Libya

During the first half of 2018, over 64,000 girls and boys received psychosocial support through community and school-based Child Friendly Spaces, UNICEF reported on Friday.UNICEF said it is working to scale-up its programme of…

For the fifth straight year, at least 1,500 migrants have perished in the Mediterranean, with the route between Libya and Italy being the deadliest, claiming the lives of one in 19, the U.N. migration agency said on Friday.Migrants…

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) calls for an end to the arbitrary detention of refugees, asylum-seekers and migrants in Libya after a dramatic increase in the number of people intercepted by the EU-supported Libyan coastguard in the…

An unknown warplane on Wednesday targeted the southern Libyan city of Ubari, some 1,100 km south of the capital Tripoli, killing at least one person, according to a security source."At 20:30 local time (18:30 GMT), an airstrike…

The European Union’s obstruction of nongovernmental rescues and handover of responsibility to Libyan coast guard forces is a recipe for even greater loss of life in the Mediterranean and a continuing cycle of abuse for people trapped in…

Unknown gunmen on Tuesday released four hostages -- including two police officers -- after having abducted them two days earlier in Libya’s central Jufra city. Speaking on Facebook, Ismail al-Sharif, a member of Libya’s Tobruk-based…

ISIS terrorists have killed two policemen at a checkpoint east Libyan city of Ajdabiya - Aqilah town.Sources from the city's Megaryf Hospital confirmed that two were killed and others were injured in the attack."The attack took…

Italian Defense Minister Elisabetta Trenta on Tuesday told her Libyan counterpart Najim Owida shortly after her arrival in Tripoli that it is necessary to ''stop human trafficking and irregular immigration''. The minister stressed that…

France’s foreign minister visited Libya on Monday to encourage holding elections in the north African country later this year as part of a reconciliation agreement reached by the country’s main political rivals in Paris in May. Jean-Yves…

Britain could send troops to Libya to train anti-terror forces to fight Islamic State after a request from the country's military, Daily Mail reported on Monday. The commander of the UN-backed government's counter-terrorism force said he…

Libya's coast guard says it has intercepted 40 migrants in the Mediterranean Sea, near its shores, bound for Europe.Coast guard spokesman Ayoub Qassim says a boat carrying 31 men, eight women and a child was stopped on Saturday off…

In coordination with local authorities and members of the Mixed Migration Working Group, UNHCR and its partners are following-up on the situation of the refugees and migrants who were found in an abandoned truck near the outskirts…

A trade dispute between Libya and Tunisia has halted cross-border traffic for 10 days.Trucks have been unable to go through the border crossing for over a week, disrupting business and sowing confusion.Tunisians who work in…

The European Union’s migrant strategy suffered a major new setback Friday with Italy refusing to freely accept people rescued at sea and Libya spurning a proposal for asylum processing centres.The salvoes follow a fractious EU summit in…

The number of migrants in Libya’s overcrowded detention centres has almost doubled over the past three months, according to the UN’s migration agency.Amid a crackdown on Mediterranean crossings by the Italy and EU-backed Libyan…

The member of the Presidential Council (PC) for Cyrenaica region, Fathi Al-Mijibri, has announced withdrawing from the PC in Tripoli, citing militia control on the capital an the PC as well as on the decisions. The member called on…

Libyan women activists, bloggers and journalists are increasingly being silenced as they face gender-based violence in the form of physical assault, abductions and sexual violence, as well as smear campaigns, gender-related slurs and…

 The Independent reported Tuesday that in Libya, corruption was endemic in the country under Moamar Gaddafi, but now, amid the chaos of military struggle, it overwhelms the whole fabric of the country.The British newspaper said…

Libya’s National Oil Corporation (NOC) said on Tuesday it had declared force majeure on exports from Zawiya oil terminal as production at Sharara oilfield dropped to 125,000 barrels per day (bpd).Production at Sharara, where some…