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Despite the rampant violence and insecurity, the Libyan Coast Guard has picked up more than 2 300 people off Libya’s coast and delivered them to detention facilities in the war-ravaged country. (Issouf Sanogo)

UN attacks ‘ghastly’ conditions in Libya migrant detention centres

According to UN figures, some 3 400 migrants and refugees remain detained in Tripoli, which has seen a surge in fighting since early April

The clashes came despite calls by the United Nations and the United States for an urgent ceasefire.(AFP)

Libya clashes death toll rises to 32: UN-backed government

Clashes near Tripoli in Sunday have killed at least 32 people, with a further 50 people left wounded

No end in sight: A member of the Libyan National Army carries an injured comrade during fighting against jihadists in Qanfudah

Libya, a failed state in waiting

On the sixth anniversary of Gaddafi’s fall, political and economic turmoil prevails

Libya now has three governments

And the latest one has the Herculean task of convincing the other two to let it reign supreme

Isis could establish foothold in Europe through Libya, warns Italy

Time is running out to stop Isis creating a Libyan stronghold that would threaten the security of Europe and neighbouring African states.

Surge in Libya violence raises spectre of civil war

Libya is considering calling for international forces to help restore security as rival militias remain locked in a brutal power struggle.

Anti-government uprising in Libya targets Parliament

Militia allied to renegade general Khalifa Hiftar have hit Libya’s Parliament with anti-aircraft guns and rockets, causing MPs to flee.

Libya’s deputy industry minister shot dead

Libya’s Hassan al-Droui has been killed in the first assassination of a transitional government member since the fall of Muammar Gaddafi.

Bad call: A charity is querying whether the government should have funded the supply of spy technology.

Brent rises most in almost two weeks as Libya ports remain closed

Libyan rebels have decided to keep oil export terminals shut following the government’s rejection of their demands to share revenues.

Bad call: A charity is querying whether the government should have funded the supply of spy technology.

DTI ‘funded Gaddafi spyware’

Millions were handed to an SA company that supplied mass surveillance technology to Libya

The new law bans anyone who held a post in or ‘behaved’ in a way that served and prolonged Muammar Gaddafi’s regime.

Contentious law bans Gaddafi-era officials from Libya govt

A new law that excludes former officials of the Gaddafi era from public office is dividing Libya and deepening the turmoil plaguing the country.

Gunmen surround Libya’s justice ministry

Gunmen have demanded the expulsion of officials from the ousted Muammar Gaddafi regime.

Libyan security forces and civilians gather outside across the street from the French embassy in Tripoli following a car bomb attack. (AFP)

Two injured after bomb hits French embassy in Tripoli

A car bomb has hit the French embassy in Tripoli, wounding two French guards and causing major damage in what Libya has called a "terrorist" incident.

Human Rights Watch has alleged that pro-Muammar Gaddafi fighters
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Deep Read: Yesterday’s heroes are today’s villains

The citizen soldiers who became heroes for toppling Libya’s leader Muammar Gaddafi last year are being widely blamed for the country’s current woes.

Human Rights Watch has alleged that pro-Muammar Gaddafi fighters

Libyan militia “executed 67 detainees”

Human Rights Watch has alleged that pro-Muammar Gaddafi fighters, including the dictator’s son Mutassim, have been abused and murdered in Libya.