Chairman of the Presidential Council of Libya sent a letter to the leader of Azerbaijan

Libya and Africa CDC Discuss Strengthening Cooperation in Public Health Initiatives

Tripoli – The Director-General of the National Center for Disease Control, Haider Al-Sayeh, held a meeting with a delegation from the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), led by the Director of the North Africa Region,...

UN mission in Libya Hq targeted in rocket attack as top official briefed Security Council

22 august 2025 - 12:55:24 MA 517 Views Panafrican News Agency Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has disclosed that there was a rocket attack near its compound in Tripoli during a press briefing by Special...

Libya repatriates 175 Bangladeshi citizens

A total of 175 irregular Bangladeshis, who wanted to return home voluntarily from Benghazi and its surrounding areas of Libya, were repatriated on Thursday. They returned home at 6:15 am on a chartered flight of Buraq Air following the joint...

Part 5: How a Nigerian teen trafficked through Libya became a celebrity barber in Europe

In Part 4, Jimmy’s desperate wait for rescue turned into a trap. The men who came promising Europe delivered him instead into the hands of traffickers. Chained, tortured, and forced to call home for ransom, he turned seventeen in a Libyan cell...

NGO rescues migrants allegedly thrown into sea off Libya

An Italian NGO says it rescued ten migrants off the Libyan coast after they were allegedly thrown overboard by armed militiamen. The group, Mediterranea Saving Humans, released footage showing a “military-type” boat approaching their rescue ship...

Energy minister dismisses report on possible Turkey-Libya maritime deal approval

Energy Minister Stavros Papastavrou dismissed on Friday a report in Bloomberg which said that Libya’s eastern-based parliament is expected to ratify a maritime deal with Turkey, telling SKAI TV that Greece’s politics “are not determined by...

Rocket hits near UN HQ in Libya during envoy's UN briefing

The Interior Ministry of the Tripoli-based government said it folied an attempt to target the UN mission's headquarters with a Russian-made SPG rocket, which hit a civilian house with no casualties [GETTY] The United Nations' mission in Libya said...

Over 7,000 Nigerians yet to return from Libya, says NIDCOM

Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, chairman of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM)Nigerian authorities have voiced deep concern over the plight of thousands of citizens trapped in Libya, describing the situation as “extremely alarming.” Abike...

Analyst: UNSMIL deepened Libya’s crisis

Observers say most Libyans want a constitution and elections to end years of interim governmentsLibyan political analyst Sami Radwan has accused the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) of bearing significant responsibility for the...

Rocket hits near UN headquarters in Libya during envoy’s Security Council briefing

CAIRO (AP) — The United Nations’ mission in Libya said a rocket struck near its headquarters in the country’s largely lawless western region while the UN envoy was briefing the Security Council. No casualties were reported after the rocket was...

Turkey-Libya pact back in spotlight

Commander of the Libyan National Army, Field Marshal Khalifa Belqasim Haftar (C), tours the 16th edition of International Defence Exhibition and Conference (IDEX) and the 7th edition of the Naval Defence and Maritime Security Exhibition (Navdex)...

General Authority for Communications and Informatics reaches agreement with China’s Huawei to resume operations in Libya

The Siege of Tobruk and the Tobruk Fig tree

New UN plan seeks to end Libya’s political paralysis

UN outlines urgent steps to deliver Libya’s long-delayed electionsThe United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) confirmed on Thursday that Special Envoy Stephanie Khoury Tetteh has set out the broad outlines of a new political roadmap...

General Authority for Communications and Informatics reaches agreement with China’s Huawei to resume operations in Libya

‎The General Authority for Communications and Informatics announced yesterday that it had reached agreement with China’s Huawei Libya to ensure the continuation of its activities in Libya in accordance with the legislation and laws in force. It...

Eastern Libya Poised to Greenlight Turkish Offshore Exploration

Libya’s eastern-based parliament is preparing to approve a 2019 maritime pact that would allow Turkey to explore for oil and gas in Libyan waters, according to people familiar with the talks in Benghazi and Ankara. Most obstacles to the accord...

Nigerian official: 7,000 Nigerians stranded in Libya

Authorities in Abuja expressed deep concern over the plight of thousands of illegal Nigerian migrants currently stranded in Libya, describing the situation as “extremely alarming.” The Chairperson of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike...

Italian court condemns Rome for forcibly deporting Eritreans to Libya in 2009

The Rome Court of Appeal upheld a lower court ruling, finding the Italian Ministry of Defense and the Prime Minister’s Office guilty for returning a number of Eritrean nationals to Libya in 2009 aboard the warship Orione. According to the Italian...

Al-Lafi calls on Japanese Prime Minister to lift travel ban on Libya

The Presidential Council's Deputy Head Abdullah Al-Lafi urged Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba to lift the ban imposed on Japanese citizens traveling to Libya, considering it a key step toward enhancing direct cooperation between the two...