TRIPOLI, January 23, 2014 (AFP) – Violence in Libya killed 643 people last year, amid a sharp rise in crime, according to a parliamentary report that laments a lack of effective policing in the increasingly lawless North African country.

A former Islamist fighter who joined Libya’s government was among 11 people killed when a Libyan military plane crashed in Tunisia, officials say.

A former Islamist fighter who joined Libya’s government was among 11 people killed when a Libyan military plane crashed in Tunisia, officials say.

Libyans headed to the polls on Thursday (February 20th) to select members of the constitution drafting committee.

The elections  in the southern town of Obari for the Constitutional Committee were suspended today when at least two of the polling centres was stormed and set on fire. There are reports that two or three more stations were attacked as well. Other polling centres in the area then closed as …

Othman Milaiqtah, the commander of the Qaaqaa Brigade, has been gravely injured late this afternoon in what is variously being called an assassination attempt or a car accident.

[UN News]Polling stations are open today across most of Libya in elections that the top United Nations official in the country say is an opportunity for voters to have their voice heard and contribute to a new State’s constitution.

A voter casts his ballot in Tripoli’s Al-Batata district (Photo: Ahmed Elumami)

Five polling stations blown up in Derna late last night causing severe damages to buildings and reportedly intimidating voters from going out to vote in today elections for the Constitutional Committee.

Rape is a taboo subject in the the conservative North African country