Tripoli court convicts seven over oil blockades

On 20 April, the Attorney General’s Office reported that the Tripoli Criminal Court had convicted seven people involved in ‘an organisation engaged in activities that threatened the safety of the state and the national economy’. The seven members of an armed group...

USS Mount Whitney docks in Tripoli

On 20 April, the USS Mount Whitney – the flagship and command ship of the United States Sixth Fleet- arrived in Tripoli (following a stop in Tunisia). Vice Admiral J.T. Anderson, Commander of the US 6th Fleet, US Special Envoy Richard Norland, and US Chargé...