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Factions fighting for the control of the Libyan capital have reached a ceasefire following over a week-long armed struggle that have killed dozens of people and displaced hundreds, the UN Special mission in the North African country said on Tuesday. “A ceasefire agreement was reached + signed today to end all hostilities,” the U.N. mission […]
Two days after the Tripoli airport was hit by a rocket, the UN-backed government announced a state of emergency in the city as the death toll from fighting in recent days reached 39, including civilians caught in the crossfire. The fighting erupted last week between armed groups from Tripoli against others from a town to […]
The U.S. command for Africa AFRICOM Tuesday said it conducted an airstrike that killed an Islamic State group (ISIS) militant in the town of Bani Walid, 153 km south of capital Tripoli. The command said it carried out the airstrike in coordination with the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA), headquartered in Tripoli. AFRICOM did […]
An attack blamed on the Islamic State group (ISIS) left Thursday at least six forces of the interior ministry aligned with Tripoli-based Government of National Accord (GNA) dead, reports say. The incident took place at a checkpoint laying on the highway between the town of Zilten and the Libyan capital Tripoli. Western Libya, is controlled […]
A Tripoli court has put 45 militiamen connected to late ruler Muammar Gadhafi on the death row, after the defendants were indicted for the killing of demonstrators during the NATO-backed revolution in 2011 that brought down the autocratic ruler. The court in its ruling found the men guilty of the execution of dozens of people […]
Libyan militias have forced nearly 2,000 people from an ethnic minority, targeted for their alleged links to the former Gadaffi Government, to flee long-established shelters in the capital Tripoli, the UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR, said on Tuesday. In an appeal for the respect of the human rights of families originating from the city of Tawergha, […]
Spanish boat “Open Arms” has rescued 87 African migrants off Libyan coast after their inflatable raft was found floating with a broken motor in the open sea. The NGO ship docked in Thursday in the southern port of Algeciras after Italy refused to take the African migrants nearly all from Sudan. The migrant-rescue boat, which […]
Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte unveiled Monday from Washington Italy’s plan to host a major conference in Rome to work on stability in the North African country, which has become a major departure point for migrants. “In agreement with President (Donald) Trump, I’m going to organize a conference on Libya,” Conte told reporters at the […]
Human Rights Watch denounced on Wednesday the European Union decision to entrust the Libyan coast guards with the task of managing the waves of illegal African migrants who risk their lives to reach European shores. The EU’s obstruction of nongovernmental rescues and handover of responsibility to Libyan coast guard forces is a recipe for even […]
France, Italy, the United Kingdom, and the United States have welcomed the announcement that Libya’s National Oil Corporation has recovered its prerogatives and is resuming its vital work on behalf of all Libyans, insisting that Libya’s oil facilities, production, and revenues belong to the Libyan people. The four world powers have issued a joint statement […]