November 12, 2012

• Libya: Libyan Activists Welcome Posting of YouTube Rape Video

  You might not expect women's groups to welcome the posting of a video depicting a rape on You Tube - but Libyan feminists did just that last week. Read more »

July 17, 2012

• Libya: The Toubou - Libya's War Victims or Hostage Takers?

  Libya's Toubou and Ouled Sliman tribes are currently caught in a raging ethnic conflict. Or so it has seemed. Upon closer observation, our correspondent finds the feud is more... Read more »

July 13, 2012

• North Africa: Libya Tips the Balance for the Arab Spring [column]

  Libya has surprised the world again. Confounding expectations, the people of the 'African Gulf state' launched a successful revolution in 2011. They managed to throw out their... Read more »

March 29, 2012

• Africa: Investigator - 'Everyone Left Boat People to Die' [analysis]

  Why did nobody help 72 severely weakened refugees on a boat in the Mediterranean a year ago? NATO must now answer that question, given that the refugees were spotted at the time by... Read more »

March 20, 2012

• Libya: Team in Mauritania Demands Senussi Transfer

  Libya stepped up pressure on Mauritania to hand over Muammar Gaddafi's feared intelligence chief Abdallah al-Senussi on Monday, sending a senior delegation to argue he must face... Read more »

March 17, 2012

• Libya: Mauritania Arrests Top Hague Suspect

  Mauritania said Saturday it arrested former Libyan intelligence chief Abdullah al-Senoussi, who was one of the most prominent figures from the ousted regime of Moammar Gadhafi and... Read more »

January 31, 2012

• Libya: Citizens to Sue Ex-Mi6 Official Over Torture

  Two Libyans are to sue the former counter-terrorism director of British spy agency MI6, claiming he played a key role in their rendition to Moamer Kadhafi's Libya, their lawyers... Read more »

January 30, 2012

• Libya/Zambia: Country Enjoys Bittersweet Win as Zambia Top Group A

  Fairytale qualifiers Libya enjoyed a bittersweet day on Sunday, defeating Senegal for their first Africa Cup of Nations win since 1982, yet missing out on the quarter-finals. Read more »

January 28, 2012

• Libya: NTC Adopts Election Law, Drops Women Quota

  Libya's ruling National Transitional Council said it adopted on Saturday a new electoral law on the basis of which the North African country will form its first constituent... Read more »

January 30, 2012

• Libya: Pro-Kadhafi Prisoners 'Beaten With Chains'

  Former pro-Kadhafi fighter Milad Mohammed Yusuf lifts his shirt to reveal scars from what he says are cigarette burns and chain beatings - abuses that the city's prison chief says... Read more »

January 29, 2012

• Libya/Senegal: Senegal Play for Pride but Country Wants Much More

  Senegal have already been eliminated, while Libya want to win this Africa Cup of Nations Group A match on Sunday to boost their chances of advancing to the knockout stage. Read more »

January 28, 2012

• Libya: Boat Accident Leaves 15 Dead, 40 Missing

  At least 15 Somali migrants were killed and 40 left missing after their boat capsized off the coast of Libya this week, the Somali ambassador to Tripoli told AFP on Saturday. Read more »

January 29, 2012

• Africa: Continent's Leaders Meet for First Post-Gaddafi Summit

  African Union leaders meet on Sunday for their first summit since the death of the bloc's founder Moamer Kadhafi, with intense lobbying for its new top officials overshadowing the... Read more »

January 27, 2012

• Libya: Kadhafi 'Lives On in Our Hearts' in Libyan Town

  Residents of the Libyan oasis town of Bani Walid, long a bastion of Moamer Kadhafi's regime, are resigned to the country's new leadership but say the slain dictator lives on in... Read more »

January 26, 2012

• Libya: Militias Torturing Detainees - Watchdogs

  Several suspected diehards of slain Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi have been subjected to torture and some have even died in detention centres run by armed militias, human rights... Read more »

January 25, 2012

• Libya: Defence Minister in Ex-Kadhafi Bastion After Clashes

  Libyan Defence Minister Osama Juili went to the former Moamer Kadhafi stronghold of Bani Walid on Wednesday after five people were killed in fighting there on Monday. Read more »

• Egypt: Bomb Scare Grounds Egypt-Libya Flight - Airport

  Egyptian authorities grounded a Libyan Airlines flight on Wednesday after an attendant found a suspected bomb in a toilet on the aircraft, airport officials told AFP. Read more »

• Africa: Chipolopolo Hit Back Twice to Hold Libya in Africa Cup of Nations

  Zambia came from behind twice to draw 2-2 with fairytale qualifiers Libya on Wednesday in a rain-delayed Africa Cup of Nations Group A match. Read more »

January 24, 2012

• Africa: Libya Need to End 30-Year Winless Streak

  Fairytale qualifiers Libya have not won at the Africa Cup of Nations since defeating Zambia when they hosted the tournament 30 years ago. Read more »

• Libya: Gov't Says Will Strike Back If Kadhafi Men Behind Unrest

  Libya said on Tuesday it will strike back if diehards of slain dictator Moamer Kadhafi were behind deadly clashes in his former stronghold of Bani Walid. Read more »

January 23, 2012

• Libya: War Crimes Court Denies Nation Deal for Gaddafi Son Trial

  The International Criminal Court denied on Monday that it had agreed that Seif al-Islam, slain Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi's most prominent son, can be tried in Libya. Read more »

• Libya: Gaddafi Diehards 'Capture Bani Walid' City

  Diehard supporters of slain Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi seized control on Monday of Bani Walid, his one-time bastion, after launching a brazen attack at a base there that killed... Read more »

• Libya: Govt, Hague Court At Odds Over Gaddafi Son's Trial

  Libya said Monday the International Criminal Court has accepted that Seif al-Islam, slain dictator Moamer Kadhafi's son, will be tried by Libyans, a claim which was quickly denied... Read more »

January 21, 2012

• Libya: Italy PM Monti in Libya to Boost Ties

  Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti arrived in Libya Saturday to revive a treaty of friendship and to offer his nation's expertise in training police in the North African country,... Read more »

January 22, 2012

• Libya: Ruling Council Deputy Head Quits After Protests

  The deputy head of Libya's National Transitional Council resigned on Sunday after angry protests, as the ruling body faced its first serious challenge since the ouster of Moamer... Read more »