By Hamza Mekouar Libyans on Thursday mark 11 years since the revolt that toppled dictator Moamer Kadhafi, but the democracy many hoped for seems as elusive as ever, and many fear a return to conflict. The anniversary comes as the ...
Libya’s only operational oil refinery was “severely” damaged after gunmen battled for three hours around the complex, the National Oil Corporation said. “The Zawiya Oil Complex was severely damaged as a result of skirmishes by armed groups,” Libya’s state oil ...
Two Libyan army units used heavy artillery in an exchange of fire overnight centring on a barracks in a densely populated area of southeast Tripoli. An attack early Friday ordered by the military commander in the capital saw members of ...
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 ...
A History of Fruitless Initiatives Tripoli, Aug 21, 2020 – Before Friday’s announcement of a ceasefire and elections by Libya’s warring governments, several fruitless initiatives were announced in a bid to bring the chaotic country out of its crisis. On ...