Libya’s prime minister visits Cairo for military support while violence continues in Benghazi

Amid heightened security on the Algerian side of the border, Libyan and Algerian news outlets are awash with reports that a 120 kilometre-long electric fence is to be built between the North African neighbours.

France is setting up a base in northern Niger as part of an operation aimed at stopping al-Qaida-linked militants from crisscrossing the Sahel-Sahara region between southern Libya and Mauritania, officials said.

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President María Cristina Perceval ( Argentina):

The UN Security Council on Thursday threatened sanctions against those who reject peace in Libya in a bid to shore up UN-brokered talks on ending the violence.

Egypt has reportedly offered to train pro-government forces battling rival armed groups in Libya.

UN mission head calls talks between House of Representatives members “constructive”, but opponents question their legitimacy 

UN mission head calls talks between House of Representatives members “constructive”, but opponents question their legitimacy 

The militants are allegedly holding the trucks and drivers captive to pressure Egypt into releasing Libyans held in Egypt

Ghadames, 29 September 2014 – At the invitation of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), a group of parliamentarians from the Libyan House of Representatives met today in Ghadames for preliminary discussions on ways of overcoming the deficit of trust and confidence within parliamentary ranks, and resolving the …