How traffickers deep in the Sahara are extorting ransom

From her apartment in rural Germany, Abeba winces as she stares at her phone. The men holding her brother in the desert are sending videos of his torture as they seek to

2025 Jul 26

UN mission in Libya calls for de-escalation after fighting

The United Nations mission in Libya called for de-escalation Monday after fighting erupted in the North African nation''s capital.

2024 Jul 10

Migrants, believed to be destined for Libya, sat on a bus for

The decision to send migrants to Libya, a country the United Nations has previously criticized for its harsh treatment of migrants, is a further escalation of President Donald

2024 May 20

How traffickers deep in the Sahara are extorting ransom

Big business Libya, in North Africa, has long been the transit country of choice for those hoping to travel across the Mediterranean Sea to reach Europe.

2025 Feb 13

Spike in Russian flights from Syria to Libyan desert base as

Transport planes can only practically reach Libya from Russia if they are allowed to overfly Turkey, providing Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan with a handy bargaining

2024 Apr 23

Libya floods: UN says most casualties could have been

The United Nations has said most of the deaths in flash floods that tore through Libya could have been "avoided," as relief workers struggle to deliver crucial aid in a

2025 Dec 11

Trump administration weighs sending migrants to Libya and

The Trump administration has discussed with Libya and Rwanda the possibility of sending migrants who have criminal records and are in the United States to the two countries.

2025 Feb 16

Libyan leaders agree to form new unified government

Libya has had little peace since a 2011 NATO-backed uprising, and it split in 2014 between eastern and western factions, with rival administrations governing in each area.

2025 Jun 04

Two mass graves with bodies of nearly 50 migrants found in

Libya authorities uncovered nearly 50 bodies this week from two mass graves in the country''s southeastern desert, officials said Sunday, in the latest tragedy involving people

2025 Dec 11

Libya: Most intense fighting for years rocks Tripoli | CNN

The United Nations Libya mission UNSMIL said it was "deeply alarmed by the escalating violence in densely populated neighborhoods of Tripoli" and urgently called for a

2025 Nov 15

Libya''s army chief killed in plane crash in Turkey | CNN

Libya''s army chief was killed in a plane crash while returning home from an official visit to Turkey on Tuesday, Libya''s prime minister said.

2025 Sep 17

Spike in Russian flights from Syria to Libyan desert base as

In the weeks since Bashar al-Assad was ousted as Syrian leader, Russia has launched multiple flights to an airbase in the Libyan desert. Moscow''s goal appears to be to

2024 Jun 22

Libyan leaders agree to form new unified government

Three key Libyan leaders said on Sunday they had agreed on the "necessity" of forming a new unified government that would supervise long-delayed elections.

2024 Jul 30

Libya: Most intense fighting for years rocks Tripoli | CNN

The most intense clashes for years rocked Tripoli for a second night and continued into Wednesday morning, witnesses in the Libyan capital said, after Monday''s killing of a major

2025 May 23

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