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    • Sunday, 11 December, 2022
      Terrorism
      US takes custody of man charged with making Lockerbie bomb

      Former Libyan intelligence officer to face court 34 years after attack over Scotland killed 270 people

    • Thursday, 1 September, 2022
      Global InsightSamer Al-Atrush
      Libyan rivals plot their next move after failed attempt to seize Tripoli

      As two would-be prime ministers vie for control, the prospects of a diplomatic breakthrough are bleak

    • Thursday, 14 July, 2022
      Libya’s new oil chief promises to lift blockades

      Control of oil revenue has been at heart of the conflict in the divided country

    • Wednesday, 13 July, 2022
      Libya’s PM pushes for new chief of state oil company

      Incumbent rejects dismissal and analysts fear politicisation of sector in Opec member

    • Friday, 17 June, 2022
      Oil & Gas industry
      Libya oil output holds up despite port shutdowns and protests

      Country is producing about 700,000 barrels of crude a day, western diplomats and analysts say

    • Tuesday, 17 May, 2022
      Clashes erupt in Libya after rival PM’s attempt to seize capital fails

      Fathi Bashagha forced out of Tripoli after trying to take control from Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh

    • Thursday, 28 April, 2022
      War in Ukraine
      Russia reduces number of Syrian and Wagner troops in Libya

      Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine strains its deployments across north and west Africa

    • Thursday, 21 April, 2022
      Libyan strongman blamed for closure of oil facilities

      Blockades slash country’s energy output and add to global concerns about supply of crude

    • Sunday, 13 March, 2022
      Government of Libya
      Rival Libya leader sets sights on Tripoli to replace administration

      Stand-off looms between competing governments backed by armed militias

    • Friday, 11 February, 2022
      Libya’s parliament appoints new prime minister

      Move could create two rival leaders and delay UN plans to unite country’s east-west divide

    • Wednesday, 22 December, 2021
      Libya electoral board wants elections postponed for a month

      Confusion over whether Saif al-Islam Gaddafi can run adds to turmoil in run-up to Friday’s poll

    • Friday, 10 December, 2021
      European Union
      EU to impose sanctions against Russian mercenary group Wagner

      Measures will include asset freezes and travel bans in response to activities in Syria, Ukraine and Africa

    • Sunday, 5 December, 2021
      The Big Read
      How migration became a weapon in a ‘hybrid war’

      Governments are increasingly using displaced people to exploit Europe’s divisions and fears over migrants

    • Thursday, 2 December, 2021
      Gaddafi’s son given go-ahead to run for Libya presidency

      Court overturns electoral commission’s decision to disqualify him from December 24 election

    • Thursday, 25 November, 2021
      Saif al-Islam Gaddafi barred from Libya’s presidential poll

      Dictator’s son can appeal ruling as UN and west pin hopes on December 24 election to unify oil-rich state

    • Friday, 19 November, 2021
      News in-depth
      Prodigal Gaddafi son taps into nostalgia for stability of father’s rule

      One-time reformer wanted by ICC has constituency among those tired of past decade of war

    • Wednesday, 17 November, 2021
      David Gardner
      Muammer Gaddafi’s son returns to the political stage

      Many Libyans may now wonder: to what conceivable question could Saif al-Islam be the answer?

    • Sunday, 14 November, 2021
      Muammer Gaddafi’s son registers for Libyan presidential elections

      Saif al-Islam has support from Libyans nostalgic for more stable era under his father’s dictatorship

    • Wednesday, 8 September, 2021
      The Big Read
      How the death of Gaddafi is still being felt by Libya’s neighbours

      The violent repercussions of the collapse of security in the north African state a decade ago stretch across the Sahel

    • Tuesday, 10 August, 2021
      Fathi Bashagha
      The US must step up and prevent a return to chaos in Libya

      The Biden administration’s engagement has given hope that free elections can be held later this year

    • Monday, 9 August, 2021
      Gideon Rachman
      The discontents of Middle East democracy

      Struggles for political freedom in the Arab world bode ill for the global fight against autocracy

    • Tuesday, 13 July, 2021
      FT MagazineHelen Warrell
      Time for AI to pull up a chair to the negotiating table

      Digital technology is accused of fuelling conflict but it can help to overcome it as well 

    • Friday, 23 April, 2021
      News in-depthAfrica
      France, Libya and the ‘crazy’ frontline death of Chad strongman Déby

      Killing of ‘warrior’ leader at heart of fight against jihadis heralds uncertain era in the Sahel

    • Wednesday, 17 March, 2021
      Erik Prince accused of helping rebel Libyan general

      Former head of Blackwater allegedly helped evade a UN arms embargo on North African oil producer

    • Monday, 15 March, 2021
      Middle Eastern politics & society
      Libya’s unity government seen as ‘historic step’

      New administration tasked with preparing war-torn country for elections later this year

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