Libya’s parliament wants presidential and legislative elections to be held within a year, keeping up its rejection of a UN-backed unity government in Tripoli, a spokesman said Wednesday. The legislative body based in Libya’s far east has asked for polling before February 2018, Fathi al-Mrimi told the LANA news agency ...
People-smugglers have killed 22 African migrants on a beach in western Libya, a security source said Wednesday. The migrants were set to embark from Sabrata beach, 70 kilometers (45 miles) west of Tripoli, in a perilous attempt to cross the Mediterranean, the source said. They were killed after refusing to ...