By Mustafa Fetouri
The town of Harawah lies around 80 kilometres east of Sirte and nearly 550 kilometres east of Tripoli. I drove there earlier this month to see the most westerly territory in Libya controlled by the Libyan National Army (LNA), led by former General, now Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar. Read More
A detailed report on the risks facing Libyan women married to foreign nationals was issued by the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor. Read More
Despite Pact, Deliberate Damage, Security Concerns Prevent Return to Tawergha.
Most of the 48,000 former residents of the Libyan town of Tawergha, forcibly displaced for seven years, have not been able to return home, Human Rights Watch said today after visiting the town. Read More
By Tom Westcott
Libya’s embattled community of local journalists remembers Ben Khalifa for his professionalism and unswerving good humour. Read More
By Stasa Salacanin
Russia’s intention to play a greater role in Libya has launched numerous speculations about Moscow’s agenda in this war-ravaged country. Read More
By Benjamin Dodman
A barrage of vitriolic comments levelled at France and its president have pushed Franco-Italian relations to the brink as Italy’s ruling populist parties kick off their European election campaign with no holds barred. Read More
Western newspapers have talked about the fierce political and security rivalry between France and Italy over Libya, amid a hindered political process due to the contradicted US project, which aims to establish an Arab military alliance to counter Iran’s growing influence in the region. Read More
A detailed report on the risks facing Libyan women married to foreign nationals was issued by the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor. Read More
By Peter Beaumont
Human Rights Watch accuses EU institutions of sustaining network of ‘inhuman and degrading’ migrant detention centres. Read More
By Tsvetana Paraskova
There is no respite for Libya on its bumpy road to recover crude oil production to the levels of 2011, when the toppling of Gaddafi plunged the country into a deep division between the east and west and an incessant strife for control over its vital oil industry. Read More
By Paul Peachey
A businessman wanted in France over claims that the Qaddafi family secretly bankrolled Nicolas Sarkozy bribed one of the ex-president’s senior officials to secure a commission on a Libyan aircraft deal, a London court heard. Read More
Ghassan Salame delivered his latest briefing to the UN Security Council on the situation in Libya by video link from Tripoli. Here is his full statement: Read More
By Patrick Wintour
Political process is being sabotaged by those who believe conflict is only option, says UN special envoy. Read More
By Chris Stephen
Eni leads a return to oil exploration in Libya for the first time since the 2011 Arab Spring revolution. Read More
By Dr. Omar Ashour
The collective transformations from armed to unarmed activism are a process of relative change, in which an armed group can reverse its ideology, narratives, rhetoric, behaviour and/or organisational structure away from armed action, and towards unarmed political or social activism. Read More
By Andrew England & Heba Saleh
Hope grows that a renewed diplomatic effort can unite warring factions in the oil exporting country. Read More
The oil recovery will continue, if the civil war and political spats allow it.
By Chris Stephen
Two men hold the key to whether Libya’s oil recovery continues through 2019, or crashes amid worsening civil war. The first of them is Mustafa Sanallah, chief of the National Oil Corporation (NOC). Read More
By Dr. Omar Ashour
The collective transformations from armed to unarmed activism are a process of relative change, in which an armed group can reverse its ideology, narratives, rhetoric, behaviour and/or organisational structure away from armed action, and towards unarmed political or social activism. Read More
By Energy Reporters
Libya aims to more than double its oil production to 2.1 million barrels per day (bpd) by 2021 provided security and stability are boosted, said Mustafa Sanalla, the chairman of the state oil company, the National Oil Corporation (NOC). Read More
By Dr. Omar Ashour
The collective transformations from armed to unarmed activism are a process of relative change, in which an armed group can reverse its ideology, narratives, rhetoric, behaviour and/or organisational structure away from armed action, and towards unarmed political or social activism. Read More
The head of the UN Development Programme talks about countries hit by crises and what it takes to rebuild them. Development is a challenge for many countries facing crises. Read More
As part of the democratic transition seminar series, the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies welcomed a lecture given by Dr. Abdelwahab El-Affendi, political science professor and dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities at the Doha Institute. Read More
Divisions within Libya’s Presidency Council (PC) were further exposed by the Deputy head of the PC Ahmed Maetig on Wednesday. Read More
By Mustafa Fetouri
On 16 December, just a few days after Libya’s long-awaited referendum law was passed by the Houses of Representatives, it faced its first legal hurdle. Read More
By Karim Mezran & Wolfgang Pusztai
The conference on Libya held in Palermo, Italy last November saw neither the rising of a new dawn in terms of security and political consensus nor the development of a strong agreement around a well-defined plan. Read More
By Youssef Cherif
Less than a year before the next general election, scheduled for late 2019, Tunisia is again in crisis. The Arab world’s most promising democratic experiment can still avert a political meltdown, but it needs help. Read More
By Sarah Larson
Six minutes into Skye Fitzgerald’s half-hour documentary “Lifeboat,” Jon Castle, the soft-spoken captain of a boat that rescues North African migrants attempting to make it across the Mediterranean, leans over a nautical map. Read More
By Karim Mezran & Wolfgang Pusztai
The conference on Libya held in Palermo, Italy last November saw neither the rising of a new dawn in terms of security and political consensus nor the development of a strong agreement around a well-defined plan. Read More
Former Libyan ambassador to UN issues warning over western interests
By Patrick Wintour
Libya risks losing its final chance to find a peaceful solution to four years of deadlock because political parties backed by the west are plotting to hijack crucial talks, a former Libyan diplomat has told the UN. Read More
Many economists agree on the fact that the banking sector in Libya has yet to improve. The level of the Libyan banking sector is very low compared to what prevails in most countries of the world. Read More
By Cyril Widdershoven
Libya’s National Oil Company NOC has once again shocked the oil market by officially declaring force majeure on its operations at the El Sharara oilfield, the largest oilfield in the country. Read More
By Jonathan M. Winer
The coming year will test whether the Libyan people will insist that the country move beyond its frustratingly limited transitional institutions to a more permanent, constitution-based government. Read More
On Dec. 18, 2018, the seaport in Libya’s capital was the scene of a surprising yet deft maneuver orchestrated by the city’s four main armed groups, namely the Tripoli Revolutionaries’ Brigade (TRB); Abu Salim’s Special Deterrence Force; the Nawasi Battalion; and the Bab Tajoura Brigade. Read More
By Khaled Mahmoud
Armed groups and forces, registered under Libya’s interior ministry, are dominating the decision making process in political and economic fields in Tripoli, according to the Interior Minister of the Government of National Accord (GNA) Fathi Bashagha. Read More
By Irina Slav
Libya plans to pump 2.1 million bpd of crude oil by 2021 if the security situation improves, the chairman of the National Oil Corporation, Mustafa Sanalla, said as quoted by Reuters this weekend. Read More
By Emadeddin Z. Muntasser
Open Letter to International Organizations Regarding Impending Water Crisis in Libya. Read More