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Diplomatic failings and ‘elite bargains’ prolonging Libya turmoil: Analysts

With the central bank in turmoil, analysts say that diplomatic efforts in Libya are failing its people.

Al Jazeera

Egypt and Turkey’s nascent alliance tested by new crisis in Libya

Fallout from Libyan central bank governor’s dismissal presents immediate challenge for Sisi and Erdoğan

The Guardian - UK

Notorious people smuggler shot dead in Libya, officials say

Abd al-Rahman Milad was member of Libyan coastguard also considered to be the leader of a criminal organisation

The Guardian - UK

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Libya’s central bank chief flees country over militia threats: Report

Tripoli-based Presidential Council appoints new board of directors, with banking operations suspended amid upheaval.

Al Jazeera

Libya’s eastern government says oilfields closed over central bank spat

Rival governments have been fighting for days over the central bank’s leadership, threatening a UN-brokered peace deal.

Al Jazeera

Libya’s powerful central bank governor is fired as country's deep divisions persist

One of Libya’s dueling authorities unilaterally fired the powerful central bank governor in an abrupt move that is likely to inflame tensions in the divided North African country

The Independent UK

Militia infighting kills at least 9 in Libya’s capital, officials say

Libyan officials say clashes between two heavily armed militia groups in the country’s capital terrorized residents and killed about a dozen people, the latest bout of violence in the largely lawless North African nation

The Independent UK

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Libya, Tunisia urge Europe to increase aid to help tackle migration crisis

North African countries seek assistance at Tripoli conference to help stem flow of refugees and migrants.

Al Jazeera

Cultural treasure or painful reminder? Libya’s colonial architecture

Residents of Tripoli and Benghazi are divided about what should be done with their Italian colonial heritage.

Al Jazeera

Smuggler paradise on Tunisia-Libya border hurts as closure strangles trade

The people of Ben Guerdane survived off the Ras Jadir border crossing. Its closure hurt them, badly.

Al Jazeera

Deadly Landmines Pose Hidden Threat In Libyan Capital

Hundreds of deadly landmines and unexploded ordnance still litter parts of Libya after years of fighting, posing a constant danger to civilians, especially children, long after the conflict.

International Business Times

In conflict-torn Libya, artist's family turns home into museum

A seemingly ordinary villa in the heart of Tripoli holds a lifetime of works by the late Libyan artist Ali Gana, whose family has turned his house into a unique museum.

Radio France Internationale

Ramadan Culinary Traditions Defy Crisis To Bring Libyans Together

Dressed in tracksuits with their sleeves rolled up, about 30 residents in Tajura, a suburb east of Libya's capital, volunteer every day to cook and give away some 300 meals during Ramadan.

International Business Times

Pro-Gaza feeling runs high in Lebanon, but Hamas presence is controlled

Hamas has gained in popularity in south Lebanon since October 7, but its reach remains limited.

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Radio France Internationale

South African held for 6 years in Mali released

A South African paramedic who had been held by jihadists in Mali for over six years has been released, security and humanitarian sources told French news agency AFP on Sunday. Gerco van Deventer was kidnapped in Libya on 3 November, 2017, on his way to a power plant construction site…

Al Jazeera

Libyan militias ‘making a killing’ off kidnapping refugees for ransom

Refugee Salem Doma was tortured and held for ransom in Bani Walid, Libya, another victim of human trafficking.

The Independent UK

Lebanese army rescues over 100 migrants whose boat ran into trouble in the Mediterranean

Lebanon's state-run National News Agency says the army has rescued more than 100 migrants after their boat faced technical problems in the Mediterranean off the coast of the northern city of Tripoli

The Independent UK

For a divided Libya, disastrous floods have become a rallying cry for unity

The disastrous flooding that killed more than 11,000 people has fostered national solidarity among Libyans, long governed by opposing powers

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Libya flood disaster: scale of the catastrophe must bring the two warring factions together

A century ago, the coastal city of Derna was well known for picture-perfect beaches, palm trees and whitewashed villas mainly inhabited by Libya’s Italian colonial occupiers. Today, in the aftermath of Storm Daniel, which brought 400mm of rain to the region, overwhelming two dams and sweeping millions of tons of…

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Death toll soars to 11,300 from flooding in Libyan coastal city of Derna

Another 10,100 are reported missing from flooding caused by Mediterranean storm Daniel, the Libyan Red Crescent says.

The Independent UK

Fury over ‘avoidable’ deaths in Libya floods as thousands buried in mass graves with 11,000 confirmed killed

Officials in hardest-hit city of Derna believe toll could reach 20,000 – amid calls for inquiry into collapse of dams that drove flooding

Al Jazeera

Death toll in Libya’s Derna flooding could reach 20,000: Mayor

Thousands remain missing after flooding from Storm Daniel wreaks havoc in the eastern city of Derna.

The Independent UK

How Libya’s chaos left its people vulnerable to deadly flooding

A storm that has killed thousands of people and left thousands more missing in Libya is the latest blow to a country that has been gutted by years of chaos and division

France 24

Thousands dead, missing as floods devastate eastern Libya

At least 2,200 people were killed in Libya and thousands more were reported missing after catastrophic flash floods broke river dams and tore through an eastern coastal city, devastating entire neighbourhoods.

Al Jazeera

Sudanese asylum seekers sleep rough by Libya’s UNHCR office

Many refugees remain without shelter after making the arduous journey to Libya from war-torn Sudan.

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