Sep. 30, 2024 10:27 AM EDT
CAIRO (AP) — Libya’s eastern parliament on Monday agreed to appoint Naji Mohamed Issa Belqasem as the new central bank governor after the former governor, Sadiq al-Kabir, was fired last month by the presidential council in the capital, Tripoli.
Parliament spokesperson Abdullah...
Sep. 08, 2024 03:02 AM EDT
CAIRO (AP) — Libya’s chief prosecutor ordered the detention of a militia leader and one of his aides pending an investigation into the killing of one of the country’s most notorious human traffickers.
Mohamed Bahroun, commander of the First Support Battalion and an influential...
Sep. 01, 2024 17:05 PM EDT
CAIRO (AP) — One of Libya’s most wanted human traffickers was killed Sunday in the capital, Tripoli, Libyan officials said, fueling tension in the western part of the North African country.
Abdel-Rahman Milad, who commanded a coast guard unit in the western town of Zawiya and was...