Yemen ceasefire starts, to last until end of RamadanYemen's warring factions confirmed their agreement on Thursday to a temporary humanitarian ceasefire set to begin on Friday (July 10) night, United Nations envoy Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed said. The pause in the fighting will la More… |
Gunmen storm Libya's Al-Mabrook oilfieldGunmen have stormed the Al-Mabrook oilfield in central Libya, a spokesman for state-run National Oil Corp (NOC) said on Wednesday. Armed factions allied to two rival governments are fighting for control of Libya four years after t More… |
Libya's factions agree to new talks in GenevaLibya's factions have agreed to a new round of UN-backed negotiations to attempt to end the conflict destabilising the North African country three years after its civil war ousted Muammar Gaddafi. The meeting, announced after More… |
Qatar 'seeking too big a role in Libya'Libya's former Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril accused Qatar of trying to play too big a role in his country's affairs and supporting unnamed factions, in remarks broadcast on Thursday. Qatar, the world's top exporter of liquefi More… |