Two babies among 53 people dead or missing after boat capsizes off Libya

Two babies among 53 people dead or missing after boat capsizes off Libya

The incident brings the number of people reported dead or missing on the central Mediterranean route this year to at least 484. Listen to this article | 2 mins info Published On 9 Feb 20269 Feb 2026 Click here to share on social media share2 Share A rubber boat ⁠carrying dozens of people has capsized off the … Read more

Libya: A Voice for Reconciliation | Documentary

Libya: A Voice for Reconciliation | Documentary

A poet and a composer are inspired by Libyan history to create a modern peace anthem for their divided country. Could Libya solve its political problems by revisiting a decades-old agreement that once brought its warring tribal factions together in national reconciliation? Since the overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi in 2011, the country has been in … Read more

Will turmoil in Libya spill over into the region? | TV Shows

Will turmoil in Libya spill over into the region? | TV Shows

Libya was among the Arab Spring nations – but since a revolution toppled longtime leader Muammar Gaddafi in 2011, it has known neither peace nor political stability. Libya is divided between two governments and two prime ministers. And people in Libya are voicing fears of a return to civil war. So what’s next for Libya? … Read more

UN’s Libya envoy resigns citing no hope for political progress

UN’s Libya envoy resigns citing no hope for political progress

Abdoulaye Bathily says ‘lack of political will and good faith’ on the part of Libyan leaders are making UN governance efforts in Libya futile. The UN’s special envoy for Libya says he is his resigning as the world body cannot successfully support the country’s political transition when its leaders put their own interests above finding … Read more

At least 61 asylum seekers drown after shipwreck off Libya: IOM

At least 61 asylum seekers drown after shipwreck off Libya: IOM

DEVELOPING STORYDEVELOPING STORY, International Organization for Migration’s Libya office quotes survivors as saying the boat was carrying about 86 people. At least 61 refugees and asylum seekers, including women and children, have drowned following a “tragic” shipwreck off Libya, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) says. The organisation’s Libya office early on Sunday quoted survivors … Read more

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