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...
Aug. 19, 2024 20:56 PM EDT
CAIRO (AP) — One of Libya's dueling authorities unilaterally fired the country's powerful central bank governor in an abrupt move that is likely to inflame tensions in the divided North African country.
The presidential council in the capital of Tripoli, which is allied with the...
Aug. 10, 2024 14:26 PM EDT
CAIRO (AP) — Clashes between two heavily armed militia groups in Libya's capital terrorized residents and killed about a dozen people, the latest bout of violence in the largely lawless North African nation, officials said Saturday.
The hours-long clashes, which involved heavy...