Libya is reported among the worst countries in Africa in 2022 in terms of governance, and ranked at 45 the 2022 Ibrahim Index of African Governance, which examined the status of governance across 54 countries in the continent over the past ten years.
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RUSI reports on UN Sanctions against Human Traffickers in Libya
On 20 December, the UK-based defence and security think tank Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) published an article entitled ‘An Unprecedented Failure? UN Sanctions Against Human Traffickers in Libya’. Authors Cathy Haenlein (RUSI Director of Organised Crime and Policing) and Amanda Kadlec (Independent Researcher who previously served on the UN …
ISPI article on the instability of Libya’s restarted oil production
On 29 July, the Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI) published an article entitled ‘Libya’s Thickening Plot: Power, Oil and Clashes’ as part of their ‘MED This Week’ newsletter.
Damascus, Tripoli, Algiers world’s ‘least liveable’ cities
Damascus, Tripoli and Algiers are among the four least liveable cities in the world, according to The Economist Intelligence Unit’s Global Liveability Index 2022.
Libyan Fatwa House: Libyans should demonstrate Friday to call for toppling HoR
The Libyan Fatwa House’s Council for Research and Sharia Studies called on all Libyans across the country to take to streets on Friday and demand the toppling of the House of Representatives (HoR).
European arms sales cause mass displacement, report finds
European arms companies are “instrumental” in mass displacement and fuelling the refugee crisis, according to a report by Transnational Institute (TNI).
US Embassy/USAID surveys show overwhelming Libyan demand for peace, unity, and elections
A series of U.S. Embassy/USAID surveys show overwhelming Libyan demand for peace, unity and elections, the U.S. Embassy said yesterday.
Mapping of 5,000 air and artillery strikes in Libya since 2012 published
NGO Airwars has yesterday released comprehensive mapping of more than 5,000 air and artillery strikes in Libya since 2012.
Libya rates as most-worsened country in world for past decade: FSI
A report by Patricia Taft in the 2020 Fragile States Index (FSI) rates Libya as ‘‘the most-worsened country in the world for the past decade’’. It also holds the record for the greatest year-on-year worsening, when it worsened by 25.8 points in the 2012 FSI’’, the report says. The report …
Syrian organization unveils Russia’s recruitment of over 3000 Syrian mercenaries to fight for Haftar
A Syria-based Russian security company – in collusion with the Syrian government- recruited no fewer than 3000 Syrians, both civilians and fighters, from various provinces as mercenaries to transfer them to Libya, where they are to fight alongside Khalifa Haftar’s forces against the Government of National Accord (GNA), Syrians for …