Overview This week the oil strikes and disruptions persist with the eastern strikers continuing to hold out despite government pressure.  The pressure being mooted by the commander of the Petroleum Facilities Guard is to stop paying striking guards.  The government despite its rhetoric has been cautious in the pressure it …

Embassy came under fire after Russian woman was accused of killing senior military official Mohamed Alsusi

Embassy came under fire after Russian woman was accused of killing senior military official Mohamed Alsusi

Reporters Without Borders is very disturbed by the complete absence of the rule of law and lack of security in Libya, and by the impact this is having on the work of journalists, and calls on the authorities to ensure that recent serious attacks and kidnappings of media personnel do …

Dressed in a black headscarf and traditional black abaya, Alanoud Sanussi, 22, seemed exhausted but still managed to smile at me. The daughter of Libya’s jailed former intelligence chief, she had waited for me in the office of the militia commander, who had abducted her two days earlier–and only minutes after her …

Three army and police officers died in separate attacks in Benghazi Sunday, the latest in a string of attacks against security forces in Libya’s second city, a security official said.

The performance of the Libyan oil industry over the past few weeks confirmed yet again the strategic significance of the industry and demonstrated once more that local problems could have worldwide implications.

In 2011 when Muhammar Qaddafi refused to leave quietly as ruler of Libya, the Obama Administration, hiding behind the skirts of the French, launched a ferocious bombing campaign and a “No Fly” zone over the country to aid the so-called fighters for democracy.

Benghazi plans to install a surveillance system to help improve security.

Overview The expected drama of Saif Gaddafi and Abdullah al-Senoussi appearing together in court in Tripoli did not occur this week with confusion over whether Saif would or would not appear.  Instead on Thursday Senoussi attended his pre-trail court hearing in Tripoli along with 36 others charged with counts of …