nations’ top rights body after prosecutors from the International Criminal Court said that mass graves...
The battle lines of the war in Libya have shifted rapidly in recent weeks. Last month, renegade military commander Khalifa Haftar’s forces were on the outskirts...
Libya’s internationally recognised government has denounced Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi’s threats of military intervention, saying his comments were akin to “beating the drums of war”. El-Sisi on Saturday...
Turkey has criticised a European Union’s naval mission aimed at halting arms shipments to Libya as “not objective”, a day after NATO said it would investigate...
The European Union’s chief diplomat has called on the bloc’s member states to increase their support for a recently launched military mission aimed at enforcing a...
The 14-month battle for the Libyan capital may finally be over, but the threat to civilian life remains. Landmines have killed dozens of people and there...
Turkey will continue talks with Russia over reaching a lasting ceasefire in Libya despite the cancellation of talks on Sunday, Turkey’s foreign minister said. Turkish President...
Russia’s foreign and defence ministers will visit Turkey on Sunday for talks, the two countries’ foreign ministries said on Saturday, with media reports saying discussions would...
Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has said his country’s position on the situation in Libya is to reject military action and to keep a distance from all...
A Turkish team has arrived in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, to help dismantle landmines left behind by forces loyal to renegade military commander Khalifa Haftar. Turkish...
The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has expressed “horror” at reports of at least eight mass graves being discovered in an area retaken last week...
Eastern-based forces allied with Libyan renegade military commander Khalifa Haftar have slowed down an advance by the country’s internationally recognised government into the strategic city of...
The United Nations has said Libya’s warring sides were “fully” engaged in military talks aimed at ending the fighting in the country, calling the virtual meetings...
The European Union’s top diplomat has urged all parties in the conflict in Libya to immediately stop all military operations and engage constructively in peace negotiations....
A local Libyan channel allied to the UN-recognised Government of National Accord (GNA) has aired a video showing the United Arab Emirate’s (UAE) alleged involvement in...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said “some agreements” have been reached with his US counterpart Donald Trump that could herald a “new era” in the...
Libya, a major oil producer in North Africa, has been mired in conflict since the 2011 NATO-backed uprising that toppled longtime ruler Muammar Gaddafi. It is...
Forces loyal to Libya’s UN-recognised government said they launched an offensive on Saturday to seize the strategic city of Sirte, as renegade military commander Khalifa Haftar...
Libyan renegade military commander Khalifa Haftar has backed a ceasefire in Libya to take effect from Monday, Egypt’s president announced after talks in Cairo. The development...
Libya’s Government of National Accord (GNA) has recaptured the strategic town of Bani Walid in the country’s northwest from the forces of renegade military commander Khalifa...
Renegade military commander Khalifa Haftar’s ambitions in Libya are unravelling quickly. The 76-year-old launched an offensive 14 months ago to capture the capital, Tripoli, from the...
The 30 migrants killed by traffickers in Libya on Wednesday were abducted while crossing the country and then tortured to extract a ransom, Bangladesh’s foreign ministry...
The family of a Libyan smuggler killed by migrants has killed 30 migrants in a revenge attack, Libya’s United Nations-recognised government said. The killings took place in...
In Libya, forces loyal to renegade military commander Khalifa Haftar have been forced to retreat as the UN-recognised government has been making rapid gains. The two...
Russian military personnel flew MiG 29 and SU-24 fighter planes to a Libyan airbase escorted by other aircraft, the US military said on Wednesday, detailing a...
Russia is one of the main players in the war in Libya. It supports renegade military commander Khalifa Haftar, who wants to take the capital Tripoli...
The US military accused Russia of deploying fighter aircraft to Libya “repainted to camouflage” their origin in support of mercenaries fighting for eastern-based commander Khalifa Haftar’s...
Libya’s coastguard intercepted about 400 Europe-bound migrants off the country’s Mediterranean coast over the past two days, and brought them to detention centres near the capital...
Russian fighters in Libya were flown out a town south of Tripoli by their Libyan allies after retreating from front lines at the capital, the town’s...
Forces aligned with Libya’s internationally recognised government have retaken three military bases from eastern-based military commander Khalifa Haftar‘s Libyan National Army (LNA) south of the capital...
The UN’s acting envoy for Libya Stephanie Williams has warned that an influx of foreign support for the two rival sides is threatening to intensify the...
Forces allied with Libya’s internationally-recognised Government of National Accord (GNA) say they have recaptured two towns near the Tunisian border from eastern-based renegade military commander Khalifa Haftar’s...
Libya’s internationally-recognised government says it has captured the strategic al-Watiya airbase from fighters loyal to renegade military commander Khalifa Haftar. Military spokesman Mohamed Gnunu said in a Twitter...
Officials with Libya’s internationally-recognised government say at least seven civilians in Tripoli have been killed in renewed shelling which they blamed on eastern-based forces seeking to...
At least 14 people have been injured in attacks on a hospital and residential areas in the Libyan capital Tripoli, which the United Nations-recognised government blamed...
At least three people, including a civilian, were killed after rocket attacks by forces loyal to Libyan renegade military commander Khalifa Haftar hit the capital Tripoli...
Russian private military contractor Wagner Group has deployed about 1,200 people to Libya to strengthen the forces of renegade military commander Khalifa Haftar, according to a leaked...
Soldiers from Libya’s internationally recognised Government of National Accord (GNA) attacked an airbase controlled by the forces of renegade military commander Khalifa Haftar. The operation was...
For migrants who have left African countries for Libya, life was already a struggle before the coronavirus pandemic, and now lockdown measures are leaving many without...
The forces of Libya’s United Nations-recognised government in Tripoli have made significant gains in their fight against renegade military commander Khalifa Haftar. It conducted air raids...
Turkey has accused Libya’s eastern-based military commander Khalifa Haftar of seeking to “create a military dictatorship” and vowed to “defend” the government in the capital Tripoli....
Libya’s eastern-based renegade military commander Khalifa Haftar has declared a landmark 2015 United Nations-brokered agreement to unite the country “a thing of the past”, and pledged...
The foreign ministers of Germany, France and Italy, along with the European Union’s top diplomat, have issued a joint call for a ceasefire in Libya, urging...
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