While the world’s attention is focused on the Ukraine crisis, another hot spot of the last decade, Libya, could be on the brink of partition following attempts by the eastern-based Tobruk Parliament, the House of Representatives (HoR), to select a new PM and install a rival government.
The Anti-Terrorism Force in Bani Walid has arrested one of the main suspects in the robbery of the Central Bank of Libya (CBL) funds in Sirte in 2013, which was revealed by the “Al-Masafa Sefr” TV program on Al-Jazeera on Friday.
A group of military brigades in the western region of Libya has described the attempts to change the current government as futile, aimed at extending the legitimacy of the expired bodies and prolonging the crisis.
The European Union will deliver five new search and rescue vessels, including three ships and two boats, to the Libyan Coast Guard, during the first half of 2022.
More than 170 organizations and people have issued a statement including StateWatch Organization, calling on the Italian government to cancel the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) concluded with Libya, given its role in facilitating exploitative practices that include violence and crimes against humanity.
After more than a decade of conflict, the oil-rich North African country is arguably more divided than ever.
The United Nations Security Council convened last week to reassess Libya’s way forward following a long-anticipated, yet ultimately disrupted elections process.
A leading rights group on Monday urged the European Union to reverse its migration policy on Libya, saying the approach helps return migrants to “hellish” conditions in the North African country.
At the start of this year, French officials announced the completion of the first phase of a withdrawal of foreign mercenaries from eastern Libya.
As Libya’s democratic future hangs in the balance following the postponement of December 2021 elections, and the country reels from over a decade of instability and domestic rivalries, Israel has apparently courted Libyan political circles with the aim of normalisation with Tripoli.
