Plateau govt rescues athlete trafficked to Libya for s£x slavery

The Plateau State Government, in partnership with the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) and non-governmental organisation Ewe Rina Africa, has successfully rescued and repatriated a 23-year-old woman who was trafficked …

Paying the warlords: The cynical economics of EU border control in Libya

Default Ready As the European Union seeks to further fortify its external borders, its Home Affairs Council met in Luxembourg on June 8 to finalize a common policy on establishing controversial “return hubs” in third countries under an overhauled Return …

Somali Human Rights Commission Visits Detained Migrants in Eastern Libya

BENGHAZI, Libya, Aug. 3 — A delegation from Somalia’s Independent Human Rights Commission visited a prison in eastern Libya on Monday, where dozens of Somali nationals are being held, as part of efforts to assess their conditions and strengthen cooperation …

Why Türkiye is Boosting Ties with Both Sides in Libya

Fifteen years after the 2011 uprising, Libya remains politically divided between the UN-recognized Government of National Unity (GNU) in Tripoli and the eastern-based administration supported by Khalifa Haftar and his Libyan National Army (LNA). As …

Zelenskyy dismisses Ukraine's ambassadors to Austria, Tunisia, Libya, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan – decrees

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy dismissed Volodymyr Khomanets from his post as Ukraine's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Tunisia and the State of Libya, as well as Vasyl Khymynets, Valeriy Yevdokimov, and Valeriy …

Libya’s Elite Pact

In mid-June of 2026, the two rival factions claiming to be Libya’s official government agreed to a power sharing deal. In it, Prime Minister Abdul Dbeibah, the leader of the internationally recognised Government of National Unity (GNU) based in Triopli in …

Libya’s Permanent Representative to the Arab League meets with his Syrian Counterpart.

Cairo 3 August 2026 (Lana) Libya’s Permanent Representative to the League of Arab States and Chargé d’Affaires of the Libyan Embassy in Egypt, Abdulmutallab Thabet, met with his Syrian counterpart and Chargé d’Affaires at the Syrian Embassy in Cairo, Yahya …

El-Azizia Recorded the Highest Temperature in Libya on 23 July 2026

Libya allocates 600 scholarships for chadian students in medicine and engineering

Chad’s Minister of Higher Education, Scientific Research and Vocational Training, Sitack Yombatina, met with a delegation of senators representing the Chad–Libya Friendship Group to review the outcomes of their recent parliamentary visit to Libya and the …

Libya, Japan discuss strengthening education cooperation

Minister of Education, Mohammed Al-Ghariou, has held talks with Japan’s ambassador to Libya, Shimura Izuru, on enhancing bilateral cooperation in the education sector. The meeting, held on Sunday, focused on ways to benefit from Japanese expertise in …