By Reed Blakemore and Elissa Miller
A recent series of militant attacks that forced the closure of three of Libya’s key oil fields represents the latest blow to the North African nation’s efforts to revive its energy sector while reigning in the chronic instability that has plagued the country since its 2011 revolution. Read More
Leaked emails purportedly between UAE ambassador to the US Yousef Otaiba and then-US national security adviser Susan Rice may indicate that the United States knew about illegal arms shipments to rebels in Libya. Read More
The National Council on U.S.-Libya Relations (NCUSLR) recently completed a visit to eastern Libya and issued the following report on its visit: Read More
An American heart surgeon has launched into the Government of National Accord (GNA) for what he says is a complete absence of concern for Libyan children needing life-saving operations. Read More
By Anouar Boukhars
More than six years after the revolution that ousted former president Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali, Tunisia’s border regions remain hotbeds of social discontent and agitation. Read More
By Samuel Ramani
Since the collapse of Gaddafi’s regime in 2011, Russian policymakers have consistently condemned NATO’s decision to carry out a regime change mission in Libya and placed the burden of responsibility for the breakdown of central authority in Libya on the West. Read More
By Patrick Wintour
Fears that overlapping European and Middle Eastern peace initiatives for Libya are hampering the new UN special envoy are to be aired this week at a special conference convened by the UK foreign secretary, Boris Johnson. Read More
The International Criminal Court on Wednesday renewed its calls for the arrest of a Libyan military officer suspected of executing 33 detainees in the war-torn city of Benghazi. Read More
By Correspondents Libya
Libya’s GNA military decimated ISIS forces in the south of the country in 2016. But recent attacks have Libya questioning whether ISIS might be building itself back up. Read More
Mayors and councillors from a number of municipalities have accused the country’s political leaders of turning their backs on the needs of ordinary Libya people. Read More
By Mattia Toaldo
In recent months, Italy has promoted a significant policy shift on migration through Libya and, for the moment, this has resulted in a dramatic decrease in flows. Read More
By Ethan Chorin
Over the last few months the oil-rich North African state of Libya has come into focus, once again — not for its seemingly endless political dysfunction, but the negative externalities it produces: Read More
By Ann Marlowe
In 2007, nearly two decades after UTA 772 was brought down by a terrorist bombing, families of the victims gathered in the Niger desert to construct a haunting memorial. Read More
By Christiaan Triebert
Warning: this article contains graphic material. Update: Incident Four and Five have been geolocated.
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By Kamailoudini Tagba
A former Libyan official has laid into the United Nations for sabotaging efforts by Libyans to get together and for imposing east-based army commander Khalifa Haftar. Read More
By Alex Whiting
As I wrote yesterday, the International Criminal Court (ICC) announced last week that it had issued a new arrest warrant for Mahmoud Mustafa Busayf Al-Werfalli, a militia leader in Libya. Read More
By Jovial Rantao
The South African government and President Jacob Zuma have been caught in the middle of an international wrangle over as much as R2 trillion in US dollars as well as hundreds of tons of gold and at least six million carats of diamonds in assets belonging to the people of Libya. Read More
By John J. Metzler
Libya is a shattered land. Awash in weapons and explosives, riveted by tribal and political rivalries, flooded by illegal migrants, and haven to lethal terrorist groups, Libya remains North Africa’s glaring tragedy, six years after an Anglo/French/American military effort toppled the Gadaffi regime. Read More
By Virginie Collombier
The formation of a Government of National Accord (GNA) between Libya’s warring factions has been delayed once more as representatives of the General National Congress (GNC) withdrew from talks a few weeks after refusing to sign the preliminary agreement initialed by all other participants on 11 July. Read More
By Khaoula Sliti
The civil disorder that has prevailed in much of Libya since the overthrow of the regime of Mu’ammar al-Qadhafi has spread to the country’s campuses, with attacks on professors causing many to emigrate rather than live in the midst of conflict. Read More
By Shilpa Jindia and Walid el Houri
During the month of September, North Africa West Asia (NAWA) is calling for submissions and pitches on Libya. Read More
By Jean Pierre Darnis
The leaders of France, Italy, Spain and Germany met in Paris on 28 August for a summit hosted by President Emmanuel Macron in the latest indication of France’s efforts to assume a key leadership role in the post-Brexit EU. Read More
By Daniel Jones
In this article, I decided to look at some recent oil-related data pertaining to Libya. Overall, the picture facing the country has recently materially worsened and hundreds of thousands of barrels per day are offline. Read More
By Wolfram Lacher
The 17th February Revolution has fundamentally reshaped Libya’s political landscape. Read More
By Robert Fisk
Emir Abdelkader was a Muslim, Sufi, sheikh, humanist, protector of his people against Western barbarism, protector of Christians against Muslim barbarism, so noble that Abe Lincoln sent him a pair of Colt pistols. Read More
By Christiaan Triebert
Warning: this article contains graphic material. Update: Incident Four and Five have been geolocated.
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By Greg Shapland
EU and African leaders meeting at a mini-summit in Paris have announced new measures to tackle the migrant crisis in the central Mediterranean. Read More
By Lionel Barber
World Order: Reflections on the Character of Nations and the Course of History, by Henry Kissinger, Allen Lane, The Penguin Press. Read More
By Christiaan Triebert
Warning: this article contains graphic material. Update: Incident Four and Five have been geolocated.
By Patrick Sawer
A mother has been left desperate for news of her daughters after their father took them to Libya and refused to bring them back. Read More
Dr Lina Khatib
As the battles for Deir Ezzor and Raqqa escalate, the Syrian regime is escalating its own rhetoric about regaining state authority in those areas. Read More
By Geoff Porter
Imagine a multi-pronged, low intensity conflict. It’s been dragging on for five or so years. Sometimes this faction gains ground. Sometimes that. Or maybe it’s a third or fourth group. And then imagine a truce between two of the conflict’s numerous groups. Read More
By Bennett Seftel
More than six years after the Arab Spring reverberated across the Middle East and North Africa, the Libyan people still face a seemingly insurmountable challenge of piecing their fractured country back together. Read More
By Tim Eaton
Six years after the revolution, Libyans are paying more for goods with wages that are worth less. Central Bank officials should use their authority to stop the black market spiral of the currency. Read More
By Mohamed Elmagbri and Josiah Cohen
“We don’t need democracy. We need security!” This desperate cry now characterises the bleak sentiment shared by many Libyans six years after the overthrow of the brutal Qaddafi regime. Read More
By Anouar Boukhars
More than six years after the revolution that ousted former president Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali, Tunisia’s border regions remain hotbeds of social discontent and agitation. Read More