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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 ...

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 ...