Libya

Libya

Libya floods: More than 2,300 people dead and thousands still missing

Emergency workers uncovered hundreds of bodies as they dug through the wreckage of Libya’s eastern city of Derna on Tuesday, and 10,000 people were reported still missing after floodwaters broke through dams and smashed through the city, washing away entire neighbourhoods.

12/09/2023

Eco-Innovation

Hydroponics is a ‘godsend’ in this country with no natural rivers

With heatwaves destroying crops in Libya and Jordan, farmers and refugees are finding hope in a popular new farming technique.

02/09/2023

Libya

Libya suspends foreign minister after Israel contact sparks protests

Libya's pro-Palestinian government has launched an inquiry, as both countries dispute the nature of their contact.

28/08/2023

Libya

Libyans protest at minister's meeting with Israeli counterpart

Crowds of demonstrators across Libya have protested after the country's foreign minister held discussions with her Israeli counterpart

28/08/2023

Libya

Euroviews. As its Crown Prince, I want to see a new Libya — and a stronger Europe

With the country remaining fractious and unstable, having suffered through two brutal civil wars, there is no apparent path forward because external actors have not understood that Libyans are the key to lasting peace in their country, Mohammed el-Senussi writes.

19/04/2023

Libya

Shots reportedly fired at rescue ship in Mediterranean

The Ocean Viking was responding to a distress call to help a rubber boat carrying migrants off the Libyan coast.

26/03/2023

Libya

Italy's Giorgia Meloni visits Tripoli as $8bn gas deal is signed

Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni extended a hand of friendship to Tripoli while also helping to secure her country's energy security. Italian energy giant signed an $8bn gas exploration contract with Libya's state energy company during the visit.

28/01/2023

Libya

Lockerbie bomb suspect 'held by Libyan militia' before US handover

Lockerbie bomb suspect 'held by Libyan militia' before US handover

18/12/2022

Libya

Greek foreign minister refuses to leave his plane on visit to Tripoli

Dendias was about to be welcomed by his Tripoli counterpart, which Athens says was not agreed on.

17/11/2022

Libya

Libya capital remains tense a day after clashes kill more than 30

The fighting broke out early Saturday and pitted militias loyal to the Tripoli-based government against other armed groups allied with a rival administration

28/08/2022

Libya

UN report: Libya faces serious threat from foreign fighters, Wagner

A report made by UN experts cites numerous groups, including Russia's Wagner mercenaries, as being behind many international law violations in a country that turned volatile after the death of dictator Moammar Gaddafi.

28/05/2022

No Comment

Libya's underground homes wait for tourism revival

Gharyan's unique underground houses were hewn into the mountainside centuries ago, and many lie abandoned, but residents of the Libyan town are hoping tourism can help restore their heritage.

17/04/2022

Libya

EU report calls for Libya training to continue despite abuse claims

The European Commission and the EU’s External Action Service declined to comment on the report.

25/01/2022

Libya

At least 28 migrants' bodies found lined up on Libya's western coast

Libya's Interior Ministry believes the bodies recovered belonged to a group of 60 people supposedly missing at sea.

27/12/2021

Libya

Gadhafi's son announces candidacy for president of Libya

The son and one-time heir apparent of late Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi announced Sunday his candidacy for the country's presidential election next month, Libya's election agency said.

14/11/2021

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