Tag Archives: Libya Political Agreement

(Author: Libyan Gazette Editorial Staff) Thousands of Libyan firearms and weapons were confiscated by Algerian security forces since the beginning of the Libyan uprising that started in February of 2011. On Monday Al-Khabar news agency spoke with a  security forces source in Algeria who said Algeria has obtained about 4,000 …

(Author: Libyan Gazette Editorial Staff) Mustafa Sanalla, Chairman of Libya’s National Oil Corporation of Libya (AFP Photo/Justin Tallis) Rising tensions among opposing groups in Libya could potentially cause further delay in opening the largest oil ports in the country. The Es Sider, Zueitina and Ras Lanuf oil ports have not …

(Author: Libyan Gazette Editorial Staff) Photo retrieved from www.rand.org A report released by the United Nations on Monday said that an alarming 279,000 children were prevented by the ongoing conflict in Libya from going to school. The UN’s office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said the data obtained …

  News DigestJuly 25, 2016 Your top stories from the past week: War for Eastern Libya 30 Killed In Eastern Libya (Author: Libyan Gazette Editorial Staff) 30 bodies were found dead in eastern Libya on Friday. 14 bodies were found in a garbage bin in Benghazi and were brought by …

(Author: Libyan Gazette Editorial Staff) On Saturday 41 bodies, thought to be refugees, were found by volunteers on shores of Sabratha, a coastal city in Libya. The volunteers received training provided by the city council to spot human trafficking victims in mid-July. “We think that these are people who drowned …

(Author: Libyan Gazette Editorial Staff) Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA) loyal forces announced on Monday that they have taken over the Sirte security headquarters from ISIS who has held it since February 2015. “We’re slowly tightening our grip on them,” said a Libyan senior official. GNA loyal forces have …

(Author: Libyan Gazette Editorial Staff) Photo by Ismail Zitouny, Reuters. Photo of closed emergency room in Tripoli Central Hospital taken on July 18, 2016. A father and his six year old daughter with a plastic anemia, a rare blood cell disease, attempt to make their way to Europe via the …

(Author: Libyan Gazette Editorial Staff) Photo taken from the Nigeria Newsdesk. The Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA) has called on the French ambassador to address the unconsented unwelcomed presence of French troops in Libya. Last week the Defend Benghazi Brigade shot down one of General Khalifa Haftar’s helicopters in …

(Author: Libyan Gazette Editorial Staff) Background On June 1, 2016 revolutionaries living in Benghazi declared the start of a defensive effort in support of the Shura Council and the Chamber of Ajdabiya, according to an official statement they issued. They named themselves ‘Defend Benghazi Brigade’ (DBB) stressing that they do …

(Author: Libyan Gazette Editorial Staff) After a three-day hearing London’s High Court set a date for the lawsuit between the Libyan Investment Authority (LIA) and Societe Generale (SocGen), a French investment bank, over the $67 billion investment of Libya’s sovereign wealth. The date set is April 25, 2017 four months …

(Author: Libyan Gazette Editorial Staff) 30 bodies were found dead in eastern Libya on Friday. 14 bodies were found in a garbage bin in Benghazi and were brought by the Red Crescent to the Benghazi Medical Centre. It was evident that all 14 were killed execution style as they all …

(Author: Libyan Gazette Editorial Staff) President Francois Hollande confirmed Wednesday that three French soldiers on board a helicopter in eastern Libya were killed. Hollande has called it an “accident” contradicting Defend Benghazi Brigade (DBB)’s statement who claim they shot down the helicopter. DBB said the helicopter carrying the French troops …

The Defend Benghazi Brigade reported on Monday that more than 30 of Haftar’s forces were killed in clashes in an area known as Al-Maqroun in the outskirts of Benghazi. Suluq General Hospital released a medical report stating that over 25 of Haftar’s men sustained injuries from the clashes and the …

(Author: Libyan Gazette Editorial Staff) Defending Benghazi Brigade (DBB), a militia group in eastern Libya, is reported to have shot down a helicopter carrying French special forces on Sunday. The Libyan officials who reported the crash on Tuesday have requested to remain anonymous as they report to not have authority …

(Republished From: Al Jazeera) By: Natasha Ghoneim Survivors tell of horror at the hands of smugglers and say they would rather “die at sea” than return to Libya.   The anguished faces and the stories of desperate journeys have been supplanted by scenes of bloody attacks around the globe and racial …

(Author: Libyan Gazette Editorial Staff) The Libyan Government of National Accord has finally decided to react to power outages in Libya’s capital. Improving the living conditions of Tripoli residence has been an ignored issue for way too long. Power shortages became unbearably especially during the month of Ramadan making fasting …