Tag: libya
Libya accelerates repatriation of irregular migrants
Tripoli, Libya — The Libyan government has announced a significant expansion of its migrant deportation programme, targeting thousands…
Migrant Tragedy: Boats capsize off Libyan coast, four confirmed dead
At least four people have died after two boats carrying nearly 100 migrants capsized off the coast of…
Protests disrupt Libya’s oil exports
On Tuesday, January 28, 2025, protests at Libya’s Es Sider and Ras Lanuf oil ports blocked crude oil…
Libyan legislators reach agreement on central bank leadership amid oil crisis
Representatives from Libya's rival eastern and western legislative bodies signed an agreement on Thursday, facilitated by the United…
Libyan rival leaders agree on unified government
The leaders of Libya's two rival governments have reached an agreement to establish a unified government, marking a…
Libya: Sixty-one migrants drown in shipwreck
Sixty-one migrants, including women and children, lost their lives in a tragic shipwreck off the coast of Libya,…
Libya parliament speaker issues election law
According to the chamber's spokesperson on Wednesday, Libya's parliament speaker Aguila Saleh has approved regulations for national presidential…
Derna mayor, other officials detained after flood – Libya
According to the Libyan attorney general's office, the mayor of the eastern city of Derna has been detained…
165 female immigrants deported from Libya to Nigeria
The Libyan Illegal Immigration Control Department (on June 20, 2023) deported 165 female illegal immigrants to their home…
Gunshots, clashes rock streets of Tripoli
Clashes rock streets of Libya's capital Tripoli Gunshots were heard in Libya's capital amid clashes between two armed…
6 Egyptian Copts abducted in Libya
Six Egyptian Coptic Christians have been abducted and held for ransom in neighboring Libya, a lawmaker and media…
Libya to reopen all closed border crossings
On Tuesday, February 7, 2023, the Libyan Illegal Immigration Control Department said that Libya intended to reopen all…