Libya’s oil output has fallen more than 80 percent since July, straining the already-weak central government. As Prime Minister Ali Zeidan and his oil minister fail to get a handle on the crisis, a change of heart among the people responsible for some of the stoppages may be what finally …
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U.S. plan for new Libyan force faces obstacles
TRIPOLI, Libya —Deepening divisions among Libya’s myriad armed groups are increasingly stirring conflict in the North African state. Now the United States and its allies are prepared to add a new force to the toxic mix.
Read More »Trafficking at the Tunisian-Libyan border, and small-calibre ammunition in Libya
Two new reports from the Security Assessment in North Africa
Read More »Reports: People still missing after Libya weapons depot blast kills 20
(CNN) — An explosion rocked a military weapons depot in southern Libya as a group of people apparently tried to loot it, killing at least 20 people, Libya’s state news agency LANA reported Friday.
Read More »Guide to key Libyan militias and other armed groups
Two years after the ousting of Muammar Gaddafi, Libya continues to suffer from a chronic absence of security and law and order, with almost daily assassinations, bombings and kidnappings, in addition to a plethora of common crimes.
Read More »A year after Benghazi attack, Libya killings continue
BENGHAZI, Libya — It is exceedingly easy to get away with murder here. Just ask any Libyan: Who killed more than 50 police officers, soldiers and judges here and in the eastern city of Darna this year?
Read More »Persistent violence: No unifying political ideology to guide post-Gaddafi Libya
Violence in Libya stems from the lack of unifying ideology bringing the country together, especially after NATO, CIA and Pentagon destroyed most of the national institutions within the country, editor at the Pan-African News Wire Abayomi Azikiwe told RT.
Read More »Women's rights still lacking in Libya
The second anniversary of Libya’s liberation this year was not like that of last year. On Oct. 23, Libya was a different state from the one envisioned in the draft constitution known as the “National Charter of the Libyan State.” The draft constitution stipulates that all Libyans are equal before the law and everyone …
Read More »Libya: the struggle for security
Nearly two years have passed since the end of Colonel Qaddafi’s dictatorship, but all is not well in Libya. What began as a popular uprising – that later gained international support through UN Security Council Resolution 1973 – has now turned into a potentially toxic security vacuum.
Read More »Libya: National Security Council Looks At Situation in the Country and Latest Developments in Libya
Carthage — The national Security Council met on Thursday evening in Carthage palace, under the chairmanship of the president, the prime minister and the National Constituent Assembly (NCA) speaker to look at the situation in the country and the latest development in Libya, a presidency statement released on Wednesday reads.
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