Libya is frequently described as a failed state. In reality, it represents a fragmented system of negotiated legitimacy, where governance is not absent but distributed, contested, and repurposed. This ...

A draft law promises stronger protections for women, but political violence, militia dominance and a paralyzed judiciary keep survivors unprotected and embolden attacks on women who speak out. This ...

The collapse of Bashar al-Assad’s Syrian regime and the increase in Russian Libya involvement may seem like unrelated phenomena. However, Russia’s shift towards Libya is a direct reaction to Bashar al ...

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and interim Libyan Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh review the honor guard in Tripoli, Libya, May 7, 2024 (AP photo by Yousef Murad). As working summits between ...

Libya's oil production, which was cut in half due to a blockade in August, has recovered to around 1.2 million barrels per day. International oil companies, including Italy’s ENI and France’s ...

Tripoli, Libya, August 12, 2024 — Since the conflict in Sudan started in April last year, over 96,000 Sudanese refugees have arrived in Libya. An average of 2,500 to 3,000 refugees from Sudan are ...