The Libyan man convicted for bombing PanAm airliner over Lockerbie in 1988, Abdel Basset al-Megrahi, died of cancer on Sunday at the age of 60. Read more »
The people of Benghazi, who were at the forefront of Libya's revolution, have gone to the polls to vote in local government elections for the first time in four decades. Read more »
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has failed to acknowledge the number of civilian deaths caused by its military campaign in 2011, says a Human Rights Watch report. Read more »
As the country grapples with consolidating a formal government structure, streams of migrants and refugees from countries like Chad, Somalia, Eritrea and Ethiopia remains in limbo ... Read more »
There has been widespread calls for parliament to amend the new law criminalising any 'insults to the Libyan people and its institutions'. Read more »
The International Criminal Court has ruled that the former president's son Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi be surrended to the court by the Libyan government. Read more »
The United Nations mission in Libya has expressed deep concern over the recent intensification of violence in three towns in the north-west of the country. Read more »
After appeals by rights groups, the Libyan government has destroyed nearly 100 Chinese-made anti-vehicle land mines. Read more »
Despite the advent of democracy, North Africa faces several economic challenges like rising unemployment and a reduction in tourism revenues after the Arab Spring uprisings. Read more »
Libya, France and the International Criminal Court have called for the extradition of Abdullah Senussi, a former military chief who operated during Muammar Gadaffi's regime. Read more »
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