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Unity Deal: UN Security Council Backs Libya

Kunle Atiba — Thu, 24 Dec 2015 13:56:50 +0000

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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South Libya tribal clashes kill 19

Ade Adewale — Sat, 11 Jan 2014 17:24:38 +0000

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

Ade Adewale — Tue, 07 Jan 2014 19:16:15 +0000

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

Ade Adewale — Mon, 06 Jan 2014 14:45:33 +0000

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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Two Libya oilfields resume production

Adewale Ade — Mon, 30 Dec 2013 22:43:29 +0000

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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‘Core’ Al-Qaeda not behind Benghazi attack – US

Adewale Ade — Mon, 30 Dec 2013 21:37:18 +0000

The United States is still investigating last year's attack on its diplomatic mission in Benghazi but has no evidence that "core Al-Qaeda" leaders directed the assault in which four Americans died, a US official said Monday. State Department spokeswoman…

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Ex-Kadhafi security man killed in Libya’s Benghazi

Adewale Ade — Sun, 29 Dec 2013 20:03:15 +0000

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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Four US military personnel held by Libya: US

Adewale Ade — Sat, 28 Dec 2013 05:47:32 +0000

Four American military personnel have been detained in Libya and are being held by the government there, the US State Department said Friday. "We can confirm that four US military personnel are currently being held in Libyan government custody," said…

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Suicide attack near Libya’s Benghazi kills seven

Adewale Ade — Sun, 22 Dec 2013 07:14:37 +0000

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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Family of Lockerbie bomber hope to appeal conviction

Adewale Ade — Fri, 20 Dec 2013 22:20:03 +0000

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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Explosion kills at least 10 at Libya arms depot

Adewale Ade — Thu, 28 Nov 2013 17:48:36 +0000

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

Adewale Ade — Thu, 28 Nov 2013 17:38:41 +0000

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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