Libya’s southern area of Fezzan is suffering from an influx of foreign fighters that are gradually taking over the country’s tribes. 

The LNA has reported that it killed 15 ‘‘terrorists’’ on the Ajdabiya-Tobruk desert road who it claims were escaping from the city of Derna. The LNA had long claimed it had 90 percent of the city under its control, but is still trying to clear Derna of the remainder of …

The National Oil Corporation (NOC) has denounced the attack by an armed group on the office of the CEO of the Brega oil and gas marketing company, vandalizing it and robbing some of its items.

Rebel groups from Sudan’s Darfur region are strengthening their foothold in Libya, building up their military strength in a bid to return to Sudan and fight on, according to a confidential report seen by AFP on Wednesday.

At the height of its strength in Libya, Daesh controlled the coastal city of Sirte, about 500 kilometres east of Tripoli, having amassed a sizeable force thanks to hundreds of foreign fighters, most of whom came from Libya’s neighbours such as Egypt, Tunisia, Sudan, Algeria and even Chad and Niger …

UN experts say “predatory behavior” by armed groups in Libya is posing a direct threat to forming a national government and ending lawlessness that has fueled Islamic militancy, human trafficking and instability in the wider region.

The Libyan Investment Authority (LIA) has been forced to abandon its main Tripoli headquarters at the downtown Tripoli Tower due to persistent militia coercion and interference in its internal affairs. The LIA is Libya’s sovereign wealth fund entity controlling US$ 67 bn worth of assets. Its assets are currently frozen …

After the removal of the Islamic State, Sirte faces multiple reconstruction and security challenges.

The Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said that he will send a delegation of ministers, instead of a frigate, to Libya to deal with the crisis of the three Filipinos kidnapped, Spokesman of the Philippine Government said on Tuesday.

The Global Peace Index 2108 has ranked Libya 157 out of 163 countries included in the new version that takes factors of crimes’ rates, violence, civil wars and economic effects on the countries as the main criteria of  assessment.