Russia woos Haftar, but can the Derna floods give Libyans another chance?

Moscow seized the disaster diplomacy initiative after the deadly Derna floods, with Russian Deputy Defence Minister Yunus-bek Yevkurov arriving in eastern Libya with a promise of aid. Russia is helping Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar while seeking...

Libya's flood disaster displaced more than 43,000 people, says UN migration body

Libya's flood disaster, which killed thousands in the city of Derna, also displaced more than 43,000 people, the International Organization for Migration said Thursday.

Libya’s deadly dam collapse was decades in the making

With thousands of people dead and tens of thousands more left homeless by floods as a storm burst through the dams next to the east Libyan city of Derna, FRANCE 24 looks back at the years of violence and neglect that left the city ill-prepared for...

France's ex-president Sarkozy to face 2025 trial over alleged Libya funding of campaign

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy will be tried in 2025 over allegations he took money from late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi to fund one of his election campaigns, prosecutors said Friday.

Dozens killed as clashes between rival factions rock Libya's Tripoli

Gun battles between two leading armed groups in the Libyan capital Tripoli have killed 27 people and wounded 106, a toll update from the Emergency Medicine Centre said Wednesday.

French prosecutors seek new trial for Sarkozy over Libya financing claims

French prosecutors on Thursday demanded that former president Nicolas Sarkozy, who has been embroiled in legal troubles since leaving office, face a new trial over alleged Libyan financing of his 2007 election campaign.

UN nuclear watchdog says 2.5 tonnes of uranium missing from Libyan site

UN nuclear watchdog inspectors have found that roughly 2.5 tons of natural uranium have gone missing from a Libyan site that is not under government control, the watchdog told member states in a statement on Wednesday seen by Reuters.

From Arab Spring to Failed State Winter: How Gaddafi’s Misplaced Trust in the West Led to His Demise

Wednesday marks the 12-year anniversary of the first anti-Gaddafi protests in Benghazi, which quickly grew into a foreign-backed armed uprising, NATO intervention and ultimately, Libya’s breakup into feudal warring statelets. Was there any way for...

Libya: Mass grave with 18 bodies found in ex-IS stronghold

Libyan authorities say they have found 18 bodies buried in a mass grave in the central coastal city of Sirte, a former stronghold of the Islamic State group in the conflict-stricken North African nation

Libyan court sentences 17 former IS members to death

Libya's top prosecutor says a court has sentenced 17 former members of the Islamic State group to death

Libya militia held Lockerbie suspect before handover to US

Libyan officials say a powerful militia was involved in the clandestine detention and questioning of a suspect in the 1988 downing of a New York-bound PanAm flight over Lockerbie, Scotland

'Merchant of Death' arms dealer now part of a deal himself

Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, swapped for WNBA star Brittney Griner, is widely known outside the country as the “Merchant of Death” who fueled some of the world’s worst conflicts

Airbus agrees to pay millions to close Libya, Kazakhstan bribery probe

Airbus and the French financial prosecution office have agreed to settle an investigation related to bribery in Libya and Kazakhstan more than a decade ago, with the planemaker paying a fine of about 16 million euros, the two parties said at a...

Greece's top diplomat calls off Tripoli visit on touchdown

Greek authorities say the country's foreign minister has called off the first leg of his visit to Libya, refusing to disembark from his plane after landing in Tripoli