Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy will soon be imprisoned after he was sentenced to five years in jail on Thursday by a court that found him guilty of criminal conspiracy over dealings with Libya, an unprecedented punishment for a leading French political figure.
Nineteen bodies have been recovered after a rubber boat carrying migrants sank off the eastern Libyan coast, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said.
Libya’s Presidency Council chief Mohamed al-Menfi met with U.S. chargé d’affaires Jeremy Berndt in Tripoli on Tuesday to discuss ways to accelerate the country’s political process and lay the groundwork for national elections.
Three young sisters drowned when the rubber boat carrying them and dozens of other migrants got into difficulties on the perilous central Mediterranean crossing from Libya to Italy, a German sea rescue charity RESQSHIP said on Sunday.
Leaders of Türkiye, Italy and Libya met in Istanbul on Friday, pledging deeper cooperation on energy, migration and regional stability.
Greece has invited Libya’s internationally recognised government in Tripoli to begin talks on demarcating exclusive economic zones (EEZs) in the Mediterranean, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said late on Wednesday, in a move aimed at improving strained relations.
German authorities have arrested a Libyan man accused of overseeing torture and sexual abuse at a notorious prison in Tripoli, the International Criminal Court said on Friday.
Widespread wildfires have engulfed the Alawenat Oasis in southwestern Libya, with flames spreading into residential areas and causing panic among local communities, according to state media.
Ministers in Libya’s Government of National Unity (GNU) are resigning one by one amid mounting protests in Tripoli, Libya Press agency reports
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At least six migrants have died attempting to reach Europe, as Libya remains a key — and dangerous — transit point for those fleeing poverty and conflict.
French prosecutors requested a seven-year prison sentence and a €300,000 fine for former President Nicolas Sarkozy in his trial over allegations of accepting illegal financing for his 2007 presidential campaign from the former Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi.
Libya will be the host country for the 2026 African-Turkish Summit, according to a statement the African Union.
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