Libya

Saif al-Islam, the son of the assassinated dictator Muammar Gaddafi, wants to "restore the lost unity" in Libya after a decade of chaos and does not rule out holding the presidency.

The African Union is determined to play its part in resolving the armed conflict that has shaken Libya for ten years. This explains the visit in the last two days to the Congolese Denis Sassou Nguesso, Chairman of the AU High Committee for Libya, by Mohamed El-Menfi, President of the Libyan Presidential Council. with our…

If Libya's national elections scheduled for December are delayed, the war-torn country will return to "square one" and unrest in 2011, the speaker said, with a new rival government likely to set up in the east. The election is seen in the West as a critical step in efforts to create stability in Libya, which has been in chaos since the NATO-backed uprising in 2011 against Muammar Gaddafi. Libya, a major oil and gas producer, was divided in 2014 between an internationally recognized government in the…

At least 57 irregular migrants drowned in a shipwreck in the Mediterranean, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Monday. "A shipwreck off Libya requires at least 57 lives today after a boat capsized near the (port city) of Khums," SOMA spokeswoman Safa Msehli said on Twitter. At least 20 women and two children were among those drowned, Msehli said, quoting the survivors taken ashore by fishermen and the Coast Guard. Libya has become an important starting point for irregular migrants trying to…

In his capacity as Chairman of the African Union (AU) High Level Committee on the Libyan Crisis, Congolese President Denis Sassou-Nguesso will receive this Monday, July 26, in Brazzaville, the Head of the Libyan Presidential Council, Mohamed Younis el-Menfi. The AU wants to be more involved in resolving the Libyan conflict, which has had repercussions in other parts of the continent for ten years.…

In a unanimous statement on Thursday, with several ministers present, members of the Security Council called on the Libyan parties to make progress in meeting the December deadline. Encouraging, they want to believe in possible progress. But their positions were at odds with those of the main actors invited to inform them in New York.…

In a report published on Thursday, July 15, the NGO Amnesty International denies the European Union's cooperation in the treatment of migrants and refugees in Libya. She describes their conditions of detention as "cruel" and accuses the EU of being responsible to the Libyan government for these human rights violations suffered by migrants captured in Libya. Details from Sofia Dagna, Refugee and Migration Administrator at Amnesty International France. .

UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi is a guest of RFI this Wednesday 7 July. He returns to the various areas of the African continent where the number of refugees is increasing. Concerned about the growing number of internally displaced people, especially in the Sahel, he calls for an increase in political solutions to resolve the conflicts that cause these population movements. .

The UN mission in Libya has decided to announce the night of July 2-3 to the failure of the inter-Libyan talks in Geneva. Delegates from Libya's political dialogue forum and UN mediators met for four days in the Swiss capital. The discussions were therefore fruitless. The various participants simply failed to agree on the methods of holding a presidential and legislative election in December next year.…

In a letter dated Monday, President Mohamad al-Mnaffi called on Prime Minister Abdel Hamid Dbeibah to quickly appoint a defense minister. The post has been vacant since the government's announcement in March last year due to its sensitive nature, and both sides want to take up the post. Abdel Hamid Dbeibah is invited to a…