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Libya looks to its past to build a new future as national museum reopens
ByPatrick Wintour in Tripoli December 16, 2025

It is hoped the institution can help foster new bonds in a fractured nation, but such optimism will be a stretch for someIt was a night at the museum like no other. As the staccato sound of firecrackers and explosions rang out across Martyr’s Square in…

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State-sanctioned fuel smuggling cost Libya $20bn over three years – report
ByPatrick Wintour Diplomatic editor November 12, 2025

Policy body calls for western-backed investigation into oil officials known to be at heart of illegal enterpriseA surge in state-sanctioned fuel smuggling between 2022 and 2024 cost the Libyan people about $20bn (£15bn) in lost revenue – an alarming su…

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State-sanctioned fuel smuggling cost Libya $20bn over three years – report
ByPatrick Wintour Diplomatic editor November 12, 2025November 13, 2025

Policy body calls for western-backed investigation into oil officials known to be at heart of illegal enterpriseA surge in state-sanctioned fuel smuggling between 2022 and 2024 cost the Libyan people about $20bn (£15bn) in lost revenue – an alarming su…

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Civil rescue groups in Mediterranean cut ties with Libyan coastguard
ByAshifa Kassam European community affairs correspondent November 7, 2025

Accusations of violent interceptions and human rights violations levelled at EU-funded Libyan services by NGOsEurope live – latest updatesMore than a dozen NGO rescue vessels operating in the Mediterranean have suspended communication with the Libyan c…

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Civil rescue groups in Mediterranean cut ties with Libyan coastguard
ByAshifa Kassam European community affairs correspondent November 7, 2025

Accusations of violent interceptions and human rights violations levelled at EU-funded Libyan services by NGOsEurope live – latest updatesMore than a dozen NGO rescue vessels operating in the Mediterranean have suspended communication with the Libyan c…

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Love & War: From frontlines to family life. Pulitzer-winning conflict photographer Lynsey Addario on the five stories that defined her career
ByMiddle East and north Africa | The Guardian November 7, 2025

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Libya Detains Former Prison Director Wanted for Crimes Against Humanity
ByPranav Baskar and Elisabetta Povoledo November 5, 2025

Osama Elmasry Njeem was arrested in Italy in January but sent back to Libya, as critics accused the Italian government of failing to stand up for human rights.

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Libya Detains Prison Director Wanted for Crimes Against Humanity
ByPranav Baskar and Elisabetta Povoledo November 5, 2025November 6, 2025

Osama Elmasry Njeem was arrested in Italy in January but sent back to Libya, as critics accused the Italian government of failing to stand up for human rights.

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Libyan general accused of crimes against humanity arrested in Tripoli
ByAngela Giuffrida in Rome November 5, 2025

Osama Almasri Najim was arrested in Italy in January on an ICC warrant, only to be released and flown back to LibyaA Libyan general wanted by the international criminal court (ICC) for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity has been arrested in…

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‘I am innocent’: Nicolas Sarkozy given five-year prison sentence after Libya trial – video
ByMiddle East and north Africa | The Guardian September 25, 2025

The Paris criminal court found the former French president guilty of receiving millions of euros in illegal election campaign funding from the regime of the late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi on Thursday. In a surprise ruling, the head judge, Nathali…

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