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Tunisia reopens its embassy in Tripoli, Libya. The embassy has been closed since the kidnap of ten staff in 2015.
2018-04-21

At least nine people are killed and dozens injured in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi after several mortar shells hit a protest against a UN proposal for a unity government to end the four-year long crisis in the country.
2015-10-23

Mauritania extradites former Libyan intelligence chief Abdullah Senussi, who was arrested in the capital Nouakchott in March after fleeing Libya during the civil war in 2011. The United States insist on a fair trial for the suspect, a "milestone in (Libya's) democratic transition".
2012-09-5

2011 Libyan civil war: Libya's National Transitional Council extends the deadline for tribal leaders in Muammar Gaddafi’s hometown of Sirte to surrender in order to avoid further fighting.
2011-09-1

Clashes break out in southern Tunisia between local residents and Libyan refugees fleeing that country's civil war.
2011-05-24

More than 400 people fleeing Libya and Tunisia arrive on the Italian island of Lampedusa in two boats, the latest in a stream of refugees fleeing the ongoing conflicts in North Africa.
2011-05-14

54 Somalis fleeing the civil war in Libya drown after their boat sinks off the coast of Tripoli.
2011-05-10

Alleged Libyan rape victim Iman al-Obeidi flees to Tunisia fearing reprisals from the regime of Muammar Gaddafi.
2011-05-8

2011 Libyan civil war: Rebel forces in Libya retake the town of Ajdabiya from troops loyal to Muammar Gaddafi, and later recapture Brega.
2011-03-26

Libyan workers fleeing to Tunisia claim that anti-Gaddafi forces control the town of Zuwarah, 120 km west of Tripoli.
2011-02-24