Libya’s internationally recognised government has said it forced a tanker not to deliver fuel to the country’s rival administration, diverting the vessel to its own territory by threatening an air attack on it.
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Tripoli insecurity and mid-year school holiday increase traffic at Libyan-Tunisian borders
There have been reports of extra-long queues since last Thursday at both the main Libyan-Tunisian land border crossings. The pro-HoR/Thinni government news agency, LANA, says that the long queues of both passenger and commercial vehicles carrying goods are as a result of the poor security situation and poor border management …
Read More »Algeria: Coordination between three neighbouring countries to prevent oil smuggling
Three states neighbouring Libya have begun coordinated security operations to prevent the smuggling of oil and its derivatives through land and sea, which is considered one of the most important financing resources for armed groups in the country, Anadolu Agency reported.
Read More »Europe ‘seriously underestimating possibility of IS militants infiltrating Italy or Malta’
Islamic State militants have taken over practically the whole area from where migrant crossings are launched and are effectively running the whole show, a prominent Libyan politician has warned. Speaking to Italian journalists during the Davos World Economic Forum, former Libyan Finance Minister Ali Tarhouni, who now serves as President …
Read More »Libya oil production plummets as tribes fight to control field in south
Ubari, a ramshackle desert hub hundreds of miles from Libya’s populous cities on the Mediterranean coast, was once a favored tourist destination, a picturesque pocket of the Sahara with dramatic sand dunes, oases and volcanic mountains. Now, however, it’s best known for a bloody power struggle in the desert near …
Read More »Thinni government approves LD 2 million for illegal immigration control at airports and border crossings
The Libyan government approved LD 2 million to the Interior Ministry yesterday for border controls and control of illegal immigration at airports and land border crossings.
Read More »EU looks to mothball Libya border mission
The EU is looking to mothball its Libya border-control mission despite concerns about foreign fighters and irregular migrants website EUObserver reported.
Read More »Algeria seizes weapons on Libya border
New border security operations by the Algerian army led to the arrest of Libyan smugglers and the seizure of illegal arms.
Read More »Libya the key to stopping terror in the Sahel
Madama, located in the northeast of Niger in the vast Teneré desert, is 10 days’ drive from the capital Niamey and doesn’t even feature on most maps. This is where Jean-Yves Le Drian, French Minister of Defence, spent the first day of 2015 visiting troops in a brand new military …
Read More »Tunisia, Niger find Libya chaos threatening
While Tunisia’s outgoing prime minister described chaotic Libya as threatening to his country’s stability, Niger’s president urged for an international intervention to stave off any spillover coming from the conflict-torn state into its neighboring countries.
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