Libya

The Head of the High Council of State has proposed an initiative to end the conflict in Libya in order to make way for peace before the upcoming international conference on Libya in Berlin.The HCS initiative included five processes:…

The German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas, who arrived in Libya's Zuwara on an unannounced visit on Sunday, was set to hold talks with the Head of the Libyan Presidential Council Fayez Al-Serraj.Maas was received at the coastal city's…

German NGO Sea-Eye said one of its vessels was threatened by masked Libyan security forces who fired warning shots as it rescued 90 migrants from a lifeboat on Saturday, which the Libyan Navy denied in a statement. The crew aboard the…

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) on Friday said it had deported 141 illegal Nigerian immigrants voluntarily from Libya to Nigeria."Yesterday (Oct. 24) we assisted 141 stranded Nigerian migrants in Libya to…

The Libyan Investment Authority (LIA) signed Friday a contract with Oliver Wyman company in London to resume the transformation project of LIA.The signing was made by the CEO of LIA, Ali Mahmoud and a representative for Oliver Wyman…

The Libyan Football Association have appointed veteran Tunisian manager Faouzi Benzarti as their new head coach on an expendable six-month contract.Faouzi Benzarti was sacked by Etoile du Sahel last month after a poor run of results,…

The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) condemned Friday the attacks on medical workers and facilities in Libya."UNSMIL strongly condemns attacks on all civilian targets including health facilities and medical personnel.…

Libya is mulling signing an agreement of intent with Russia "for 1 million tonnes of wheat supplies a year," RIA news agency reported on Wednesday, citing a Russian negotiator.The agreement is expected to be signed at a Russia-Africa…

Six medical workers abducted by a local armed group in Zintan, Libya, were freed on October 23, 2019, after 12 days of captivity, Human Rights Watch said Wednesday."The Zintan authorities should ensure that the captors are held to…

The High Council of State in Libya has issued a statement congratulating all Libyans on the eighth anniversary of the Liberation Day of Libya from the dictatorship that oppressed Libayns for tens of years but was finally overthrown by a…

The Washington Examiner reported Wednesday that the public relations firm that helped launch President Trump’s election campaign is lining up a fact-finding tour of Libya as part of a $1.5-million contract to lobby on behalf of the…

The brother of Manchester Arena bomber Salman Abedi pleaded not guilty to 22 counts of murder when he appeared in court today (Tuesday).Hashem Abedi, 22, from Fallowfield, but of Libyan heritage, appeared at The Old Bailey in London…

UNICEF has condemned the new attack and previous attacks on civilians and especially children in the ongoing fighting in Tripoli, Libya's capital. UNICEF said in a statement on Tuesday that in the past two weeks, violence has taken a…

Three children were killed and the rest of family members were injured in shelling on a residential building in Salah Al-Deen in Tripoli by Khalifa Haftar's forces. The three bodies arrived in a Tripoli hospital and the injured family…

A Libyan military prosecutor on Tuesday ordered the arrest of Khalifa Haftar and three other retired commanders.According to a statement by the military chief prosecutor’s office, Haftar and three retired commanders were accused of…

Egypt hosted on Saturday a meeting of members of the Libyan House  of Representatives based in Tobruk to unite their visions and efforts for the settlement of war-torn Libya's crisis, official MENA news agency reported.Held at the…

African members of the Security Council tried unsuccessfully Wednesday to appoint a joint African Union - United Nations envoy for conflict-torn Libya, in an apparent attempt to replace current U.N. envoy Ghassan Salame, according to the…

Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel discussed Libya, Syria, and Ukraine during a phone call, the Interfax news agency quoted the Kremlin as saying on Saturday.Putin and Merkel agreed to continue…

The Libyan coastguards said Saturday they rescued 148 illegal immigrants of different Arab and African nationalities off the country's western coast."After receiving a distress call, a search and rescue coast guards patrol rescued 148…

The Head of the High Council of State, Khalid Al-Mishri, met Friday with the Ethiopian Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed Ali, in a formal visit to the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa.The Ethiopian Prime Minister reaffirmed that his country is…