The Libya Herald first appeared on 17 February 2012 – the first anniversary of the Libyan Revolution. Since then, it has become a favourite go-to source o…

2016 will be the last year collecting statistics on Libya. Our work spans Jan2014 to Dec2016. Thank you for your encouragement during our brief tenure. Th…

The National Transitional Council (NTC) was the de facto government of Libya for ten months between 2011 and 2012. It played a key role in the country reg…

Commenting on his meeting with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov, Lev Dengov and MP Adam Delimkhanov, Kadyrov said: "They (the Libyan autho…

A video of men appearing to be sold at auction in Libya for $400 has shocked the world and focused international attention on the exploitation of migrants…

Copy of Secondary menu for mobile menu SHARE ISSUES Despite the slow pace of Libya’s political transition and its serious security issues, a new public o…

An official in eastern Libya has denied allegations that many of those killed in devastating floods last weekend were told to stay in their homes. Othman …

SHARE ISSUES Most Libyans are eager to exercise their newfound political freedoms and participate in shaping their country’s future, but they feel disadv…

Five years on from Britain’s ‘ill conceived’ military intervention to dispose of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, ordinary people in Libya say life was better und…

People are stuck on a road as a powerful storm and heavy rainfall hit Shahhat city By Ayman Werfali and Ahmed Elumami DERNA, Libya (Reuters) -Thousands of…

Four years after Muammar Gaddafi’s fall, Libya is deeply fractured, with a self-declared government in Tripoli and an internationally recognised one in th…

A UN-backed national unity government arrived in the capital Tripoli earlier this month but is waiting to take charge. The leader of the faction ruling we…

Gaddafi transformed Libya into a new socialist state called a Jamahiriya ("state of the masses") in 1977. He officially adopted a symbolic role in governa…

Libyans Call for Qaddafi to Step Down After taking the eastern city of Benghazi, Libya, protesters celebrated on Thursday atop a surrendered military tan…

He has ruled Libya for 42 years, but Muammar Gaddafi's defiant regime was on Sunday entering its final hours as rebel fighters entered the capital, Tripol…

Libya's revolutionary leadership has flatly rejected an African Union peace initiative because it does not require Muammar Gaddafi to immediately relinqui…

Tripoli, Libya – More than four years since the start of Libya’s revolution, the country’s two competing governments are entangled in a violent, nationwid…

A prominent Libyan dissident cannot pursue his "well-founded" claim that he was unlawfully abducted in a joint MI6-CIA operation , and later tortured, bec…

TRIPOLI, Libya — When Delta Force commandos homed in on Nazih Abdul-Hamed al-Ruqai in a neighborhood of Tripoli this weekend, they found him settled with …

Libyans cheered the fate of ousted dictator Moammar Gadhafi into the early hours of Friday after his death in what Libya’s transitional prime minister des…

Report: Libyans claim waterboarding, other CIA abuses Human Rights Watch says the CIA interrogated detainees before handing them over to Moammar Gadhafi.…

Thousands are feared to have died in floods that engulfed eastern Libya after Storm Daniel smashed into the North African country, swallowing whole neighb…

A Libyan rebel closed the eyelids of a government soldier who was killed in fighting this week southwest of Tripoli. American forces are aiding a NATO-led…

This copy is for your personal, non-commercial use only. Distribution and use of this material are governed by our Subscriber Agreement and by copyright l…

Libyan security forces said on Thursday they had arrested a second US citizen for alleged Christian proselytising in the North African nation. The arrest …

The fighting came as the state-run National Oil Corporation (NOC) prepared to restart oil exports from the ports, blockaded for several years. The NOC sai…

^ United Nations note concerning official name: "Following the adoption by the General Assembly of resolution 66/1, the Permanent Mission of Libya to the …

The Libya Herald first appeared on 17 February 2012 – the first anniversary of the Libyan Revolution. Since then, it has become a favourite go-to source o…

2016 will be the last year collecting statistics on Libya. Our work spans Jan2014 to Dec2016. Thank you for your encouragement during our brief tenure. Th…

The National Transitional Council (NTC) was the de facto government of Libya for ten months between 2011 and 2012. It played a key role in the country reg…

Commenting on his meeting with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov, Lev Dengov and MP Adam Delimkhanov, Kadyrov said: "They (the Libyan autho…

A video of men appearing to be sold at auction in Libya for $400 has shocked the world and focused international attention on the exploitation of migrants…

Copy of Secondary menu for mobile menu SHARE ISSUES Despite the slow pace of Libya’s political transition and its serious security issues, a new public o…

An official in eastern Libya has denied allegations that many of those killed in devastating floods last weekend were told to stay in their homes. Othman …

SHARE ISSUES Most Libyans are eager to exercise their newfound political freedoms and participate in shaping their country’s future, but they feel disadv…

Five years on from Britain’s ‘ill conceived’ military intervention to dispose of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, ordinary people in Libya say life was better und…

People are stuck on a road as a powerful storm and heavy rainfall hit Shahhat city By Ayman Werfali and Ahmed Elumami DERNA, Libya (Reuters) -Thousands of…

Four years after Muammar Gaddafi’s fall, Libya is deeply fractured, with a self-declared government in Tripoli and an internationally recognised one in th…

A UN-backed national unity government arrived in the capital Tripoli earlier this month but is waiting to take charge. The leader of the faction ruling we…

Gaddafi transformed Libya into a new socialist state called a Jamahiriya ("state of the masses") in 1977. He officially adopted a symbolic role in governa…

Libyans Call for Qaddafi to Step Down After taking the eastern city of Benghazi, Libya, protesters celebrated on Thursday atop a surrendered military tan…

He has ruled Libya for 42 years, but Muammar Gaddafi's defiant regime was on Sunday entering its final hours as rebel fighters entered the capital, Tripol…

Libya's revolutionary leadership has flatly rejected an African Union peace initiative because it does not require Muammar Gaddafi to immediately relinqui…

Tripoli, Libya – More than four years since the start of Libya’s revolution, the country’s two competing governments are entangled in a violent, nationwid…

A prominent Libyan dissident cannot pursue his "well-founded" claim that he was unlawfully abducted in a joint MI6-CIA operation , and later tortured, bec…

TRIPOLI, Libya — When Delta Force commandos homed in on Nazih Abdul-Hamed al-Ruqai in a neighborhood of Tripoli this weekend, they found him settled with …

Libyans cheered the fate of ousted dictator Moammar Gadhafi into the early hours of Friday after his death in what Libya’s transitional prime minister des…

Report: Libyans claim waterboarding, other CIA abuses Human Rights Watch says the CIA interrogated detainees before handing them over to Moammar Gadhafi.…

Thousands are feared to have died in floods that engulfed eastern Libya after Storm Daniel smashed into the North African country, swallowing whole neighb…

A Libyan rebel closed the eyelids of a government soldier who was killed in fighting this week southwest of Tripoli. American forces are aiding a NATO-led…

This copy is for your personal, non-commercial use only. Distribution and use of this material are governed by our Subscriber Agreement and by copyright l…

Libyan security forces said on Thursday they had arrested a second US citizen for alleged Christian proselytising in the North African nation. The arrest …

The fighting came as the state-run National Oil Corporation (NOC) prepared to restart oil exports from the ports, blockaded for several years. The NOC sai…