Libya News – InfoStride News https://www.theinfostride.com Breaking News, Nigeria News and Top Stories Sat, 29 Jul 2017 11:18:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://www.theinfostride.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/cropped-The-InfoStride-Favicon-150x150.png Libya News – InfoStride News https://www.theinfostride.com 32 32 Italy sets to tackle Human Trafficker across the Mediterranean Sea with Navy https://www.theinfostride.com/italy-sets-to-tackle-human-trafficker-across-the-mediterranean-sea-with-navy/ Thu, 27 Jul 2017 21:12:44 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=174202 Italy’s Prime Minister, Paolo Gentiloni has disclosed the country may send navy ships to fight migrant traffickers in the Mediterranean Sea off the Libyan coast. The PM made the statement on Wednesday, June 26, 2017 in Rome at a joint news conference with his Libyan counterpart, Fayez al-Sarraj. “Sarraj wrote me a letter a few [...]

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]]> France working towards Uniting Libya as Macron meets Libyan Leaders on Peace Deal https://www.theinfostride.com/france-working-towards-uniting-libya-as-macron-meets-libyan-leaders-on-peace-deal/ Mon, 24 Jul 2017 12:09:17 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=173518 France will host talks on Tuesday between Fayez al-Serraj, head of Libya’s UN-backed government in Tripoli, and Khalifa Haftar, a powerful military commander in the divided country’s east who has so far rejected his authority. According to a statement, during the talks, President Emmanuel Macron aims to show France’s support for UN-backed efforts to stabilise [...]

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]]> Unity Deal: UN Security Council Backs Libya https://www.theinfostride.com/unity-deal-un-security-council-backs-libya/ Thu, 24 Dec 2015 13:56:50 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=115020 United Nations (UN) Security Council has given its backing to Libya’s new government of national unity, a move it hopes will help stem mass migration to Europe and reverse gains made by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group. The 15-nation council gave its support on Wednesday to the deal signed last [...]

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]]> Internal Fragmentation Casts Doubt Over Libya National Unity Government Deal https://www.theinfostride.com/internal-fragmentation-casts-doubt-over-libya-national-unity-government-deal/ Sat, 12 Dec 2015 19:23:26 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=112248 Libya’s rival factions have agreed to sign a United Nations-backed deal for government of national unity, but questions over whether the main political and military actors are backing the agreement have raised serious concerns over the forthcoming process. Representatives from Libya’s two rival parliaments – Salah Makhzoum of the General National Congress (GNC) based in [...]

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]]> Rival Factions In Libya Agree To Sign Unity Government Deal https://www.theinfostride.com/rival-factions-in-libya-agree-to-sign-unity-government-deal/ Sat, 12 Dec 2015 08:51:06 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=112125 Rival Libyans have agreed to sign a UN-backed national unity government deal following months of negotiations, the UN special envoy for Libya announced in Tunis. Speaking in the Tunisian capital at a UN-facilitated meeting on Libyan political dialogue on Friday, Martin Kobler, a German career diplomat and United Nations (UN) representative, said: “I’m very happy [...]

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]]> Opinion: Have UN-led talks in Libya been compromised? https://www.theinfostride.com/opinion-have-un-led-talks-in-libya-been-compromised/ Sat, 07 Nov 2015 10:32:05 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=106133 For the past year and a half, rival militias loyal to rival goverments in Libya, have been fighting what has been described as a low-level civil war. And the UN’s envoy to Libya, Bernardino Leon, has been trying without success, to push the two sides to form a unity government. But now Leon’s work has [...]

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]]> At least 200 feared dead in Libya refugee boat disaster – Al Jazeera https://www.theinfostride.com/at-least-200-feared-dead-in-libya-refugee-boat-disaster/ Fri, 28 Aug 2015 20:05:16 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2015/08/at-least-200-feared-dead-in-libya-refugee-boat-disaster/ At least 82 people have been killed and more than one hundred others are still missing after a boat, reportedly packed with people from Africa and South Asia bound for Italy, capsized and sunk off the Libyan coast. The Libyan Red Crescent said on Friday it had recovered 82 bodies. Nearly 200 had been rescued, [...]

