Libya9 Feb 2026Migrant boat capsizes off Libya leaving 53 deadThe IOM says that almost 500 people have been reported dead or missing off Libya so far this year.9 Feb 20266 Feb 2026Suspect in deadly 2012 Benghazi attack in custody, officials sayThe man was flown into Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, after a foreign transfer of custody.6 Feb 20264 Feb 2026Libyan prosecutors launch probe into killing of Gaddafi's sonThe 53-year-old, once widely seen as the second most powerful person in Libya, was killed by "our unknown gunmen".4 Feb 202614 Jan 2026'Welcome to 2976' - North Africa's Amazigh people ring in the new yearThe Amazigh calendar places them almost a thousand years ahead of much of the rest of the world.14 Jan 202624 Dec 2025Libya's army chief killed in air crash in TurkeySignal was earlier lost with a jet that took off from Ankara with Gen Mohammed Ali Ahmed al-Haddad and four others on board.24 Dec 202516 Nov 2025At least four dead after migrant boats sink in MediterraneanThe Libyan Red Crescent says two boats carrying nearly 100 migrants attempting to reach Europe capsized.16 Nov 202512 Nov 2025Seven migrants rescued after Mediterranean shipwreck leaves 42 presumed deadThere have been more than 1,000 migrant deaths in the central Mediterranean sea this year.12 Nov 202521 Oct 2025French ex-president Sarkozy begins jail sentence for campaign finance conspiracyNicolas Sarkozy, president from 2007-2012, has appealed against his jail term at La Santé prison.21 Oct 20252 Sep 2025Body seen in secret mortuary could solve 50-year mystery of vanished religious leaderCompelling evidence to suggest Lebanese Shia leader Musa al-Sadr was killed in Libya is uncovered by BBC.2 Sep 2025...
