Libya: authorities ignore wildfires spreading across southwest
Wildfires began in southwestern Libya on July 12th, and according to Libya Review on July 15th they have now grown...
Ally Freischmidt
The UN is not giving up the lengthy fight for Libyan elections
On July 14th, the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) launched a new initiative of public opinion surveys to...
Libya: Tripoli mayors reject armed militias and call for unity
The mayors and local representatives of municipalities in Greater Tripoli have recorded a statement in which they firmly reject the...
Libyan authorities rescue 104 migrants from human traffickers
The Libyan Attorney General announced on July 14th that authorities have freed 104 migrants from a human trafficking network operating...
Rights group blame eastern Libyan government for election delay
The non-governmental human rights group Libyan Crime Watch has accused Khalifa Haftar, head of the Libyan National Army, and the...
Libya refuses to extradite senior militia commander to the ICC
The western Libyan government based in Tripoli has announced on July 13th that it is rejecting the International Criminal Court’s...
Emmanuel Cohen-Hadria: The Morocco-Algeria balancing act for the EU
The European Union is seeking to reinvigorate its bilateral relationships with its Southern Mediterranean neighbours by adopting a more transactional,...
Libya cracks down on armed militia with arrest warrants
On July 9th, Libya’s Attorney General issued arrest warrants for 172 members of the Stability Support Apparatus (SSA), a powerful...
Greece blocks all migration from North Africa after Libya snub
The Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has announced that for three months, Greece will suspend all asylum requests for migrants...
EU delegation refused entry into eastern Libya by government
An EU migration delegation has been refused entry by the eastern government of Libya, after the delegation visited the rival...
Libyan National Army arrive at southern border to tackle Chad
On July 8th, the Libyan National Army’s War Information Division released a statement confirming that elite units had arrived at...
Oil giants returning to Libya after over a decades suspension
Shell and BP, two major oil corporations, have announced that they will reopen their offices in Libya’s capital before the...
Oil tanker explosion off Libyan coast caused by external source
The Greek shipping company TMS Tankers has revealed that the mysterious explosion that hit an oil tanker leaving Libya on...
Hundreds of migrants departing from Libya intercepted by Greece
On July 6th, Greece rescued over 430 migrants near its southern islands, most of whom the Greek and EU authorities...
Libya does not want to bear the brunt of European migration
Libyan Member of Parliament Youssef Al-Agouri has declared during a meeting in Benghazi with the French Ambassador that Libya will...
