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UN says Libya sides reach ‘permanent ceasefire’ deal

Libya’s warring sides have signed an agreement for “a permanent ceasefire in all areas of Libya”, the United Nations Libya mission said in a ceremony in Geneva to sign the agreement. The UN on Friday said the two sides in the talks have reached the “historic achievement” with a immediate permanent ceasefire deal across the war-torn North African country. After mediation led by UN envoy Stephanie Turco Williams this week, […]

today23 October 2020

International News

U.N. alarmed at reports of summary executions in Libya’s Benghazi

The United Nations Libya mission said it was alarmed by reports of “brutal and outrageous summary executions” in the eastern city of Benghazi on Wednesday, after pictures emerged appearing to show at least nine people being shot dead at the site of a twin car bombing. The U.N. Libya mission, UNSMIL, suggested in a tweet that the gunman was Mahmoud al-Werfalli, a special forces commander wanted by the International Criminal […]

today25 January 2018

International News

US says suspect linked to 2012 Benghazi attack captured

The US government says a man linked to a deadly attack on a US diplomatic compound in the Libyan city of Benghazi five years ago has been captured. Mustafa al-Imam, who was captured in Libya on Sunday, "will face justice in the United States", US President Donald Trump said in a statement on Monday. The September 2012 attack on the US consulate in Libya's second largest city resulted in the […]

today31 October 2017

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