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At least 40 feared dead or missing off Libya: UNHCR

27 Aug 2019

About 40 people are feared dead or missing after the latest wreck of a boat carrying migrants bound for Europe off the coast of Libya, while about 60 people may...

Missile hits airport, grounding flights

25 Aug 2019

Flights were temporarily suspended on Saturday at the Libyan capital’s sole functioning airport after it was hit by a rocket as two civilian flights were landing, airport authorities said. “Flights...

Flights suspended at Libya airport after rocket fire

24 Aug 2019

Flights were temporarily suspended on Saturday at the Libyan capital's sole functioning airport after it was hit by a rocket as two civilian flights were landing, airport authorities said....

Help for stranded migrants a welcome step

15 Aug 2019

Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte’s announcement that six European Union (EU) countries had agreed to take in some 150 migrants from a rescue ship that Italy had blocked from...

Rocket-hit Libyan airport reopens

13 Aug 2019

Flights have resumed from the Libyan capital’s sole functioning airport as calm returned on Monday to the outskirts of Tripoli after a temporary truce was violated the previous day. “Reopening...

Haftar forces hit Libya pro-government airbase

06 Aug 2019

Forces loyal to Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar said they launched air strikes early on Tuesday against an airbase in third city Misrata held by government loyalists. “Our air force carried...

Airstrike on south Libyan town kills at least 43

05 Aug 2019

A drone airstrike by eastern Libyan forces on the southern Libyan town of Murzuq has killed at least 43 people, a local official said on Monday. The eastern Libyan...

Nigerian women struggle to raise children born of Libya rape

02 Aug 2019

She was only just 18 when she gave birth without a doctor in a Tripoli apartment, gripping the hand of her best friend who had come on a journey...

Libya protests at ‘untruths’ in UN latest report

02 Aug 2019

Libya’s Government of National Accord has protested at what it said were “untruths” in UN envoy Ghassan Salame’s latest report on the conflict in the North African country. Fayed Al...

Libya militia ‘arrests’ Al Qaeda leaders

25 Jul 2019

A Libyan militia has arrested a number of Al Qaeda-linked extremist leaders in a raid near the capital Tripoli, the group said. The Misrata Joint Security Force carried out the...

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