The bodies of 17 migrants have been found washed up on a Libyan beach after their boat capsized during a bid to reach Europe by sea, the coast guard said on Wednesday. Libya is a major departure point for desperate ...
Libyan authorities have shut water supplies to swathes of the country after gunmen demanding the release of a jailed Kadhafi-era official threatened to sabotage the water network. Supplies to western and southwestern Libya were interrupted overnight Saturday to Sunday, the ...
By Rim Taher – In alleys criss-crossing the Libyan capital’s Old City, construction crews are hard at work restoring former glory to architectural treasures neglected under ex-dictator Moamer Kadhafi and in the decade since. Pushing wheelbarrows, a clutch of workers ...
Authorities in western Libya released 120 fighters from a rival eastern force on Wednesday, the latest move towards reconciliation in a UN-backed peace process aimed at ending years of violence. The men were fighting for the 107th Brigade under the ...
Libya has rescued more than 1,500 would-be migrants off its west coast in the past week, a non-governmental organisation said. “The Libyan coastguard has conducted several rescue operations from a week ago until (Wednesday) and rescued about 1,500 people,” Adel ...
Amid increasing violence between two rival factions, the country’s biggest indigenous people get set for an uncertain future Analysis and photo by Karlos Zurutuza, as published in Nationalia From the Editor: Once again, the ethnic Amazigh are seeing their future ...
The Tawergha People: By AlJazeera When Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi was toppled, people took revenge on those they saw as his supporters — including the entire town of Tawergha, whose 40,000 residents were forced to flee. Now, almost a decade ...
Libyans took to the streets of Benghazi overnight to protest against rising economic hardship, in a rare display of dissent in a city controlled by eastern strongman Khalifa Haftar. The protests began late Thursday as people blocked multiple roads, with ...
Tripoli, Aug 25, 2020 – Hundreds of young Libyans protested in Tripoli for a third consecutive day to decry deteriorating living conditions and corruption amid a heavy security presence, an AFP correspondent said. Voicing anger at extended shortages of power, ...
Tripoli, May 28, 2020 – The family of a Libyan smuggler killed by migrants have taken revenge by killing 26 Bangladeshis and four Africans, the country’s UN-recognised government said Thursday. The killings took place in the town of Mezdah, some ...