By Liviya David
Across Africa, trafficking is on the rise. Boko Haram’s kidnapping and sale of some of the 276 Chibok schoolgirls into slavery, Guinea-Bissau regressing into a “narco state,” and rebels loyal to the Mozambican National Resistance using poaching to sustain their fledgling movement are several examples in recent memory. Read More
By Leanne Tory-Murphy
On 10 May, in the early European summer, a rescue vessel patrolling the Mediterranean Sea came across a familiar sight: a wooden boat overcrowded with migrants. It headed over to give out life vests when a Libyan warship passed them at high speed before seizing the passengers. Read More
A special forces unit linked to the Libyan National Army (LNA) declined the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) request to hand over one of its commanders, Marhmoud al-Werfalli, for allegedly executing dozens of prisoners. Read More
An elite forces unit linked to the army that controls much of eastern Libya has snubbed international efforts to bring to justice one of its senior officers for allegedly executing dozens of prisoners. Read More
International organizations calls on the authorities in Eastern Libya, namely Haftar, to comply with ICC arrest warrant of Al-Werfalli, and hand him over to the international court to face his accusers in a fair trial. Read More
By Tsvetana Paraskova
Libya is returning with more barrels to the market after its biggest oil field started raising production and an export terminal re-opened for tanker loading. Read More
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General Khalifa Hiftar
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By Lamine Ghanmi
Ibadiyya is an early denomination of Islam whose followers hold several views contrary to the Sunni and Shia sects. Read More
By Andrea Teti and Pamela Abbott
Arab respondents mostly reject the EU brand of formal liberal democracy in which elections are essential, but civil and political rights remain decoupled from unprioritised social and economic rights. Read More
By Shaun Hurrell
From “protect by punishment” to “protect by involving people”: read about the peaceful revolution that is changing nature conservation in North Africa and the Middle East. Read More
By Joseph Hammond and Suhaib Kebhaj
Among the many civil wars ravaging the Arab world – in Syria, Iraq, Yemen and Egypt – the one Westerners hear the least about may prove the most dangerous: Libya. Read More
By Emadeddin Zahri Muntasser
Normally, a call for elections is a sign of a vibrant democracy. In Libya, however, the current rush to hold a vote within a few months from now—a proposal that has been advanced by everyone from United Arab Emirates-backed warlords to the United Nations—will condemn the Libyan people to a future of apartheid and instability. Read More
ICC issues arrest warrant for Mahmoud al-Warfalli, accusing him of committing and ordering ‘murder as a war crime’ Read More
By Institute for Security Studies
At the 29th African Union (AU) summit in Addis Ababa last month, the AU decided to accelerate its efforts to help negotiate a peace deal in Libya. Read More
By Abdullateef Aliyu
Despite continuing efforts of the Federal Government to evacuate stranded Nigerians from Libya, Read More
The Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy organized a seminar on violent extremism and its roots on Thursday June 8, 2017 at the Center’s headquarters in Montplaisir, Tunis. Read More
By Farah Najjar
In wake of recent killings, Libyan activist Ahmed el-Gasir speaks with Al Jazeera about the country’s security failures. Read More
Doctors Without Borders (DWB) said on Saturday it was suspending its migrant rescues in the Mediterranean because it felt threatened by the Libyan coastguard and the Italian government’s policies have made its job harder. Read More
By Justin Salhani
The Libyan plea to Italy to help counter the migration flow may not bring in the desired results, as the former colonial power has its own interests to serve during this election year. Read More
By Fatima Mohie-Eldin
On August 1, the lower house of Jordan’s parliament voted to revoke Article 308 of the country’s penal code, which contained a provision allowing rapists to evade criminal prosecution by marrying their victims for at least three years. Read More
By Rizq Faraj Rizq
When she was 35, Mabrooka Hussein feared she might never get married. “So I decided to venture into a mixed marriage, despite the warnings I received,” she recalled. Read More
By Peter Millett
I had coffee the other day in Algeria Square in central Tripoli. I was passing by and was invited to sit with a group of men who kindly offered me some local coffee. It was a good opportunity to escape from the heat of the sun and hear their thoughts. Read More
By Riham Alkousaa
United Nations children agency UNICEF warned on Wednesday that more than half a million children in Libya need help and called on warring parties to end the violence and negotiate a political solution to the crisis. Read More
By Vitaly Naumkin
Reviewing the latest Paris summit, it seems that a new glimmer of hope shines around the possibility of settling the conflict between Libya’s strongmen, Libyan National Army LNA Chief Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, who controls two thirds of the country, including oil-rich territory, and the head of the UN-backed Government of National Accord Fayez al-Sarraj. Read More
The Libyan navy on Thursday ordered foreign vessels to stay out of a coastal “search and rescue zone” for migrants headed for Europe, a measure it said targeted NGOs. Read More
By Tim Eaton
The meeting convened by French President Emmanuel Macron to find common ground on a solution to Libya’s crisis may prove to be a platform to relaunch a political process, or it may be a road to nowhere. Read More
Sources from the city of Derna, eastern side of Libya, said, on Wednesday, that armed elements affiliated with the forces of the Dignity Operation that led by General Khalifa Haftar had shot citizens from Derna on the way to Martouba, eastern Derna. Read More
Rights body slams the ‘culture of impunity’ after documenting third case of killings in Benghazi since July. Read More
Egyptian observers think that the relationship between establishing Mohamed Najeeb military base in Marsa Matrouh area nearby the borders with Libya and the UAE activities in northern Egyptian coast is to support the commander of the Dignity Operation that led by General Khalifa Haftar in Libya. Read More
By Edward Fox
The ideology of the Libyan state under the dictator al-Qadhafi discouraged the study of the country’s ancient past. Read More
Suicide and murder are rising fast in the Middle East and nearby regions that are already grappling with war and conflict, creating a “lost generation,” researchers have found. Read More
By Wolfram Lacher
The 17th February Revolution has fundamentally reshaped Libya’s political landscape. Read More
By Jamie Dettmer
The thick-set 23-year-old Nigerian woman exudes strength, keen to overcome what she suffered in Libya and Italy before she escaped from the shadows in Rome and jumped on a train heading for Ancona on Italy’s Adriatic coast. Read More
Intense and earnest coordination between Libya’s neighboring states, particularly Egypt and Algeria as the two most influential, is the key to limit the growth of affiliate militants of the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group in Libya after their ongoing decline in Syria and Iraq. Read More
By Nadine Dahan
Residents of the eastern city of Derna are facing critical shortages as military strongman Khalifa Haftar’s Libyan National Army (LNA) tightened their longstanding siege of the city. Read More
The UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Libya, Maria Ribeiro, has expressed concerns over reports of severe shortages of basic necessities, including life saving medical supplies due to the siege laid on Derna in east Libya by the forces of Khalifa Haftar-led Operation Dignity. Read More