Libya

Tricked to travel Like many other desperate youth, he travelled without proper documentation and ended up in the hands of human traffickers, drug lords, and human part sellers. This is the story of Obinna Udekwe, a 34 year…

Libyan security forces in the country's western region says they have detained 300 migrants in the last week and 3,000 in the past three months. The arrests come as attempted sea crossings from Libya to Europe are expected to increase in…

Oil prices rose as reports of outages in Libya intensified concerns over supply risks. The West Texas Intermediate for May delivery added 1.26 USD, or 1.2%, to settle at 108.21 USD a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Brent…

Consultations by Libya’s Joint Committee of the House of Representatives and the High Council of State to determine the constitutional basis for fair, credible, transparent, and inclusive elections has begun in Cairo, Egypt. The talks,…

Libya's Minister of Oil and Gas has announced plans to construct a solar plant with French Multinational Total Energies. Mohamed Oun was speaking at the launch of Libya Energy and Economy Summit in Tripoli aimed at discussing energy…

The UN special envoy to Libya, Jan Kubis of Slovakia, has quit less than a year after taking on the role. According to diplomatic sources at the United Nation, No official reason was given for the resignation, ahead of Libya’s …

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Wednesday received 95 Nigerians stranded from Libya at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos. Alhaji Habib Mustapha, the Director-General of NEMA, who was represented by…

Candidates for Libya's presidential and legislative elections slated for 24th December can start registering from Monday, the electoral commission said. "This is the real start of the electoral process," aimed at turning the page on a…

Libyan High National Elections Commission has said on Sunday it would open registration on Monday for candidates in presidential and parliamentary elections that have been mandated by a U.N.-backed roadmap on 24th December. Wrangling over…

The United Nations Libya mission says that the country's parliament should amend its election law to hold both presidential and parliamentary elections on 24th December as originally envisioned in a peace plan. The House of Representatives…