The Latest Breaking News from Libya

Despite EU-Tunisia deal, Black refugees pushed out ‘at gunpoint’

The EU has promised Tunisia $280m in aid. But on the country’s frontiers, refugees and migrants are still stranded.

Al Jazeera · Jul 19, 2023

Crude Retreats as Libya Restarts Production and Chinese Growth Disappoints

August WTI crude oil (CLQ23 ) on Monday closed down -1.27 (-1.68%), and Aug RBOB gasoline (RBQ23 ) closed down -1.20 (-0.45%). Crude oil and gasoline prices Monday posted moderate losses on weaker-than-expected Chinese economic reports and the restart of crude oil production in Libya as protesters left oilfields Crude...

Barchart · Jul 17, 2023

Libyan authorities rescue refugees in desert near Tunisia

Dozens of refugees left without water or food in the desert after being expelled from Tunisia following racial tensions.

Al Jazeera · Jul 17, 2023

Crude Pushes Higher on Concern About Tighter Global Oil Supplies

August WTI crude oil (CLQ23 ) Thursday closed up +1.14 (+1.50%), and Aug RBOB gasoline (RBQ23 ) closed up +1.16 (+0.43%). Crude oil and gasoline prices Thursday added to this week's gains, with crude posting a 2-1/2 month nearest-futures high and gasoline posting a 3-week high. The action by Libya...

Barchart · Jul 13, 2023

Black refugees remain trapped along border between Tunisia, Libya

Tunisia claims to have evacuated groups of refugees it had expelled to its border, but many remain.

Al Jazeera · Jul 12, 2023

A Libyan court jails 38 human traffickers over the deaths of 11 Europe-bound migrants at sea

Libya’s chief prosecutor says a court in the east of the country has sentenced five people to life in prison after they were convicted of human trafficking over the deaths of 11 migrants who were on a rickety boat trying to cross the Mediterranean to Europe

The Independent UK · Jul 10, 2023

So thirsty they drank seawater: The refugees Tunisia pushed out

More than 1,000 people were bussed to borders with Libya, Algeria – and left with no food, water, shelter or way out.

Al Jazeera · Jul 10, 2023

Tunisia rejects accusations of mistreatment of Black refugees

Tunisian President Kais Saied said refugees were receiving humane treatment stemming from what he called ‘our values’.

Al Jazeera · Jul 9, 2023

A Libyan court sentences 3 people to prison terms over human trafficking

A court in the Libyan capital has sentenced three people to harsh prison terms on charges of human trafficking

The Independent UK · Jul 8, 2023

Tunisian security forces deport African migrants to no man’s land on Libyan border

Tunisian security forces in Sfax have rounded up hundreds of people from sub-Saharan Africa, including children, and dropped them in a no man’s land between the Tunisian and Libyan border, where they remain trapped with neither food nor water. These forced deportations carried out by the security services come against…

France 24 · Jul 7, 2023