Libya

The Libyan Audit Bureau has criticized in a Wednesday statement the Central Bank of Libya (CBL), the Ministry of Finance and the Presidential Council over their “not serious” tackling of the country’s economic situation.The Audit…

On Friday dawn, three cars stopped by the house of the Defence Minister of the Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA) Al-Mihdi Al-Barghathi in Janzour district in Tripoli and fired RPGs and machine gunshots.The gunmen fled…

The Tripoli-based Special Deterrent Force (SDF) arrested Monday two Islamic State (IS) terrorists in Tripoli. The SDF said on its Facebook page that the two terrorists confessed that they were on the verge of…

Jeffrey Feltman, U.N. Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, said the U.N. saw elections this year as a route to a “peaceful and inclusive end to the transition phase”.“The goal is a Libyan goal: to end the transition phase…

Libya’s coastguards said about 100 migrants were believed missing at sea and that at least 279 others had been rescued off the Libyan coast.Wednesday’s statement says the migrants, mostly Africans, had embarked on the perilous trip…

The Libyan Supreme Council of Amazigh has lashed out at the commander of self-styled army, Khalifa Haftar, for his threats and racism against the Libyan Amazigh.Following the abduction of the Libyan Amazigh activist in Benghazi, Rabee…

UK police have detained a French businessman as part of a long-running investigation into suspected Libyan financing of ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy's 2007 election campaign, officials said yesterday.Alexandre Djouhri, the subject…

The Libyan Amazigh activist Rabee Al-Jayash is still under arrest in eastern Libyan city of Benghazi.Al-Jayash was arrested days ago over speaking and writing using his mother tongue, Amazigh Language.He was arrested by a…

The commander of the self-styled Libyan Army in the eastern region, Khalifa Haftar, has lashed out at the son of former Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, Saif Al-Islam, describing him as a naive in politics, saying it is "illogical" that…

Terror suspicion has delayed the repatriation of some 330 illegal Moroccan migrants from Libya, local media reported on Sunday.The Moroccan authorities had sent an official delegation to identify the Moroccan nationals stranded in…

Tarhouna brigades and Al-Kani Brigade forces have pulled out from Garabulli district near Tripoli after the elders of Tarhouna and Garabulli agreed a plan to secure the district.The agreement was reached Sunday night after hours of…

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…