No 10 chief of staff accompanied Libyan militiaman to Foreign Office meeting
Exclusive: Mark Fullbrook said to have acted as Fathi Bashagha’s PR adviser, as officials were lobbied on foreign policy Mark Fullbrook, the No 10 chief...
Category : Libya
Libyan militia detains hundreds of Chadians after poachers arrested
At least 400 Chadian workers rounded up in east Libyan town of Ajdabiya after security forces in Chad arrest four Libyan poachers Hundreds of Chadians...
Libyan PM makes alliance with ex-enemy to cement ceasefire
Prospect of Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh and Khalifa Haftar burying differences may be welcomed by UN Libya’s prime minister, Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, has made an unexpected...
Teenager saves baby from shipwreck during Mediterranean crossing
‘I went to help people,’ says Togolese boy, who was among 71 survivors rescued nine days after boat sank, killing at least 30 The actions...
UN secretary general urges calm in Libya as protests spread
Tripoli sees biggest rallies in years on weekend of demonstrations over political deadlock and living conditions The UN secretary general, António Guterres, has appealed for...
Libyan protesters set fire to parliament building in Tobruk
Demonstrators storm eastern city’s legislature over political deadlock and deteriorating living conditions Protesters have stormed Libya’s parliament in the eastern city of Tobruk and set...
Europe silent on plight of detainees in Libya, says migration chief
Federico Soda said there needed to be ‘more condemnation’ of the conditions in state-run detention centres in Libya Europe has been accused by a senior...
Russian mercenaries accused over use of mines and booby traps in Libya
Exclusive: UN investigators say Wagner Group fighters did not mark mines’ positions and may have rigged bomb to teddy bear Russian mercenaries in Libya systematically...
Widow of man killed in Libya accuses South Africa of ‘silence’ in hunt for his body
The South African government sent Anton Hammerl’s passport to his widow in 2016 but has refused to say how it came to have it The...
Clashes in Tripoli as would-be prime minister attempts to claim power
Fathi Bashagha forced to withdraw in the face of opposition from Libya’s military Fighting broke out in Tripoli after one of the two rival Libyan...
