Libya

Libyan leaders were due to meet in Morocco to finalise a deal on new electoral laws, but any agreement they announce on voting rules or a new interim government is likely to trigger opposition that may further delay the political process.…

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called to "repeal" a cybercrime law recently enacted in Libya and to release people detained under it, which undermines freedom of expression, according to a report by the NGO. "The Libyan House of…

The European Union has defended its record of helping to relieve the suffering of migrants in Libya, after U.N.-backed investigators accused the 27-nation bloc of abetting human rights abuses and other crimes in the largely north African…

The UN envoy to Libya, Abdoulaye Bathily, has called for the rival administrations in the country to reach an agreement by mid-June and hold long-delayed elections by the end of the year. Libya remains split between a nominally interim…

The UN envoy for Libya, Abdoulaye Bathily, has announced that the launch of an "initiative" for the organization of presidential and legislative elections in the country this year. "I have decided to launch an initiative aimed at…

The African Union ended its annual summit announcing it was working on the organization of a national reconciliation conference on Libya. Since the fall of Muammar Gaddafi in 2011 that the country has been plunged in political turmoil.…

Libyans on Friday marked the 12th anniversary of their 2011 uprising. Many cities witnessed major celebrations and in the capital, Tripoli, residents took to the streets to celebrate, with squares decorated with national flags and lights.…

Italian energy giant Eni signed an $8 billion gas deal with Libya's state-run National Oil Corporation as Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni visited Tripoli. European governments have been scrambling to find alternatives to Russian gas since…

French medical charity Doctors Without Borders or MSF, shared footage of the rescue of 237 migrants off the Libyan coast. The NGO's chartered rescue vessel was sailing in the Mediterranean Sea, north of the country's capital Tripoli, when…

Libyan National Oil Corporation says it had reached an $8-billion deal with Italian energy giant ENI to develop offshore hydrocarbon sites. "We have reached a deal with ENI to develop the oil and gas sector, by developing two offshore…