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]]> Boat filled with refugees sinks off Libyan coast https://www.theinfostride.com/boat-filled-with-refugees-sinks-off-libyan-coast/ Fri, 28 Aug 2015 01:47:01 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2015/08/boat-filled-with-refugees-sinks-off-libyan-coast/ A boat reportedly packed with people from Africa and South Asia bound for Italy has sunk off the Libyan coast, raising fears that dozens have died. A security official in the western Libyan town of Zuwarah, from where the overcrowded boat had set off, said on Thursday there had around 400 people on board. Many [...]

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]]> #Insurgency: Libya anti-jihadist commander escapes suicide attack https://www.theinfostride.com/insurgency-libya-anti-jihadist-commander-escapes-suicide-attack/ Wed, 04 Jun 2014 12:07:47 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=46518 A rogue general, whose repeated deadly assaults on jihadists in Libya's second city Benghazi have earned him threats of reprisal, escaped a suicide bombing Wednesday, one of his commanders said. But three loyalists of former general and longtime US…

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]]> #Crisis: US deploys warship carrying marines off Libyan coast https://www.theinfostride.com/crisis-us-deploys-warship-carrying-marines-off-libyan-coast/ Tue, 27 May 2014 19:08:20 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=45097 The United States is deploying an amphibious assault ship with about 1,000 marines off the coast of Libya in case the US embassy must be evacuated, a US defense official said Tuesday. The USS Bataan was to be in the area "in a matter of days," said…

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]]> Libyan navy intercepts 300 illegal migrants heading for Italy https://www.theinfostride.com/libyan-navy-intercepts-300-illegal-migrants-heading-for-italy/ Mon, 12 May 2014 18:34:03 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=42165 Libya's navy said Monday it had intercepted and rescued 340 illegal migrants off the coast of the western town of Sabratha when their boat began to take on water. The rescue came on the same day Italy's navy said at least 14 migrants had died when their…

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]]> Ten migrants die, hundreds rescued in Sudan-Libya desert https://www.theinfostride.com/ten-migrants-die-hundreds-rescued-in-sudan-libya-desert/ Wed, 30 Apr 2014 21:25:38 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=39510 Ten migrants have died among some 300 abandoned by smugglers in the scorching Sudanese-Libyan desert, with the others in poor condition, Sudanese officials said Wednesday. "They are hungry and thirsty," Abdelaziz Hassan Salih, a senior official of Sudan…

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]]> United States denounces threats against Libyan PM https://www.theinfostride.com/united-states-denounces-threats-against-libyan-pm/ Mon, 14 Apr 2014 21:32:05 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=35820 The United States on Monday denounced as "unconscionable" threats made against the Libyan prime minister and cabinet members, saying the country needed to move forward. "At a time when Libya most needs political consensus to move forward its democratic…

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]]> Libya jihadists to impose Islamic law in radical town https://www.theinfostride.com/libya-jihadists-to-impose-islamic-law-in-radical-town/ Sun, 06 Apr 2014 18:35:51 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=33693 A jihadist group in Libya says it plans to take over security in the restive eastern town of Derna and impose sharia Islamic law, in a posting on Facebook. Witnesses said the group "Majlis Shura of Islamist Youth in Derna" staged a show of force on…

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]]> South Libya tribal clashes kill 19 https://www.theinfostride.com/south-libya-tribal-clashes-kill-19/ Sat, 11 Jan 2014 17:24:38 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=10029 Fighting between rival tribes in southern Libya killed 19 people Saturday and wounded another 20, a local official said. "Violent confrontations broke out between Toubous and Awled Sleiman early this morning," Ayoub al-Zarrouk, chief of the local council…

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]]> Libya Prime Ministers fail to agree on government censure motion https://www.theinfostride.com/libya-prime-ministers-fail-to-agree-on-government-censure-motion/ Tue, 07 Jan 2014 19:16:15 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=8765 Libya's General National Congress on Tuesday failed to agree on what action to take about the embattled government of Prime Minister Ali Zeidan, a member said. His administration has been under fire for failing to tackle security problems and end an…

