Libya

A set of 481 Nigerians evacuated from Libya arrived at the Port Harcourt International Airport in Rivers State on Sunday with sad stories.This is just as the Federal Government promised to rehabilitate the returnees, who flew in…

The speaker of the Tobruk-based House of Representatives in eastern Libya, Aquilah Saleh, told Sputnik on Saturday that Russia has contributed to the Libyan crisis settlement."We see that Russia's role assists in the reconciliation…

The Libyan National Oil Corporation (NOC) said it had won two international arbitration cases over Ras Lanuf refinery, and called for the refinery to restart as soon as possible."The arbitration cases, which date to 2013, had been…

Two women were found dead and 290 migrants rescued from two boats off the coast of Libya on Sunday, the Libyan coastguards said Sunday. The migrants were rescued off the coast of Garabulli, 50 kilometres (30…

Artillery shelling attack rocked Garabulli district near Tripoli by Al-Kani Brigade of the Defense Ministry of the Government of National Accord Sunday afternoon in retaliation of the abduction of one of the…

A security force of the Libyan Interior Ministry of the Government of National Accord (GNA) successfully dismantled Saturday evening an explosive device in the center of the Libyan capital Tripoli. According…

Germany has completed the destruction of components from the chemicals weapons programme of the deceased Libyan dictator Moammar Gaddafi.The international community had feared that the 500 tons of chemicals could fall into the…

At least 8 migrants have drowned and 84 have been rescued after a rubber dinghy sank off the coast of Libya, the Italian coastguard said.Dozens of others might still be missing, the Spanish rescue charity Proactiva Open Arms said.…

The forces of the commander of the western military zone of the Presidential Council, Osama Jeweili, and the forces of the Presidential Guard clashed on Friday in Abu Kammash area in western Zuwara – nearby the Libyan-Tunisian border of…

The Central Bank of Libya (CBL) has issued a statement on Thursday detailing the revenue and income of the country during 2017.The CBL explained that the total of the Libyan state's revenue from oil was 14 billion dollars, compared…

The High National Elections Commission in Libya (HNEC) has reported that Libyan voters' number reached over 1.8 million.According to the HNEC's daily report on its Facebook page, the newly registered voters until Wednesday were…

The Libyan National Oil Corporation (NOC) revealed Wednesday that it had started investigating an incident of a near collision of an unidentified plane with a helicopter carrying personnel from a sea platform in Sabratha.The NOC…

Islamic State (IS) in Libya may be planning an attack on the country’s so-called Oil Crescent, where its export terminals and many fields are located, a senior official from the U.S. Africa Command told Al-Sharq Al-Awsat.The daily…

Libya's political transition after February has been marred by a prolonged period of political fragmentation, violent conflict, and economic dislocation, Brookings Doha Center's CEO Dr. Tarik M. Yousef has stated.Yousef added that…

The former first deputy speaker of the Tobruk-based House of Representatives (HoR) Emhimed Shoaib has been appointed Libya's ambassador to Spain.Local Libyan media outlets reported sources from the HoR as saying that Shoaib has been…

Max Air Limited said it had sealed a deal with the Federal Government of Nigeria to evacuate 3,184 out of the 5,037 stranded Nigeriens expected to return home from Libya in the next few days.The International Organisation of…

The Central Bank of Libya (CBL) denied in a statement Tuesday any favoritism or nepotism in the granting of Letters of Credit to the businessmen in Libya.The CBL explained that the businessmen who attended the meeting with the…

Libya's Interior Ministry of the UN-backed government has approved to recruit 500 new members of the diplomatic security service responsible for protecting foreign embassies and missions in Libya, according to a security official on…

433 people were killed in Libya in 2017, the National Commission for Human Rights in Libya (NCHRL) has reported today.The reported issued on the first day of the year said that the 433 people included 79 children and 10 women,…