• March 21 2025
  The Big Read

  The illicit oil trade that is keeping Libya divided

  Heavily subsidised fuels are being smuggled out of the country and sold abroad, helping sustain its rival political factions

  
• January 28 2025
  Giorgia Meloni

  Meloni under investigation by Rome prosecutors over release of Libyan warlord

  Italian PM says prosecutors are probing her government’s decision to return Osama Elmasry Njeem to Libya

  
• December 31 2024
  National Archives

  UK government lobbied Libya for arms deal with BAE Systems

  Links between Gaddafi and Blair in 2004 revealed by newly released letter

  
• October 3 2024
  Libya restarts oil production after political crisis

  Resumption following factional power struggle helps allay concerns over potential disruption from Middle East conflict

  
• September 3 2024
  Oil & Gas industry

  Crude hits year low on speculation Libyan output will resume

  Brent drops 5% on global oversupply concerns

  
• August 30 2024
  Interview

  Libya central bank governor flees divided country over fear for his life

  Sadiq al-Kabir the focus of high-stakes power struggle that has shut down most of the country’s oil production

  
• August 26 2024
  Oil

  Oil prices jump on reports of Libyan production shutdown

  Political wrangling sends crude 3% higher

  
• April 11 2024
  Borderlands

  How Europe is paying other countries to police its borders

  Under pressure from the far right ahead of this year’s elections, the EU is turning to draconian tactics to curb migration

  
• September 28 2023
  News in-depth

  Warlord’s iron grip on eastern Libya survives flood outrage

  Khalifa Haftar brooks no dissent and is expected to enjoy reconstruction ‘bonanza’

  
• September 19 2023
  The FT ViewThe editorial board

  Libya’s flood disaster was partly man-made

  Western governments should focus on supporting efforts to stabilise the country

  
• September 18 2023
  News in-depth

  ‘Brothers to the rescue’: Devastated Libyans search for survivors and answers

  A week after Storm Daniel, residents of Derna are still reeling from the destruction

  
• September 16 2023
  ExplainerNatural disasters

  Catastrophic Libyan flooding fuelled by warming oceans

  An intense cyclone known as a ‘medicane’ led to more than 400mm of rain falling in 24 hours

  
• September 15 2023
  News in-depth

  ‘All should resign’: Derna disaster unleashes wave of anger in Libya

  Citizens vent at officials who ignored warnings while the authorities look to absolve themselves of blame

  
• September 14 2023
  Libya flood victims buried in mass graves as anger builds over failed defences

  At least 5,500 people killed by disaster that devastated eastern city of Derna

  
• September 13 2023
  More than 5,000 bodies recovered in Libya flood disaster

  Death toll expected to rise after Storm Daniel devastates eastern city

  
• September 13 2023
  Libya’s divisions exposed in city laid waste by floods

  Recovery and rebuilding efforts hampered by country’s chaotic and fractured politics

  
• September 12 2023
  Natural disasters

  10,000 missing as floods hit Libya after Storm Daniel

  Large parts of coastal city of Derna swept away after dams burst

  
• September 11 2023
  Middle East & North Africa

  Libya flooding leaves hundreds feared dead

  Storm Daniel crosses Mediterranean to strike north African coast, with reports of dam bursts causing devastation in city of Derna

  
• August 28 2023
  Libya government in crisis after Israel says the countries held ‘historic’ talks

  High-level meeting prompts suspension of Tripoli’s foreign minister and unrest in pro-Palestinian nation

  
• August 15 2023
  Clashes erupt between rival militias in Libya’s capital

  Violence shatters months of calm and closes Tripoli’s only functioning airport

  
• July 6 2023
  EU immigration

  Tunisia accused of dumping migrants on Libya border

  Hundreds said to be trapped in desert with no food or water while EU tries to stem flow

  
• March 26 2023
  Libyan state oil chief stresses support across divided country

  National Oil Corporation chair outlines plans to increase investment and lift production to 2mn b/d

  
• March 16 2023
  Missing uranium ore in Libya raises nuclear security fears

  Militia group later claims to have recovered the barrels of uranium after worries they had been stolen

  
• December 11 2022
  Terrorism

  US takes custody of man charged with making Lockerbie bomb

  Former Libyan intelligence officer to face court 34 years after attack over Scotland killed 270 people

  
• September 1 2022
  Global InsightSamer Al-Atrush

  Libyan rivals plot their next move after failed attempt to seize Tripoli

  As two would-be prime ministers vie for control, the prospects of a diplomatic breakthrough are bleak