Three killings of women in Libya have stirred up a national debate over women's safety and accountability. Within the first week of the current United Nations campaign in Libya, "16 Days of Activism ...

The U.S. government is ordering non-essential staff to exit Libya due to increased violence spurned by the continuing unrest in the region. Despite the difficulty of getting information directly from ...

Three killings of women in Libya have ignited a national debate over women's safety and accountability, prompting demands for ...

Following repeated incidents of violence towards refugees and migrants held in two detention centres in the Libyan city of Tripoli, international medical organisation Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors ...

A draft law promises stronger protections for women, but political violence, militia dominance and a paralyzed judiciary keep survivors unprotected and embolden attacks on women who speak out.

CAIRO (AP) — Clashes between two heavily armed militia groups in Libya's capital terrorized residents and killed about a dozen people, the latest bout of violence in the largely lawless North African ...

GENEVA, February 22 (UNHCR) - The UN refugee agency said in Geneva on Tuesday it has become "increasingly concerned" about the dangers for civilians inadvertently caught up in the mounting violence in ...

The United Nations mission in Libya Wednesday condemned rising violence in the North African country, after forces loyal to a unity government this week retook towns west of Tripoli. UNSMIL said in a ...

The United Nations human rights office expressed concern yesterday over violence in Sirte, Libya involving militants claiming allegiance to the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). “It seems ...

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Mass killings that have taken place in Tripoli since the fall of Libya's Muammar Gaddafi provide a harrowing warning that more carnage may lie ahead. Millions of Libyans have ...

BENGHAZI Libya (Reuters) - A twin suicide bombing at a Libyan army base in Benghazi killed at least four solders in an escalation of clashes between Islamist militants and regular forces battling to ...