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Libya
Libya
The latest news, analysis and opinion on Libya. In-depth analysis, industry insights and expert opinion.
Capital
Tripoli
Head of State
Chairman of the Presidential Council Mohamed al-Menfi
Head of Government
Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh
last updated:
29 November, 2024
Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy. Photo: Reuters
France

Ex-French leader Sarkozy to wear electronic tag after graft conviction upheld

Sarkozy’s lawyer said the former president would appeal to the European Court for Human Rights to challenge the ruling.

Middle East

Gunmen clash in Libya as fires erupt at a nearby oil refinery, officials say

China-Africa relations

What Xi’s flying visit to Morocco means for China’s EV industry

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Art

First showing for Gaddafi daughter’s art honouring slain Libyan leader

‘These pictures are painted with my heart,’ says Aisha Gaddafi, 47, at the opening of exhibition in a Russian state museum in Moscow.

Aisha Gaddafi, daughter of slain Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, presents one of her paintings showing a crowd hovering over the corpses of her father and her brother at the State Museum of Oriental Art in Moscow, which is mounting a show of her art. Photo: EPA-EFE
Italy

Italy sends first migrants to Albania under new deal

Italy has built two reception centres in Albania, in the first scheme by a EU nation to divert migrants to a non-EU country.

Middle East

Oil soars on Biden remarks about possible Israeli strike on Iran facilities

A major strike by Israel on Iran’s export capacity could take 1.5 million barrels of daily supply off the market.

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Middle East

Libya to restart 3 oilfields as UN seeks to end stand-off

Three Libyan oilfields received orders to resume production as the UN steps up efforts to mediate the Opec member’s rival governments.

The Nafoora oil field in Jakharrah, Libya, August 27, 2024. Photo: Reuters
Middle East

Libya central bank ‘suspends all operations’ after official abducted

The bank said on Sunday it was “suspending all operations” after the kidnapping of Musab Msallem, head of information technology.

China-Africa relations

China makes tentative steps to return to Libya after civil war stopped trade

Beijing and Tripoli are starting to rebuild trade relations, but Libya’s rocky political landscape could still be a complication.

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Greece

Greece denies report of brutality to migrants, caused deaths of dozens at sea

BBC investigation alleged Greece coastguard caused the deaths of 43 migrants in pushback operations in 2020-2023.

Greece says its border forces have saved hundreds of thousands of migrants from sinking boats. File photo: dpa
Canada

Canada police charge pair in plot to sell Chinese-made military equipment in Libya

Canadian police said two former UN employees in Montreal participated in a conspiracy to sell Chinese-made drones and other military equipment, violating UN sanctions related to the Libyan civil war.

The alleged conspiracy would have benefitted one of the two main factions in the Libya civil war, which ended in 2020. File photo: Reuters
Africa

Over 60 migrants believed dead off Libya coast after boat sinks

High waves swamped the vessel, which had over 80 people aboard, as it made its risky sea voyage towards Europe.

Africa

Libya dismantles illegal gold mining network comprising Chinese nationals

The foreign nationals who carried out the mining were staying illegally in Libya, Tripoli’s attorney general said. He did not say when they were arrested.

France

French ex-president Sarkozy charged in witness tampering probe

The case is linked to allegations he took US$5.3 million stuffed in suitcases from late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi to fund one of his election campaigns.

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy in southwestern France in 2021. Photo: AFP
Ukraine war

Chinese firm sold satellites for intelligence to Russia’s Wagner: document

The contract was signed more than half a year into Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine in which the Wagner Group under its founder Yevgeny Prigozhin was playing a key role on the battlefield.

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A contract signed on November 15, 2022, between Beijing Yunze Technology Co Ltd and Nika-Frut, a company then part of Yevgeny Prigozhin’s commercial empire. Photo: AFP
Africa

Libya floods: reporters ordered out of Derna after protests

‘The number of journalists has become an impediment to rescuers’, a minister said, while scientists noted that climate change made the rains that triggered the flooding up to 50 times more likely.

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Libyan protesters want officials to be held accountable in devastating floods

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Natural disasters

UN warns of concerning situation at 2 more Libyan dams

The dams in question are the Jaza Dam – between the partly destroyed city of Derna and Benghazi – and the Qattara Dam near Benghazi.

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Search-and-rescue teams wearing face masks and protective suits kept up the grim search for bodies. Photo: Reuters
Natural disasters

Libyan flood survivors recount Derna catastrophe

Natural disasters

‘Beyond politics and borders’: Libya death toll above 11,300, UN says

Amid conflicting reports on the number of dead in the flood, thousands of people are missing, while 891 buildings in the coastal city of Derna are said to be destroyed.

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Natural disasters

Global rescue efforts gather pace after deadly floods in Libya

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Natural disasters

‘Smell of death everywhere’: corpses pile up in flood-hit Libyan city

Authorities in Derna race to collect and bury the growing number of flood victims before bodies turn the Libyan coastal city into a massive contamination site.

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Toys scattered outside a damaged house in Derna, Libya. Search teams are combing streets, wrecked buildings, and even the sea to look for bodies. Photo: AP
Natural disasters

Fears grow flood death toll could hit 20,000 in Libyan city of Derna

A global effort to assist stricken Libya gathered pace after huge flash flood slammed into the Mediterranean coastal city of Derna on Sunday.

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Africa

Up to 20,000 feared dead in Libya, says Derna mayor

Extreme weather

Libya starts burying the dead after catastrophic floods

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Natural disasters

Politics slowing aid after Morocco quake, Libya flooding

The responses in both Morocco and Libya – one a stable nation, the other torn by war and ruled by rival governments – show the difficulty of separating humanitarian aid from political considerations.

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People receiving aid in the aftermath of a deadly earthquake, in Talat N’Yaaqoub, Morocco. Photo: Reuters
Extreme weather

Thousands feared dead from floods in Libya

Extreme weather

Death toll expected to be ‘huge’, thousands missing after flooding in Libya

Authorities in eastern Libya said at least 2,000 people were killed and thousands more were missing after a massive flood ripped through the city of Derna following a heavy storm and rain.

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