Libya Libyan guards 'shoot six migrants dead' at Tripoli detention centre The International Organization for Migration says the shooting was linked to notorious overcrowding at the centre where conditions are deplorable. 08/10/2021
Destinations The Roman city lost to the Libyan Civil War A forgotten historical gem in Libya is the best kept Roman ruin outside of Italy. 02/10/2021
no comment Mayday call over migrant rescue in Mediterranean Migrants clinging to an overturned boat off the Libyan coast were spotted by air and were rescued last week, NGO SeaWatch Italy said Friday 03/09/2021
Libya A hotbed of squalor and torture, Libya's detention centres are closing The country's provisional government says it wants to end lawlessness in the camps, but migrants still dream of a life in Europe. 30/07/2021
Libya Caught on camera: Libyan coast guard shoots at migrant boat The German non-governmental group Sea-Watch filmed the incident while flying over the Mediterranean in an observation mission. 02/07/2021
People This biker gang are changing perceptions one rev at a time Bikers from Libya's Mediterranean city of Benghazi, the cradle of its 2011 revolution and a one-time Islamist bastion, rev up their motors to show another side to their country and their gang. 15/06/2021
Libya Five migrants have died after their boat capsized off Libya Five migrants have drowned when a vessel, carrying at least 45 people and heading for Europe, capsized off Libya. 10/05/2021
Libya At least 11 dead after migrant boat capsises of Libya coast “The continuous loss of life calls for an urgent change in approach to the situation in Libya and the Central Med.,” the IOM said in a Twitter post. 02/05/2021
Libya 130 people en-route to Europe feared dead in shipwreck off Libya coast Around 130 people are feared dead after the wreck of a boat carrying them to Europe was found off the Libyan coast. 23/04/2021
Libya Libya factions agree interim presidential council ahead of elections Rival factions in Libya agree on an interim presidential council to lead the country into elections in December. 06/02/2021
Libya Migrant shipwreck off Libyan coast leaves at least 43 dead, says UN The shipwreck in the Mediterranean Sea is the first maritime disaster in 2021 involving migrants and refugees seeking better lives in Europe. 21/01/2021
Libya At least 74 drown after migrant boat breaks down off Libya coast At least 74 migrants trying to make their way to Europe drowned after their boat capsized off the coast of Libya on Thursday, the UN migration agency said. 12/11/2020
Libya Libya's rival factions sign 'permanent' ceasefire after UN talks Libya's two warring factions agreed to a permanent truce after five days of talks at the United Nations, which hailed the move as "historic". 23/10/2020
Libya Ceasefire announced in Libya after nine years of political crisis The UN has called for the expulsion of all mercenaries from the country. 21/08/2020
Libya UN deplores deadly shooting of three Europe-bound migrants in Libya "We can no longer afford to ignore what's happening inside Libya," UNHCR spokesperson Charlie Yaxley told Euronews. 29/07/2020
Libya EU countries threaten sanctions against foreign interference in Libya Chancellor Angela Merkel, president Emmanuel Macron and prime minister Giuseppe Conte issued a joint declaration on Saturday as they met in Brussels to discuss the coronavirus recovery package. 18/07/2020
Libya Turkey is playing a dangerous game in Libya, says France's Macron The French president's remarks on Turkey's military intervention in the Libyan civil war follows an encounter between the two NATO allies' ships in the Mediterranean 23/06/2020
Libya Haftar backs ceasefire as rebels lose ground in Libya A new ceasefire proposal reflects a dramatic shift in the balance of power in war-torn Libya. 08/06/2020
Libya If you think working from home in Europe is tough, try Libya "I am working from home right now with bombs falling in the surrounding area," said Moayed Zoghdani, who is an aid worker for an international agency. 21/05/2020
World Outspoken Libyan princess Alia Al Senussi supports ‘New Saudi’ art scene As a Libyan princess raised in exile, Alia Al Senussi, has never let her family’s ousting from the throne and their homeland in the 1960s, define her. 08/05/2020
Libya Libya: Caught between bombs, bullets and now COVID-19 The coronavirus pandemic is putting yet more strain on a country already struggling with civil war and a migrant crisis. 16/04/2020
View Ignoring COVID-19 cases at Libya migrant centres will have dire consequences for Europe ǀ View Both individual countries like Italy and the EU overall will need to strike the political balance between the needs of their citizens and the humanitarian obligation to provide shelter for refugees and migrants. 16/04/2020
Libya Can peace talks in Berlin on Sunday end the civil war in Libya? Here's our explainer on the Libyan conflict and the peace talks taking place in Berlin on Sunday. 19/01/2020
Libya Libyan rivals leave Moscow without signing ceasefire deal The commander of the Libyan National Army (LNA) Khalifa Haftar and the Government of National Accord (GNA) Prime Minister Fayez Sarraj left Moscow on Tuesday without reaching an agreement on a ceasefire deal proposed by Russia and Turkey. 13/01/2020
Libya Tripoli accuses rivals of breaking conditional ceasefire in Libya The ceasefire took effect early on Sunday and if it holds, it will mark the first break in fighting in months. 12/01/2020
Libya Who are the Russian mercenaries waging war in Libya? Wagner Group contractors are accused of fighting alongside General Khalifa Haftar, who along with the support of the United Arab Emirates and Egypt is laying siege to Tripoli. 18/12/2019
