Libya

World Bank has issued Libya's Economic Outlook report on April 16, saying that at the current pace of spending in a context of conflict and insecurity, Libya will either exhaust foreign exchange reserves or be forced…

Libyan telecommunications company LAP GreenN is considering chasing after Zambia’s offshore assets after the southern African country defaulted four times on an order to pay $257 million in compensation for…

Tunisia has reopened its consulate in the Libyan capital, the Libya foreign ministry said on Saturday, the latest mission to return to Tripoli.The Tunisian consulate resumed work after talks between the two countries, the Libyan…

Rockets hit Libya’s main airport and damaged a plane as it was waiting to take off early on Thursday, a security force said, underscoring fragile security.One rocket hit an Airbus 320 of state-run Libyan Airlines, and others struck…

Fuel smuggling is costing Libya more than $750 million each year and harming its economy and society, the head of the National Oil Company in the conflict-riddled country said."The impact of fuel smuggling is destroying the fabric of…

The African Union (AU) high-level committee on Libya has condemned the additional inflow of arms into the country.The committee has wrapped up its 5th meeting at the AU headquarters in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa, according to a…

Saif Gaddafi’s campaign for presidential elections has been launched by his loyalists in Tunisia via distributing “Mandala Libya” newspaper. The new controversial newspaper will be distributed in 24 cities in…

Libya self-styled army commander Khalifa Haftar is in an almost vegetative state and "will never be normal again" because of his health issues, an informed source told Middle East Eye.Haftar is suffering from lung cancer, which has …

The foreign minister of France, Jean-Yves Le Drian, said in a closed meetings for the French government on Wednesday that Libyan warlord Khalifa Haftar is in good health now after receiving treatment in a military hospital in Paris…

 A car bomb hit the convoy of the chief of staff of the Libyan eastern self-styled army, Abdelrazik Al-Nadori. The car bombing took place at the Si Khalifa checkpoint in east of Benghazi, local media…

The United Arab Emirates and Egypt are ramping up efforts and holding meetings inside and outside Libya with eastern tribes, including Furjan and Abidat, to find a substitute to Khalifa Haftar, the commander of the self-styled army in the…

Libyan coast guard  rescued on Tuesday more than 200 illegal immigrants on two rubber boats off western coast, according to a local official."The department has received 204 illegal immigrants of nine African nationalities,…

As Libya’s war economy persists, prospects for the restoration of functioning central governance become more distant, a recently published Chatham House report has concluded.Chatham House, the Royal Institute of International Affairs,…

The number of migrants detained in Libya has dropped by four-fifths since May 2017, a senior government official said on Monday.General Mohammad Bishr, head of a government department set up to tackle clandestine migration,…

Since the beginning of 2017, the Central Bank of Libya (CBL) has decided to sell families 400 dollars per each member at the official rates (1.4 Libyan dinars per 1 US dollar). From that day on, the story began. The money allocated for…

Chinese Charge d'Affaires to Libya Wang Qimin on Sunday said that China supports the political settlement in Libya as part of the UN-proposed action plan.The Chinese diplomat made the remarks following a meeting with Khaled…

The Chairman of the National Oil Corporation (NOC) Msutafa Sanallah discussed with the officials of Ras Lanuf oil and gas factories in the Libyan oil crescent region the preparedness for operating the two factories in the district.…

First International Anti-Terrorism Conference was held Sunday in the Libyan capital Tripoli, with a number of foreign ambassadors and military attaches present.The conference was organized by the UN-backed government's counter-terrorism…

A conference calling Libya to return to monarchy and to activate the independence Constitution kicked off in Tripoli on Saturday."Through its intensive meetings, this conference calls for Libya to return to the monarchy and to…

Mellitah Oil and Gas Company in Libya said work has been suspended in its complex due to the second phase of the Salam Oilfield Project.The company said in a statement that this stage of wok will see the addition of 10 wells so the…