Reports

Libya's foreign minister says the country has destroyed its last known stash of chemical weapons from the era of dictator Moammar Gadhafi. Mohammed Abdelaziz told reporters Tuesday that U.S., Canadian and German experts had helped destroy the…

28-01-2014 News Release 14/16 Tripoli/Geneva (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Libyan Red Crescent are concerned about continued fighting in the south-western city of Sabha and in areas such as Kufra…

Tripoli, 26 January 2014 – The United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Libya, Mr. Georg Charpentier, has expressed his concern about the effects of the clashes in the South which have led to the displacement of hundreds…

Tripoli, 18 January 2014 - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) expresses deep concern about the continuing violence in the city of Sabha which has resulted in the loss of life and property. The…

Introduction Libya is at a critical juncture in its political and security transition. Although an air of optimism continues to exist across the country, there is also a creeping sense that progress in Libya’s democratic transition has…

Introduction This report supplements and updates the Small Arms Survey’s Working Paper No. 16, The Headstamp Trail: An Assessment of Small-calibre Ammunition Found in Libya (Jenzen-Jones, 2013). It examines an additional 21 examples of small-calibre ammunition documented…

Introduction Seven months of fighting, coupled with a security vacuum in the months that followed, have led to the wide dispersal of Libya’s vast arsenal. Arms and ammunition have proliferated within the country, and in some cases…

Libya/Mali - Upon request of the Malian Government, IOM carried out last week an operation to assist the voluntary return of 163 Malian stranded in Libya for several months. Most of the stranded migrants in this group…

Ali Elakermi has earned for himself the label of Libya’s second longest-serving prisoner of opinion, having spent about 30 years in Gadhafi regime prisons. Nearly three years after the 2011 revolution that toppled the dictatorship, Elakermi…

SC/11215 Security Council 7083rd Meeting (PM) Expressing its grave concern at the worsening security situation and political divisions in Libya, the Security Council today reiterated its support for the North African country’s people and elected political institutions, underlining the…