September 20, 2023

Pipe Dreams

Hundreds of Libyans protested in the devasted eastern city of Derna this week to demand an international investigation and government accountability following deadly floods that killed tens of thousands of people in the region, the Wall Street Journal reported. Last week, Storm Daniel caused major floods...

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September 13, 2023

No Respite

More than 5,000 people are presumed dead and at least 10,000 are missing after Storm Daniel caused two dams to collapse in northeastern Libya, in what observers have described as one of the deadliest storms in North Africa, CNN reported. Libya’s weather agency said the storm...

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August 29, 2023

Dangerous Liaisons

Libyan Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah dismissed Foreign Minister Najla al-Mangoush on Monday after she met with her Israeli counterpart Eli Cohen last week in Rome, a meeting that sparked protests in the war-torn country and caused controversy in Israel, Al Jazeera reported. The diplomatic fiasco...

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March 30, 2023

Financial Walls

The European Union this week defended its record of helping migrants in Libya as “essential” against accusations by United Nations investigators that the bloc was facilitating crimes against humanity and other human rights abuses in the war-ravaged North African country, Africanews reported. On Monday, investigators released...

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August 30, 2022

Boiling Point

Deadly clashes in Libya’s capital killed dozens of people in recent days, in unrest that has sparked fears over reigniting another civil war in the war-torn North African country, the Wall Street Journal reported. Tripoli officials said at least 32 people died and 159 others were...

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April 20, 2022

Walking Backwards

Libya’s rival factions failed to reach a deal on constitutional arrangements for elections this week, a development that has raised concerns about another potential split in the North African country following more than a decade of civil war, the Associated Press reported Tuesday. On Monday, lawmakers...

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March 03, 2022

Too Many Chefs

Libya’s east-based parliament approved a new government this week to replace the cabinet of interim Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah, a move that could reignite tensions and again divide the war-torn nation into rival administrations, Reuters reported Wednesday. A majority of lawmakers voted to appoint Fathi...

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