UK convoy attacked in Tripoli, threatening diplomacy with Libya
A UK diplomatic convoy was attacked in the capital city of Tripoli in Libya on June 26th, an attack which...
Libya civil war
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...
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...
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...
Libya: Tripoli government and armed militia on the brink of war
The Prime Minister of Tripoli's Government of National Unity called for the Special Deterrence Force to relinquish control of Mitiga...
Egypt asks USA to intervene in a Haftar-Turkey deal
Egypt has requested that the USA intervene in the development of Turkish and eastern Libyan maritime negotiations, reports Middle East...
Libyan activists kidnapping sparks calls for investigation
The Arab Organization for Human Rights in Libya is calling for an investigation into the “deliberate kidnapping” of activist Abdelmonem...
Libya: Sudan’s new presence at border is a serious threat
The Italian Institute for International Affairs has issued a new report warning that Libya may well be facing higher security...
UN to present a new roadmap to solve the Libya crisis in August
On June 24th, Hanna Tetteh, the United Nations Special Representative for Libya, announced that she will present a political roadmap...
Yassin K. Fawaz: Muammar Gadhafi rule still haunts Libya
In October 2011, Muammar Gadhafi, one of the world’s most flamboyant and feared dictators, was captured and killed by rebels...
Libya forms committees to address violent clashes
The UN mission in Libya has on the 7th of June commended the establishment of two presidential committees addressing the...
Oussama Romdhani: Libya threatened by foreign competition
Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar’s meeting on May 10 at the Kremlin with Russian President Vladimir Putin drew attention once more...
Batseba Seifu: African Union is silent amongst Libyan suffering
In 2025, as the African Union (AU) heralds a bold theme—“Justice for Africans and People of African Descent through Reparations”—a...
Dan Jones: Libya is confronting intelligence wars shaped by hidden agendas
Libya is a battleground, just not in the way most people think. The country is a chessboard for intelligence services,...
