Africa Libya A new maritime zone has been established by the government led by Abdel Hamid Dbeibeh; analysts see it as a new chapter in the intense race for energy sources in the eastern Mediterranean basin
Africa Libya The National Committee for Combating Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing has called for the swift adoption of anti-money laundering law, as international reports have flagged suspicious activities potentially passing through Libya’s financial system
Africa Libya Libyan authorities have freed 104 migrant from a human trafficking network in the eastern city of Ajdabiya, the Attorney General’s Office announced; five suspects were arrested, accused of illegal detention and torture to extort ransom from families
Africa Libya A humanitarian convoy of a hundred cars and volunteers en route to break Gaza's siege was welcomed in Tripoli, where locals offered food, and mistreated in Sirte, reports say: another sign of the east-west split in the administration in Libya
Africa Libya 58 bodies, 35 unidentified, have been found in a mortuary refrigerator at a Tripoli hospital under the control of the militia involved in city clashes last week; the deaths had not been reported to the UN-backed authorities controlling western Libya