Libya

Libya

Sudanese migrant shot dead after being returned to Libya

A Sudanese man was killed by a bullet would, the International Organization of Migration said.

20/09/2019

Libya

UN demands action on refugees after 40 killed in Libyan shipwreck

UN demands action on refugees after 40 killed in Libyan shipwreck.

27/08/2019

Libya

'Migrants experiencing horrific circumstances in Libya,' says NGO

"Ocean Viking", operated by Doctors Without Borders (MSF) and SOS Méditerranée, is stranded off the coast of Libya with around 356 migrants.

13/08/2019

Libya

Dead migrants wash up on Libya's coast after 'worst tragedy' of year

Around 150 African refugees and migrants perished off the Libyan coast on Thursday, in their apparent attempt to reach Europe.

27/07/2019

Libya

Migrant shipwreck survivors 'sent to bombed Libyan detention centre'

Most of the survivors of the worst Mediterranean shipwreck so far this year have been transferred to a Libyan detention centre that was hit by a deadly airstrike this month, according to the UN refugee agency.

26/07/2019

Libya

Scores of migrants feared dead in 'worst tragedy' this year

More than 100 migrants are missing and feared drowned after a wooden boat capsized off the coast of Libya.

25/07/2019

Libya

Rescue ship carrying 41 migrants flouts Italian ban to dock

The ship from the Mediterranea NGO docked in Lampedusa "out of necessity" on Saturday afternoon. Another rescue ship, the Alan Kurdi, from the German NGO Sea-Eye, carrying 65 migrants is currently waiting in international waters off the Italian island to dock.

06/07/2019

Libya

Why won't the world condemn Libya's Khalifa Haftar?

Euronews takes a look at why the UN Security Council failed to condemn a recent attack on a migrant centre in northwest Libya, and the background players supporting the country's national army chief.

04/07/2019

Libya

Dozens killed in Libya after air strike hits migrant centre

At least 40 people were killed after an air strike hit a migrant detention centre in an eastern suburb of Tripoli.

03/07/2019

Libya

Tensions mount between eastern Libyan forces and Turkey

Forces loyal to eastern Libyan commander Khalifa Haftar said they destroyed a Turkish drone parked at Tripoli's only working airport on Sunday, halting civilian flights as tensions between Ankara and the eastern administration mounted.

30/06/2019

Libya

Escaping Libya: a special report as warlords lay siege to the country

As part of a Euronews special, Anelise Borges travels to Libya to meet with those who are desperate to escape the war-torn country,

13/06/2019

Libya

Euroviews. Libya’s fragile economic gains thwarted by the unnecessary war ǀ View

When the internationally-recognized Government of National Accord (GNA) was formed in Libya in December 2015, it was facing an enormous amount of work to restore the country’s social fabric and rebuild its devastated economic structures.

06/06/2019

Libya

Euroviews. Europe's inaction on the civil war in Libya will bring crisis to our shores ǀ View

It isn’t hard to see why Ghassan Salamé accused the global community of lacking the ‘moral motivation’ to end the Libyan civil war. After all, his comments followed Emmanuel Macron’s meeting with Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, a warlord and dictator-in-the-making.

29/05/2019

World

"Foreign interference" has prolonged the crisis in Libya, Prime Minister tells Euronews

Fayez al Sarraj, Prime minister of Libya's United Nations-backed Government of National Accord, has told Euronews that "foreign interference" since the fall of General Muammar al-Gaddafi eight years ago had damaged the country and prolonged its crises.

24/05/2019

Libya

Battle for Libya's Tripoli leaves at least 29 civilians dead

"I mean when you mother dies in your hands... you lose it," Reyad El Hami, a resident of Tripoli, told Euronews' Anelise Borges.

24/05/2019

Libya

'Macron is responsible' for dead in Tripoli, says militia leader

"Anyone who dies here, Macron is responsible," the leader of a Libyan militia fighting for the UN-backed Government of National Accord told Euronews.

23/05/2019

Libya

'Haftar's troops are criminals and thugs,' Libyan PM tells Euronews

"They are criminal gangs, ideological groups, thugs and outlaws," al-Serraj told Euronews in exclusive interview

22/05/2019

Libya

Libya managing migrants is 'like a sick doctor treating patients'

Putting unstable Libya in charge of managing Europe-seeking migrants is like "a sick doctor being asked to treat patients".

21/05/2019

Libya

'They started to shoot": NGOs raise alarm on Libyan detention centres

Migrants and refugees caught in the Mediterranean are brought back to Libya and kept in detention centres where they are particularly vulnerable.

20/05/2019

Libya

Clashes on outskirts of Libya's capital Tripoli kill 15

At least 15 fighters under the command of strongman Khalifa Haftar were killed in clashes with forces linked to the UN-recognised government.

18/05/2019

Libya

Libya calls for help against rebel offensive

The Libyan government calls for international support to halt the Eastern rebels’ assault on Tripoli.

11/05/2019

Libya

Oil prices, Libya and everyday petrol. How is the EU affected?

Euronews spoke to experts to find out if the conflict in Libya will affect oil prices in the future and if the European Union is preparing for such events.

03/05/2019

Libya

Libya's UN-backed government suspends cooperation with France

The GNA's interior ministry said in a statement that it has suspended "all relations between the ministry and the French side" because of "the position of the French government in support of the criminal Haftar."

19/04/2019

World

Italian PM Giuseppi Conte calls for immediate cease-fire in Libya

Italian Prime Minister has called for an immediate cease-fire in Libya and Qatar’s Foreign Minister has said countries must be stopped from supplying arms to Libya. Yesterday Giuseppe Conte hosted a meeting in Rome between Libya's Deputy Prime Minister and the Qatari Foreign Minister.

16/04/2019

Libya

Battle for Tripoli: Clashes continue across Libya’s capital

Thousands of residents have fled homes in Tripoli as fighters battle on outskirts of the city.

10/04/2019

The Cube

Conditions in Libyan detention camp 'indescribable', says detainee

As political tensions continue to rise outside the Libyan capital, The Cube hears the story of one migrant in a detention centre.

10/04/2019