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]]> Libya bars oil tankers from protest port https://www.theinfostride.com/libya-bars-oil-tankers-from-protest-port/ Mon, 06 Jan 2014 14:45:33 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=8502 Libya's navy has stopped two oil tankers from entering Al-Sedra port, the site of a months-long dispute between protesting guards and the government, its National Oil Corporation said Monday. "The Libyan naval forces on Sunday prevented... a Maltese…

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]]> ‘New Zealander slain in Libya mother-of-two’ https://www.theinfostride.com/new-zealander-slain-in-libya-mother-of-two/ Sat, 04 Jan 2014 23:35:10 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=8181 A New Zealand woman found murdered with a British companion in Libya was a mother of two visiting her boyfriend, according to media reports Sunday. The New Zealand foreign ministry confirmed the woman's name as Lynn Howie and said her family had requested…

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]]> Two Libya oilfields resume production https://www.theinfostride.com/two-libya-oilfields-resume-production/ Mon, 30 Dec 2013 22:43:29 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=7052 Production at two oilfields in southern Libya has restarted after it was suspended for several months, a national oil company official said on Monday. Mohamed al-Harairi of Libya's National Oil Corporation (NOC) told AFP the Sarir and Msala oilfields…

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]]> Ex-Kadhafi security man killed in Libya’s Benghazi https://www.theinfostride.com/ex-kadhafi-security-man-killed-in-libyas-benghazi/ Sun, 29 Dec 2013 20:03:15 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=6898 Gunmen on Sunday killed a former security officer who served under slain dictator Moamer Kadhafi in the violence-ridden eastern city of Benghazi, security and medical sources said. "Retired colonel Muftah Najem was shot dead," said a spokeswoman for…

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]]> Suicide attack near Libya’s Benghazi kills seven https://www.theinfostride.com/suicide-attack-near-libyas-benghazi-kills-seven/ Sun, 22 Dec 2013 07:14:37 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=6032 A suicide bomber rammed an explosives-laden vehicle into a security checkpoint outside eastern Libya's restive city of Benghazi overnight, killing at least seven people, witnesses and security sources said Sunday. The blast left body parts strewn around…

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]]> Libya protesters force Internet shutdown https://www.theinfostride.com/libya-protesters-force-internet-shutdown/ Sun, 22 Dec 2013 05:58:43 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=6010 Knife-wielding protesters have stormed the headquarters of Libya's largest telecoms provider and forced an eight-hour shutdown of Internet access in the south and west of the country. Dozens of protesters calling for Prime Minister Ali Zeidan to resign…

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]]> Family of Lockerbie bomber hope to appeal conviction https://www.theinfostride.com/family-of-lockerbie-bomber-hope-to-appeal-conviction/ Fri, 20 Dec 2013 22:20:03 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=5882 The family of Abdelbaset Ali Mohmet al-Megrahi, the only person convicted of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing which killed 270 people, on Friday told the BBC they hope to appeal against his conviction. Megrahi, who died from cancer in Tripoli last year after…

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]]> Tripoli under Lebanon army control after sectarian killings https://www.theinfostride.com/tripoli-lebanon-army-control-sectarian-killings/ Mon, 02 Dec 2013 23:12:11 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=3286 Lebanese authorities decided Monday to place Tripoli under army control for six months after a wave of sectarian killings linked to Syria's war left 11 dead in the main northern city. The decision was taken at a meeting between President Michel Sleiman…

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]]> Explosion kills at least 10 at Libya arms depot https://www.theinfostride.com/explosion-kills-least-10-libya-arms-depot/ Thu, 28 Nov 2013 17:48:36 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=2712 An explosion killed at least 10 people and wounded 15 at a weapons depot in southern Libya Thursday that may have been linked to common theft, an official said. General Mohamed al-Dhabi told AFP: "A group of unknown people tried to attack the depot,…

