by Client Client | May 14, 2024 | International actors
On 14 May, the International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Karim Khan briefed the UN Security Council (UNSC) on Libya, noting that the ICC had reinvigorated its work on Libya in the last 18 months and is making progress on the objectives of the Court’s strategic...
by Client Client | May 14, 2024 | International actors
On 14 May, the Dar al-Ifta issued a statement in which it said that the Russian armed presence on Libyan soil is considered ‘an occupation and an invasion’ by an aggressor state which still has the blood of the people of Tripoli on its hands due to Russian involvement...
by Client Client | May 12, 2024 | Libyan actors
On 12 May, the Attorney General ordered the arrest of the Director General of the Customs Authority and the head of customs at Misrata International Airport on charges of conspiring with others to traffic nearly 26 tons of gold bullion out of the country. That would...
by Client Client | May 10, 2024 | International actors
On 10 May, the US Embassy thanked a Libyan Navy delegation for participating in US Naval Forces Africa’s 2nd annual African Maritime Forces Summit in Accra, Ghana. The summit’s theme was ‘Cooperation at sea: safeguarding African maritime security,’ with the embassy...
by Client Client | May 8, 2024 | Libyan actors
On 8 May, Libyan Army Deputy Chief of Staff (CoS) Salaheddin al-Namroush arrived in al-Jamail and promised in a meeting with local representatives that an investigation will be initiated and the culprits behind the clashes will be arrested and brought to justice. He...
by Client Client | May 8, 2024 | International actors
On 8 May, the German Search and rescue organisation Sea Watch launched an aerial surveillance mission from the Italian island of Lampedusa, in defiance of a ruling by the Italian Civil Aviation Authority (ENAC) on 6 May banning small planes used by migrant charities...
by Client Client | May 7, 2024 | International actors
On 7 May, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni travelled to Benghazi where she met Libyan National Army (LNA) Commander Khalifa Haftar. According to the LNA, Meloni expressed her appreciation for the role of the LNA in maintaining security, stability and unity in...
by Client Client | May 7, 2024 | International actors
On 7 May, the Russian Special Envoy for MENA and Africa, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Mikhail Bogdanov, received the Chief of Staff of the Libyan National Army (LNA) Security Units (and son of Khalifa Haftar), Khaled Haftar, in Moscow for talks on the situation...
by Client Client | May 7, 2024 | International actors
On 7 May, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni arrived in Tripoli to meet with Prime Minister Abdul Hameed Dabaiba. They discussed issues of mutual cooperation including combatting illegal migration, energy and the political process. Three Memorandums of...
by Client Client | May 6, 2024 | Libyan actors
On 6 and 7 May, protestors in al-Jamail, Raqdalin, Zaltan and al-Assah – all towns in the far north-west of Libya close to Zuwara and the Tunisian border – called on the Government of National Unity (GNU) to withdraw all militias from their cities within 72...
