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  • Tuesday, 17 May, 2022
    Clashes erupt in Libya after rival PM’s attempt to seize capital fails

    Fathi Bashagha forced out of Tripoli after trying to take control from Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh

  • Thursday, 28 April, 2022
    War in Ukraine
    Russia reduces number of Syrian and Wagner troops in Libya

    Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine strains its deployments across north and west Africa

  • Thursday, 21 April, 2022
    Libyan strongman blamed for closure of oil facilities

    Blockades slash country’s energy output and add to global concerns about supply of crude

  • Sunday, 13 March, 2022
    Government of Libya
    Rival Libya leader sets sights on Tripoli to replace administration

    Stand-off looms between competing governments backed by armed militias

  • Friday, 11 February, 2022
    Libya’s parliament appoints new prime minister

    Move could create two rival leaders and delay UN plans to unite country’s east-west divide

  • Wednesday, 22 December, 2021
    Libya electoral board wants elections postponed for a month

    Confusion over whether Saif al-Islam Gaddafi can run adds to turmoil in run-up to Friday’s poll

  • Friday, 10 December, 2021
    European Union
    EU to impose sanctions against Russian mercenary group Wagner

    Measures will include asset freezes and travel bans in response to activities in Syria, Ukraine and Africa

  • Sunday, 5 December, 2021
    The Big Read
    How migration became a weapon in a ‘hybrid war’

    Governments are increasingly using displaced people to exploit Europe’s divisions and fears over migrants

  • Thursday, 2 December, 2021
    Gaddafi’s son given go-ahead to run for Libya presidency

    Court overturns electoral commission’s decision to disqualify him from December 24 election

  • Thursday, 25 November, 2021
    Saif al-Islam Gaddafi barred from Libya’s presidential poll

    Dictator’s son can appeal ruling as UN and west pin hopes on December 24 election to unify oil-rich state

  • Friday, 19 November, 2021
    News in-depth
    Prodigal Gaddafi son taps into nostalgia for stability of father’s rule

    One-time reformer wanted by ICC has constituency among those tired of past decade of war

  • Wednesday, 17 November, 2021
    David Gardner
    Muammer Gaddafi’s son returns to the political stage

    Many Libyans may now wonder: to what conceivable question could Saif al-Islam be the answer?

  • Sunday, 14 November, 2021
    Muammer Gaddafi’s son registers for Libyan presidential elections

    Saif al-Islam has support from Libyans nostalgic for more stable era under his father’s dictatorship

  • Wednesday, 8 September, 2021
    The Big Read
    How the death of Gaddafi is still being felt by Libya’s neighbours

    The violent repercussions of the collapse of security in the north African state a decade ago stretch across the Sahel

  • Tuesday, 10 August, 2021
    Fathi Bashagha
    The US must step up and prevent a return to chaos in Libya

    The Biden administration’s engagement has given hope that free elections can be held later this year

  • Monday, 9 August, 2021
    Gideon Rachman
    The discontents of Middle East democracy

    Struggles for political freedom in the Arab world bode ill for the global fight against autocracy

  • Tuesday, 13 July, 2021
    FT MagazineHelen Warrell
    Time for AI to pull up a chair to the negotiating table

    Digital technology is accused of fuelling conflict but it can help to overcome it as well 

  • Friday, 23 April, 2021
    News in-depthAfrica
    France, Libya and the ‘crazy’ frontline death of Chad strongman Déby

    Killing of ‘warrior’ leader at heart of fight against jihadis heralds uncertain era in the Sahel

  • Wednesday, 17 March, 2021
    Erik Prince accused of helping rebel Libyan general

    Former head of Blackwater allegedly helped evade a UN arms embargo on North African oil producer

  • Monday, 15 March, 2021
    Middle Eastern politics & society
    Libya’s unity government seen as ‘historic step’

    New administration tasked with preparing war-torn country for elections later this year

  • Friday, 5 February, 2021
    Libyan factions choose government ahead of poll

    Vote represents a step towards unity after uneasy ceasefire

  • Thursday, 14 January, 2021
    FT Magazine
    The lost decade: voices of the Arab spring on what happened next

    Activists and revolutionaries reflect on their struggles for reform in the countries they fought to free

  • Thursday, 17 December, 2020
    ReviewPolitical books
    How autocracies endure

    The Arab uprising fuelled hopes of sweeping change. Three books explore why that did not happen as expected.

  • Monday, 23 November, 2020
    Eastern Mediterranean tensions
    Germany forced to halt inspection of Libya-bound Turkish ship

    Stand-off over suspected weapons delivery will exacerbate tensions between Ankara and EU

  • Tuesday, 27 October, 2020
    Libyan minister warns ceasefire will not survive foreign meddling

    Fathi Bashagha says renegade general would not pose a threat without rival countries’ backing

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