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The Latest Breaking News from Libya

Libyan foreign minister flees country amid outcry over meeting with Israeli counterpart

Najla al-Mangoush had already been suspended after news of secret meeting with Eli Cohen was released

The Guardian - UK

Israel’s Netanyahu wants to approve all secret talks after Libya debacle

The meeting prompted the Libyan foreign minister to flee to Turkey and led to street protests in Libya.

Al Jazeera

Wagner Group: what Yevgeny Prigozhin's death means for stability in Africa

The death of Yevgeny Prigozhin after his private jet crashed on August 23 has raised questions about the Wagner Group’s future. Many in the west suspect Kremlin involvement in his death and are asking what will become of the mercenary group without its charismatic leader.

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Death typical of Libyan camps say former detainees after video emerges

Former detainees now in Tunisia say death of woman in Libya camp is not unexpected considering conditions there.

Al Jazeera

Netanyahu orders ministries to get his OK before secret talks, as drama over Libya meeting persists

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has issued an order mandating that his office approve all secret diplomatic meetings in advance, as officials scrambled to contain the growing diplomatic firestorm over Israel’s disclosure that its top diplomat had met with his Libyan counterpart

The Independent UK

Libya’s premier under fire for reported role in normalisation with Israel

Reports have emerged that Abdul Hamid Dbeibah was aware of his foreign minister’s meeting with Israel’s top diplomat.

Al Jazeera

Video shows woman lying dead on floor of migration detention centre in Libya

Footage provides latest shocking glimpse of conditions endured by refugees in north African country

The Guardian - UK

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Libya’s Foreign Minister Najla al-Mangoush dismissed: Sources

Israel’s foreign minister announced he met Najla al-Mangoush in Rome, causing protests to erupt across Libya.

Al Jazeera

Libya’s foreign minister suspended after meeting with Israel’s chief diplomat

One of Libya’s rival prime ministers says he has suspended his foreign minister after Israel revealed that its chief diplomat met with her last week

The Independent UK

Libya suspends foreign minister over ‘unofficial encounter’ with Israeli counterpart

The leader of Libya's Tripoli-based government said Sunday that he had suspended his foreign minister a day after Israel revealed that its chief diplomat met with her last week – news that prompted scattered street protests in the chaos-stricken North African country.

France 24

To Libya and back, victims of deceit and cunning

Rahul Kumar, along with 16 other men, were duped by Indian 'agents' and taken to Libya on false promises of work permits. There, they were assaulted, made to work for no pay, and forced to live in sub-human conditions. Rajat Gulia and Madan Lal were arrested for their involvement in…

The Hindu

Libya’s LNA launches operations against Chad rebels along border

Civil unrest in Libya has seen rival leaders forge alliances with rebel factions in neighbouring Chad and Sudan.

Al Jazeera

French former President Nicolas Sarkozy to go on trial over Libya financing for 2007 campaign

French investigative magistrates have ordered former president Nicolas Sarkozy and 12 others to go on trial on charges that his 2007 presidential campaign received millions in illegal financing from the government of late Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi

The Independent UK

Libya's stability at greater risk with turmoil in Niger and Sudan, UN warns

Libya’s stability is at greater risk following recent militia clashes and amid turmoil in neighbouring Sudan and Niger, the country's special UN envoy said Tuesday.

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Al Jazeera

Changing tack, UN to seek a ‘unified Libyan government’ before elections

In a shift of policy, UN envoy to Libya Abdoulaye Bathily called for a unified government before elections take place.

The Independent UK

Thousands of discouraged migrants are stranded in Niger because of border closures following coup

Some 7,000 Africans who gave up on migrating to Europe have been stranded in Niger since the coup last month in which members of the presidential guard overthrew the West African nation’s democratically elected president

The Independent UK

Libya's stability at greater risk after deadly militia clashes, turmoil in Niger and Sudan, UN says

The U.N. special envoy for Libya says the oil-rich North African country’s stability is at greater risk following recent militia clashes and amid the danger of spillover from the turmoil in neighboring Sudan and Niger

Al Jazeera

Libya repatriates 161 Nigerian refugees in UN-backed scheme

Nigerian embassy official in Tripoli says they are happy to be returning to their home country.

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The Hindu

17 Indians evacuated from Libya

Seventeen Indian nationals rescued from Libya after MEA's sustained efforts. Hailing from Punjab and Haryana, they reached Delhi on Aug 20. Indian embassy in Tunis played key role in evacuation.

Radio France Internationale

Spike in violence shows Libya remains crippled by rival armed groups

Following a year of relative calm in Libya, fighting erupted again this week in the capital Tripoli. The UN-backed government remains powerless in more than a third of the country, whose people have not seen an election in almost a decade.

Al Jazeera

The Sudanese who fled war for weeks, now praying for a boat to Europe

Al Jazeera speaks to Sudanese refugees in Tunisia’s Sfax who dream of ‘complete security’ across the Mediterranean.

Al Jazeera

Middle East roundup: The Rabaa massacre remembered

Ten years since the massacre in Egypt, dozens killed in Libya – this is what happened in the Middle East this week.

The Independent UK

One of Libya’s rival prime ministers warns militias against further clashes after 45 die

One of Libya’s rival prime ministers has warned that his government would not tolerate any further militia fighting, days after the year’s bloodiest bout of clashes rocked the capital, Tripoli, killing at least 45 people

Al Jazeera

Why did clashes break out in Libya’s Tripoli?

Fighting between the 444 Brigade and the Special Deterrence Force has raged this week after months of relative peace.

Al Jazeera

Libya fighting leaves 55 dead, dozens injured: Medics

Fighting between rival groups began on Monday night in Tripoli, and ended after the release of a commander on Tuesday.

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