After months of the post being vacant, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday appointed Senegalese diplomat Abdoulaye Batili as special envoy to Libya, where two rival governments are fighting for power. The Senegalese former minister has served as UN representative in central Africa, special adviser to the secretary-general for Madagascar and deputy special representative of […]
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‘The EU’s role in Libya is disappointing’
Headless in essence, Libya has become a game of warring rulers. Is the country falling apart? Russia’s role is disruptive and the EU only declares itself present. Last weekend’s fierce clashes that left 32 dead in the heart of Libya’s capital between two prime ministers, Tripoli-based Abdel Hamid Dbeiba and Tobruk-based Fathi Basaga, have once […]
Libya: Five dead and 16 missing after migrant boat capsizes
Five people trying to reach Europe have died and the fate of 16 others is unknown after a boat carrying irregular migrants capsized off the coast of Libya, authorities in the African country announced today. According to an official’s statement to the French Agency (AFP), 27 people, all Egyptians, were on board the boat. In […]
Libya: Rival governments blame each other for bloody clashes in recent days
Libya’s two rival prime ministers have blamed each other for clashes between armed groups in Tripoli, which have killed 32 people and injured 159 others, reviving the war scenario. Two governments are vying for power in Libya, which has been plunged into chaos since the overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi in 2011: Fathi Bashaga was appointed […]
Libya: Thirty-two people were killed in the fighting that has been raging since the day before yesterday in the capital Tripoli
LAST UPDATE: 14:50 Fighting between armed groups that broke out overnight Friday into Saturday in Tripoli, amid political chaos and conflict between the two governments vying for power, killed 32 people and wounded 159 others, according to the latest tally the Ministry of Health of Libya announced today. Calm returned to Tripoli today after clashes […]
Libya: At least 12 dead and 87 injured in clashes between rival factions in Tripoli
The fighting that broke out on the night of Friday to Saturday in Tripoli left at least 12 people dead and 87 others injured, the Libyan Ministry of Health announced. Six hospitals in Tripoli were targeted in the clashes that have raised fears of a new war in Libya, where the situation is already chaotic, […]
Libya: Exchanges of fire and explosions in Tripoli amid political confrontation
Heavy firefights erupted in the Libyan capital Tripoli overnight and continued into the day, with rival political forces exchanging heavy fire and the sound of several powerful explosions echoing across the city. The clashes took place in central Tripoli when one of the capital’s most powerful groups launched an attack on a rival force’s base, […]
Libya: Six dead and 70 injured in an explosion on a tanker
LAST UPDATE: 19:38 At least six people died and around 70 were injured when a tanker carrying fuel exploded near the southern Libyan city of Shaba, the African country’s health ministry said today. The explosion occurred in the morning when, after the tanker overturned, bystanders rushed to pick up fuel leaking onto the road, Libyan […]
Libya: Oil production has returned to pre-blockade levels
Oil production in Libya reached 1.2 million barrels per day, the daily average before the mid-April to mid-July oil blockade that crippled the volatile north African country’s economy, the oil ministry said on Sunday. Minister of Oil and Gas Mohammad Aoun. Mr Aoun “confirmed” in a written response to AFP and Reuters news agency that […]
The blockade on oil stations in eastern Libya is lifted
The organizations that had blockaded important oil production and export stations in eastern Libya for three months announced that they are lifting this blockade. Since mid-April, six fields and oil stations had been shut down by groups close to the authorities in eastern Libya, demanding an “equal distribution” of revenues. Production had fallen to less […]