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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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, including the dictator’s son Mutassim, have been abused and murdered in Libya.

A Libyan rebel credited with capturing Muammar Gaddafi in a drainage ditch last year has died of injuries at the hands of the ex-leader’s supporters.

There were incredible scenes in Benghazi as tens of thousands of citizens marched on the Islamic extremists in their compounds.

For all its failings, the military remains effective in one regard: instilling fear. And striking workers at Marikana felt that fear this week.

The Vienna prosecutor’s office has ruled out foul play in the death of Libya’s Gaddafi-era prime minister and oil chief Shukri Ghanem.

Federalists in eastern Libya attacked several polling stations on Saturday as the country voted in the first election since last year’s revolution.