by Client Client | Apr 29, 2023 | Libyan actors
On 29 April, the National Commission for Human Rights in Libya (NCHRL) issued a statement calling for an integrated emergency plan to deal with the influx of displaced people and refugees from Sudan as the fighting between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), led by Abdel...
by Client Client | Apr 28, 2023 | Libyan actors
On 28 April, the Government of National Unity’s Chief of Staff Muhammed al-Haddad visited Zawiyya and met with protestors and civil society, affirming that the protestors concerns and demands were legitimate. Following meetings with Haddad, the protestors agreed...
by Client Client | Apr 27, 2023 | International actors
On 27 April, US Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, Barbara Leaf, said she spoke with Libyan National Army (LNA) Commander Khalifa Haftar in a phone call, in which they discussed ‘the urgent need to prevent outside actors, including the...
by Client Client | Apr 26, 2023 | International actors
On 26 April, US Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, Barbara Leaf, spoke with the Government of National Unity’s Foreign Minister Najla al-Mangoush to express US support for ending the violence in Sudan and preventing further regional...
by Client Client | Apr 26, 2023 | Libyan actors
Overnight on 26 April and throughout 27 April, tensions flared once more in Zawiyya triggered by the release of a video showing Zawiyyan armed groups torturing prisoners, with additional outrage being evoked due to sub-Saharan Africans being involved carrying out the...
by Client Client | Apr 23, 2023 | Libyan actors
On 23 April, clashes broke out in the eastern part of Zawiyya between the First Support (Esnad) Battalion – led by Muhammed Bahroun (also known as ‘al-Far’, the ‘Mouse’) and affiliated to the Security Directorate of Zawiyya – and the Stability Support Apparatus...
by Client Client | Apr 20, 2023 | Libyan actors
On 20 April, Libya’s National Security Council (NSC) said that all foreign organisations operating in Libya must follow Libyan laws and complete the necessary registration procedures. It warned against development projects that could ‘have detrimental impacts on...
by Client Client | Apr 20, 2023 | Libyan actors
On 20 April, the spokesman for the General Command of the Libyan National Army (LNA), Ahmed al-Mismari, denied accusations that the LNA was supporting either side of the conflict in Sudan, dismissing the media reports as ‘cheap and corrupt’. He stated that the LNA was...
by Client Client | Apr 19, 2023 | International actors
On 19 April, the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) announced its seizure of a strategic military base belonging to the rival Rapid Support Forces (RSF) near the Libyan border. In a video circulating on social media, SAF soldiers are seen seizing armoured vehicles,...
by Client Client | Apr 19, 2023 | International actors
On 19 April, the Wall Street Journal reported that Libyan National Army (LNA) Commander Khalifa Haftar had sent at least one shipment of ammunition from Libya to Sudan to support the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), the paramilitary group led by Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo...
