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...
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Libya’s mayors ask for more local power and funding
Over 50 mayors in Libya called for an end to centralized governance over municipal affairs, as reported on July 6th...
Libya: oil industry losing millions to corruption
Financial and administrative corruption have led to losses in Libya’s oil sector of more than $294 million over the first...
Sudan refugees in Libya to run out of food by autumn, says UN
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has issued an urgent warning that in two months time they will run...
Libyan delegation visits China to discuss future reconstruction
A Libyan delegation led by Belgacem Hafter, son of Khalifa Haftar and Director General of the Libyan Development and Reconstruction...
Libyan eastern government is moving further from Western allies
The head of Libya’s eastern government, Osama Hammad, has visited Belarus with the goal of strengthening cooperation by building on...
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...
Libya: local election progress halted mere days after starting
Libya’s High National Elections Commission (HNEC) has confirmed that authorities in eastern Libya have completely suspended the distribution of voter...
Egypt intensifies diplomacy efforts amid Sudan-Libya tensions
Egypt is intensifying its diplomacy efforts to promptly contain rapidly escalating tensions in the unstable border triangle region shared by...
Libya threatens political response if US attempts deportations
Tensions are building up between the Libyan elite and the Trump administration about deportations. The Libyan House of Representatives’ Foreign...
Libya and Greece begin new naval initiative to tackle migration
The Greek Navy has deployed two naval frigates to patrol the international waters of the Mediterranean around Libya, according to...
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...
Dan Jones: The ceasefire con and diplomacy as a weapon
Peace is a beautiful lie. And intelligence agencies know it. While diplomats shake hands for the cameras and talk about...
New DNA could bring an end to Libyan Lockerbie suspect’s trial
Nearly 37 years after the Lockerbie bombing, a major forensic breakthrough has been made that could be crucial evidence in...
Greece proposes maritime deal with Libya to bring stability
During a United Nations Security Council session on June 24th, Greece’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Evangelos C. Sekeris, reaffirmed...
