More than 3,000 people in detention centres in the Libyan capital are "at imminent risk of being killed or seriously injured" in fighting, says Doctors Without ... Read more »

The United Nations says it has information that Libyan guards shot at refugees and migrants trying to flee from air strikes that killed at least 53 people, including six children, ... Read more »

The United Nations Security Council held a closed emergency session to draft a response to the killing of at least 44 people in an air strike on a migrant and refugee detention ... Read more »

Dozens were killed in an air strike on a centre housing migrants on the outskirts of Tripoli, with many more wounded. It was not immediately clear who was responsible for the ... Read more »

Migrant women and children trapped in the battle for control of Libya's capital are being turned away from shelters, exposing them to airstrikes and sexual abuse. In the region of ... Read more »

Libyan Prime Minister Fayez Al-Serraj has met with British Prime Minister Theresa May and Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt to discuss international support for a ceasefire and ... Read more »

There are fears for the safety of African migrants after armed men attacked detainees at the Qasr Ben Geshir detention centre on April 23,  according to reports. About 6,000 ... Read more »

Sudan's Defence Minister General Ahmed Awad Ibn Auf has seized power, arrested Al-Bashir suspended the Constitution and will oversee a two-year transitional period. While in Libya, ... Read more »

General Khalifa Haftar's push for Tripoli could be the most important moment for Libya since the overthrow of Moammar Gadhafi in 2011. Who are the players and what's at stake for ... Read more »

Khalifa Haftar was one of the young military officers who supported Muammar Gaddafi in 1969 as Libya overthrew its monarchy. He was captured by Chadian forces and abandoned by ... Read more »