Libya
Pope urges governments to stop sending migrants back to Libya
The pontiff's message comes as Italy sees an increase in migrant arrivals from Libya, and the debate within a divided EU shifts to migrants entering the bloc's...
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Son of Kadhafi freed from Libyan jail: ministry
"Saadi Moamer Kadhafi has been freed from prison," following a court ruling several years ago, the source said -- without saying whether he was still in the country.
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Libya starts restoring mains water cut by sabotage threat
The water authority is responsible for a huge network of pipelines, dubbed the Great Man-Made River, which was one of the major projects of longtime dictator Moamer Kadhafi during his four decades in power.
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Libya calls on public to get COVID vaccination
Since the pandemic began, Libya has recorded 256,328 cases and 3,579 deaths from COVID-19.
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Failure of Libya talks endangers December vote, analysts warn
Seventy-five delegates from the war-torn North African country aired their differences at rowdy meetings in Geneva last week.
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World powers in new push for Libya peace
The efforts to end a decade-long spiral of violence in Libya are the second round held in Berlin, after the first attended by the presidents of Turkey, Russia and France in January 2020, before the pandemic.
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Women migrants reduced to sex slaves in Libya 'hell'
Official centres under Libyan government control, and where the European Union-funded coastguard transfers would-be exiles it intercepts, are also riddled with corruption and violence, including sexual assault, according to the United Nations.
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Libya reopens highway linking east and west
A 300-kilometre stretch between the cities of Misrata and Sirte was cut off in 2019 as eastern-based military strongman Khalifa Haftar launched an offensive to seize Tripoli.
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Libya's latest unity government faces uphill battle
Thousands of foreign mercenaries are still on the ground, political factions remain deeply divided, and the promise of elections in December seems to be slipping away.
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G7 pushes solidarity to tackle global threats
China, Myanmar, Libya, Syria and Russia are all on the formal agenda as the ministers from the club of wealthy democracies prepare for a leaders' meeting in Cornwall, southwest England, next month.
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Benghazi face Pirates in first CAF club match in Libya since 2010
Deadly violence in the post-Moamer Kadhafi era forced Libyan national teams and clubs to stage home matches in other north African countries, mostly Tunisia and Egypt.
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11 bullet-ridden bodies found in eastern Libya
Examinations revealed 'bullet holes' in the bodies, supporting the theory that they were 'executed,' the source added.
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Libya's new interim PM set to take office
The North African nation descended into conflict after dictator Moamer Kadhafi was toppled and killed in a NATO-backed uprising in 2011, resulting in multiple forces vying for power.
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Eastern Libya forces say arrested top Islamic State figure
Abu Omar was among the top IS leaders in Libya when the group took control of the central coastal city of Sirte in 2015, the statement added.
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UN report finds Trump ally violated Libya arms embargo: US media
The confidential report to the Security Council, obtained by the 'New York Times' and the Washington Post, said that Prince deployed a force of foreign mercenaries and weapons to strongman Khalifa Haftar, who has fought to overthrow the UN-backed Libyan government, in 2019.
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Libya mired in chaos 10 years after Arab Spring
A decade on, it is clear that the so-called Arab Spring revolts in Libya brought carnage rather than the longed-for freedom and progress, a fate rivalled only by the suffering in war-torn Syria and Yemen.
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Libya embarks on new transition phase
Libya has been mired in violent turmoil with the country riven by divisions between the GNA in Tripoli and a rival administration backed by military strongman Khalifa Haftar in the east.
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Libyans meet in Geneva to select transitional leaders
The 75 participants at the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum have until Friday to select a prime minister and a three-member presidency council from a list of 45 candidates.
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Peace in troubled Libya brings back traditional weavers
Mohamad makes baskets from date palm leaves, using traditional skills and reconnecting her to a way of life nearly destroyed by the chaos of conflict.
