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Apr
02
2024
By The African Mirror
Libyan PM’s residence targeted with RPGs, no casualties reported

Libyan PM’s residence targeted with RPGs, no casualties reported

NEWS
THE residence of Libyan Prime Minister Abdulhamid al-Dbeibah was targeted with rocket-propelled grenades in an attack that left no casualties, a Libyan minister told Reuters. The minister, who spoke in condition of anonymity, confirmed in a message that the attack only caused some damage. The minister has not disclosed any further details. Two citizens said they had heard massive explosions near the sea in Tripoli's luxury Hay Andalus neighbourhood, the home to PM Dbeibah's residence. A citizen said that after the massive explosions were heard, heavy security forces with their vehicles were deployed around the area. Libya has had little…
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Feb
20
2024
By The African Mirror
U.N. in Libya urges probe into Tripoli shooting deaths

U.N. in Libya urges probe into Tripoli shooting deaths

NEWS
THE United Nations mission in Libya has urged authorities to investigate the shooting deaths of 10 people in a Tripoli neighbourhood, with city security chiefs saying the victims included two members of a powerful armed faction. The U.N. said in a statement released on social media that the authorities should "prevent any actions that could lead to escalation and further violence". Libya has had little peace since a 2011 NATO-backed uprising and it split in 2014, with rival factions taking over different parts of the country. Although major warfare has paused since a 2020 ceasefire, different groups still wield control…
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Jan
13
2024
By The African Mirror
Protesters in Libya threaten to shut down oil and gas facilities

Protesters in Libya threaten to shut down oil and gas facilities

NEWS
PROTESTERS have threatened to shut down two oil and gas facilities near the Libyan capital Tripoli, with one group that is campaigning against corruption issuing a 72-hour ultimatum. The group called the Corruption Eradication Movement said in a video statement online that it would "stop the pumping of gas from the Mellitah complex", a joint venture between Libya's National Oil Corporation (NOC) and Italy's Eni. Any halt would disrupt the supply of gas through the Greenstream pipeline between Libya and Italy. Eni declined to comment and NOC was not immediately available for comment on the latest threat. The protesters demanded…
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Dec
26
2023
By The African Mirror
Libya’s stock market resumes trading after more than 9 years of closure

Libya’s stock market resumes trading after more than 9 years of closure

BUSINESS
LIBYA'S Stock Market resumed trading at a hall in the capital Tripoli after more than nine years of closure because of the political and security situation. The prime minister of the Government of National Unity Abdulhamid al-Dbeibah and the market's chairman of the board of directors Bashir Mohamed Ashour with other officials rang the bell to announce the resumption of trading. The stock market also has a trading hall in Libya's second city of Benghazi where trading is expected to resume next week, a source said on Monday. Dbeibah said the bourse was "one of the means to improve the…
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Apr
01
2022
By The African Mirror
Libya’s Bashagha says he will enter Tripoli peacefully within days

Libya’s Bashagha says he will enter Tripoli peacefully within days

NEWS
ANGUS MCDOWALL LIBYA'S Fathi Bashagha, who was appointed prime minister by the eastern-based parliament this month, expects to take over government in Tripoli in the coming days without using force, he told Reuters, amid a weeks-long standoff between rival factions. Abdulhamid al-Dbeibah, who was made interim prime minister a year ago in a U.N.-backed process, has refused to cede power to Bashagha after a planned election collapsed in December and remains ensconced in the capital, backed by some armed groups. After the election process fell apart, the parliament said Dbeibah's government had expired and selected Bashagha to head a new…
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Mar
07
2022
By The African Mirror
Tension, standoff in Tripoli

Tension, standoff in Tripoli

NEWS
AHMED ELUMAMI A long ceasefire has brought life back to Tripoli's Algeria Square, its roundabout replanted with grass and customers lingering into the night at the Aurora Cafe, but Libya's new crisis of two governments threatens to upend that peace. Home to the city hall, post office and a mosque converted from the colonial-era Italian cathedral, Algeria Square plays a big role in the capital's civic life. But it is also near likely front lines in a battle many Libyans fear may soon erupt. The standoff worsened this week as the parliament in the east swore in a new administration…
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Sep
04
2021
By The African Mirror
‘Worst Tripoli fighting in a year’

‘Worst Tripoli fighting in a year’

NEWS
AHMED ELUMANI FIGHTING broke out in Tripoli early on Friday between rival armed forces, the heaviest clashes in the Libyan capital since the conflict between eastern and western factions paused a year ago. A resident of the Salah al-Din district in southern Tripoli said the shooting began at about 2.30 a.m. and continued through the morning with medium and light weapons. Conflict in Tripoli between the armed groups who vie to control both territory and state institutions would further undermine the prospect of December elections as part of a plan to end a decade of chaos, violence and division. Despite…
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Feb
22
2021
By The African Mirror
Libyan interior minister escapes shooting attack on motorcade in Tripoli

Libyan interior minister escapes shooting attack on motorcade in Tripoli

NEWS
GUNMEN opened fire on the motorcade of Libyan Interior Minister Fathi Bashagha in the capital Tripoli yesterday but he escaped unharmed, a source close to Bashagha said. The assailants fired heavily on Bashagha's convoy as he drove through western Tripoli after visiting the National Oil Corporation and the headquarters of the ministry's law enforcement force, the source said. Bashagha's guards exchanged fire with the attackers before pursuing them, killing one, injuring another and arresting two, according to the source. The attack comes as the internationally recognised Government of National Accord (GNA), in which Bashagha serves, prepares to make way for…
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Feb
17
2021
By The African Mirror
Egypt to reopen embassy in Libya

Egypt to reopen embassy in Libya

NEWS
EGYPT is planning to reopen its embassy in Libya's capital for the first time in six years, according to Libyan officials and security sources, marking a shift to a more conciliatory approach to western Libya-based factions. The planned reopening, which a visiting Egyptian delegation discussed in Tripoli on Monday and Tuesday, comes as a new interim government is set to be formed in the latest U.N.-brokered effort to unite rival camps in east and west Libya. In recent years Egypt has been one of the most prominent backers of eastern-based military commander Khalifa Haftar, whose Libyan National Army (LNA) waged…
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Dec
28
2020
By The African Mirror
Top Egypt officials visit Libya capital for first time in years

Top Egypt officials visit Libya capital for first time in years

NEWS
SENIOR Egyptian security officials have visited the Libyan capital Tripoli for the first time in years and held talks with officials from the internationally recognised Government of National Accord (GNA), the Libyan interior ministry said. The visit was the first for senior Egyptian officials to Tripoli since 2014 when the country entered a civil war between the GNA, based in the capital, and the eastern-based Libyan National Army (LNA), led by Khalifa Haftar. Tripoli's government is backed by Turkey while LNA is backed by Russia, the United Arab Emirates and Egypt. Libya descended into chaos after the NATO-backed overthrow of…
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