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]]> Libyan soldiers killed in Benghazi firefights https://www.theinfostride.com/libyan-soldiers-killed-benghazi-firefights/ Thu, 28 Nov 2013 17:38:41 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=2703 Four soldiers were killed on Thursday in and around Libya's violence-wracked eastern city of Benghazi, the cradle of the revolution that toppled dictator Moamer Kadhafi in 2011. And in the south, an explosion killed at least 10 people and wounded many…

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]]> IOM Helps Libyan Government to Establish Migration Management Policy Task Force https://www.theinfostride.com/iom-helps-libyan-government-to-establish-migration-management-policy-task-force/ Fri, 22 Nov 2013 10:46:00 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/iom-helps-libyan-government-to-establish-migration-management-policy-task-force/ GENEVA, Switzerland, November 22, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — As part of its on-going European Union-funded project, “Stabilizing At-risk Communities and Enhancing Migration Management to Enable Smooth Transitions in Egypt, Tunisia and Libya” (START), IOM Libya has organized a workshop for Libyan officials to discuss migration management challenges facing the country. The event prioritized actions [...]

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]]> Foreign Minister Westerwelle on Libya: Hopes placed in the revolution must be fulfilled and peaceful protests protected https://www.theinfostride.com/foreign-minister-westerwelle-on-libya-hopes-placed-in-the-revolution-must-be-fulfilled-and-peaceful-protests-protected/ Mon, 18 Nov 2013 10:00:00 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/apr/foreign-minister-westerwelle-on-libya-hopes-placed-in-the-revolution-must-be-fulfilled-and-peaceful-protests-protected/ BERLIN, Germany, November 18, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Foreign Minister Westerwelle issued the following statement today (16 November) on the fatal attacks on protesters committed by Libyan militiamen: I am appalled at the recent bloody fighting in the Libyan capital Tripoli which left so many people dead or wounded. These incidents constitute a serious [...]

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]]> The African Union deeply concerned by the situation in Libya https://www.theinfostride.com/the-african-union-deeply-concerned-by-the-situation-in-libya/ Mon, 18 Nov 2013 07:06:00 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/apr/the-african-union-deeply-concerned-by-the-situation-in-libya/ ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, November 18, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union (AU), Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, is shocked and saddened by the acts of violence which occurred in Tripoli, on 15 and 16 November 2013, resulting in the death of dozens of people, while many more were [...]

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]]> Canada Condemns Violence in Tripoli https://www.theinfostride.com/canada-condemns-violence-in-tripoli/ Sun, 17 Nov 2013 10:32:00 +0000 http://apo.theinfostrides.com/africa/canada-condemns-violence-in-tripoli/ OTTAWA, Canada, November 17, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird today issued the following statement: “Canada condemns the recent violence in Tripoli, in particular the attacks against civilians, and calls for an immediate cessation of hostilities. Canada extends its condolences and sympathies to the families of the innocent victims of the [...]

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]]> Violence in Tripoli, Libya https://www.theinfostride.com/violence-in-tripoli-libya/ Sun, 17 Nov 2013 10:29:00 +0000 http://apo.theinfostrides.com/africa/violence-in-tripoli-libya/ WASHINGTON, November 17, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Press Statement John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC November 16, 2013   We are deeply concerned by the death and injury of many Libyans in recent clashes in Tripoli. We condemn the use of violence in all its forms and urge all sides to exercise restraint [...]

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]]> British Government condemns violence in Tripoli / Foreign Office Minister calls for restraint and offers condolences to families of victims https://www.theinfostride.com/british-government-condemns-violence-in-tripoli-foreign-office-minister-calls-for-restraint-and-offers-condolences-to-families-of-victims/ Sun, 17 Nov 2013 10:25:00 +0000 http://apo.theinfostrides.com/africa/british-government-condemns-violence-in-tripoli-foreign-office-minister-calls-for-restraint-and-offers-condolences-to-families-of-victims/ LONDON, United-Kingdom, November 17, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Hugh Robertson, Minister of State for Middle East and North Africa, said:   “The British Government condemns the violence in Tripoli on 15 November which led to such a tragic loss of life. We urge all parties to exercise restraint and to refrain from further violence. [...]

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