by Client Client | Jan 11, 2024 | Libyan actors
On 11 January, the case about the collapse of the Derna dams was referred to the Court of Appeal by the judge of the indictment chamber of the Derna Court of First Instance. The court ruled that the imprisonment of 14 out of the 16 defendants should continue –...
by Client Client | Jan 9, 2024 | International actors
On 9 and 10 January, UNSMIL facilitated a workshop of members from the House of Representatives and High Council of State with military, security, and civil society actors, advancing security sector reform and governance in Libya.
by Client Client | Jan 9, 2024 | Libyan actors
On 9 January, truck drivers from Misrata and Zliten started protests and road blockades against the imposition of ‘road tolls’ by members of ‘security forces’ at checkpoints. They asked the competent authorities to intervene immediately and stop this illegal...
by Client Client | Jan 7, 2024 | Libyan actors
On 7 January, the National Oil Corporation (NOC) officially declared a state of force majeure on production from Sharara due to the cessation of production of crude due to ongoing protests at the field which began on 2 January over poor living conditions in the South....
by Client Client | Jan 5, 2024 | Libyan actors
On 5 January, Attorney General al-Sadiq al-Sour published his investigation report on the Derna disaster. The investigations revealed negligence in the maintenance of the two dams, the lack of an alarm system in both dams and the neglect of cleaning work for the upper...
by Client Client | Jan 3, 2024 | ISIS
On 3 January, the Internal Security Agency (ISA) arrested a suspected IS (Islamic State) member from Syria in the west of Tripoli in al-Seyaheyya. The man had entered the country via Benghazi-Benina. On 4 January, the Special Deterrence Force (Rada) announced the...
by Client Client | Jan 2, 2024 | International actors
On 2 January, at least 900 rebels from the Chadian ‘Union of Forces for Democracy and Development’ (Union des forces pour la démocratie et le développement; UFDD) returned to their home country from Libya on the basis of the Doha Peace Agreement (2022). They were...
by Client Client | Dec 24, 2023 | Libyan actors
On 24 December, Government of National Unity (GNU) Prime Minister Abdul Hameed Dabaiba opened a modernized administrative complex in Bani Walid as part of his ‘Return to Life’ programme. After the opening ceremony, a heated argument broke out between Dabaiba and...
by Client Client | Dec 21, 2023 | International actors
On 21 December, UNSMIL confirmed in a statement the death of former Government of National Accord (GNA) Minister of Defense Mahdi al-Barghathi and some of his companions in Libyan National Army (LNA) custody in Benghazi. UNSMIL expressed its concern over the death of...
by Client Client | Dec 20, 2023 | ISIS
On 20 December, the office of the Attorney General said that the Tripoli Criminal Court has sentenced an ISIS member to life in prison. Charges included ‘violence and armed action’ in the city of Derna and its vicinity, the statement said.
