Sources: Reuters
Norway agrees to take in 600 refugees from Rwanda who were previously evacuated from Libyan detention camps. Rwanda last September signed an agreement with the United Nations to take in asylum seekers from Libya while their status was being processed, to cut down on human trafficking in the Mediterranean. 2020-01-8
Gunmen shoot dead the Mayor of Misurata, Libya, Mohamed Eshtewi, and wound his brother, after they chase down his car. 2017-12-17
Egypt bombs Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant targets in the city of Derna in Libya following the execution of 21 Coptic Christians recently. 2015-02-16
The President of Libya's Olympic committee, Ahmed Nabil al Taher al Alam, is abducted in Tripoli. 2012-07-15
A Kazakh UNESCO official attempts to hijack a plane and divert it to Tripoli, Libya. 2011-04-25
Fighting continues between government and rebels in Brega and Ajdabiya in Libya. 2011-04-9
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 forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi continue to attack the cities of Ajdabiya, Misrata and Zintan despite the western intervention. 2011-03-23
Mustafa Abdul Jalil, the former Libyan Minister for Justice, claims that Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi personally authorised the Lockerbie bombing. 2011-02-23