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Libyan authorities say they have freed more than 200 migrants from an underground prison in Kufra held by a human trafficker in inhumane conditions. The freed migrants were mostly Sub-Saharan Africans, mainly from Somalia ⁠and Eritrea.
2026-01-18

At least 61 people, mostly Sudanese refugees, are missing after a boat carrying 74 passengers capsized off Tobruk, Cyrenaica, Libya.
2025-09-13

A boat carrying Egyptian migrants and Sudanese crewmen en route to Europe capsizes off the coast of Tobruk, Cyrenaica, Libya, killing at least 15 people, injuring 10 others and leaving some missing.
2025-07-25

Twelve people are killed after a vehicle carrying Sudanese migrants collided with a truck near Kufra, Libya.
2025-05-30

Authorities uncover two mass graves containing nearly 50 bodies of refugees in Kufra, Libya.
2025-02-9

An oil tanker, sent from Eastern Libya by a rival to the internationally recognized Government of National Accord, returns with its cargo to the refinery at Zawiya in western Libya. The United Nations blacklisted the shipment on Wednesday.
2016-05-1

Clashes between local tribal forces and Sudanese fighters in Libya's southeastern Cyrenaica region around the town of Kufra leaves around 30 dead.
2016-02-5

Libyan leader Mustafa Abdul Jalil says he will "defend national unity" after Cyrenaica, the eastern region of the country, declared it would become semi-autonomous.
2012-03-7

Cyrenaica, the eastern Libyan region, announces a bid for semi-autonomy.
2012-03-6

According to "The Daily Telegraph", the Sudanese army invades Libya, taking control of the southeastern town of Al-Kufra.
2011-07-2