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Violent Clashes Lead to Ceasefire in Tripoli - Libya

This photo taken on May 14, 2025 shows a car damaged during violent clashes on a street in Tripoli, Libya. Libya's Tripoli-based Government of National Unity GNU declared a ceasefire on Wednesday following intense overnight clashes between rival militias that spread into central and residential districts of the capital, prompting international calls to protect civilians and prevent further escalation. Photo by Hamza Turkia/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Violent Clashes Lead to Ceasefire in Tripoli - Libya

This photo taken on May 14, 2025 shows a pickup damaged during violent clashes on a street in Tripoli, Libya. Libya's Tripoli-based Government of National Unity GNU declared a ceasefire on Wednesday following intense overnight clashes between rival militias that spread into central and residential districts of the capital, prompting international calls to protect civilians and prevent further escalation. Photo by Hamza Turkia/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Violent Clashes Lead to Ceasefire in Tripoli - Libya

This photo taken on May 14, 2025 shows damaged vehicles during violent clashes on a street in Tripoli, Libya. Libya's Tripoli-based Government of National Unity GNU declared a ceasefire on Wednesday following intense overnight clashes between rival militias that spread into central and residential districts of the capital, prompting international calls to protect civilians and prevent further escalation. Photo by Hamza Turkia/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Violent Clashes Lead to Ceasefire in Tripoli - Libya

This photo taken on May 14, 2025 shows a car damaged during violent clashes on a street in Tripoli, Libya. Libya's Tripoli-based Government of National Unity GNU declared a ceasefire on Wednesday following intense overnight clashes between rival militias that spread into central and residential districts of the capital, prompting international calls to protect civilians and prevent further escalation. Photo by Hamza Turkia/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Violent Clashes Lead to Ceasefire in Tripoli - Libya

This photo taken on May 14, 2025 shows a building damaged during violent clashes on a street in Tripoli, Libya. Libya's Tripoli-based Government of National Unity GNU declared a ceasefire on Wednesday following intense overnight clashes between rival militias that spread into central and residential districts of the capital, prompting international calls to protect civilians and prevent further escalation. Photo by Hamza Turkia/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Violent Clashes Lead to Ceasefire in Tripoli - Libya

This photo taken on May 14, 2025 shows a building damaged during violent clashes on a street in Tripoli, Libya. Libya's Tripoli-based Government of National Unity GNU declared a ceasefire on Wednesday following intense overnight clashes between rival militias that spread into central and residential districts of the capital, prompting international calls to protect civilians and prevent further escalation. Photo by Hamza Turkia/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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CHINA-BEIJING-WANG YI-LIBYA-MEETING (CN)

(240529) -- BEIJING, May 29, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, meets with Abdul-Hamid Dbeibah, prime minister and foreign minister of the Government of National Unity of Libya, in Beijing, capital of China, May 29, 2024. Dbeibah is here to attend the 10th ministerial meeting of the China-Arab States Cooperation Forum. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Yin Bogu)

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CHINA-BEIJING-WANG YI-LIBYA-MEETING (CN)

(240529) -- BEIJING, May 29, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, meets with Abdul-Hamid Dbeibah, prime minister and foreign minister of the Government of National Unity of Libya, in Beijing, capital of China, May 29, 2024. Dbeibah is here to attend the 10th ministerial meeting of the China-Arab States Cooperation Forum. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Yin Bogu)

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CHINA-BEIJING-WANG YI-LIBYA-MEETING (CN)

(240529) -- BEIJING, May 29, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, meets with Abdul-Hamid Dbeibah, prime minister and foreign minister of the Government of National Unity of Libya, in Beijing, capital of China, May 29, 2024. Dbeibah is here to attend the 10th ministerial meeting of the China-Arab States Cooperation Forum. (Xinhua/Yin Bogu)

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CHINA-BEIJING-WANG YI-LIBYA-MEETING (CN)

(240529) -- BEIJING, May 29, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, meets with Abdul-Hamid Dbeibah, prime minister and foreign minister of the Government of National Unity of Libya, in Beijing, capital of China, May 29, 2024. Dbeibah is here to attend the 10th ministerial meeting of the China-Arab States Cooperation Forum. (Xinhua/Yin Bogu)

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(SP)EGYPT-CAIRO-BASKETBALL-AFRICA LEAGUE MATCH

(240420) -- CAIRO, April 20, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Kevin Marquis (R, front) of Al Ahly Ly breaks through at the 2024 Basketball Africa League match between Al Ahly Ly of Libya and Bangui of Central African Republic in Cairo, Egypt, April 19, 2024. (Xinhua/Ahmed Gomaa)

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(SP)EGYPT-CAIRO-BASKETBALL-AFRICA LEAGUE MATCH

(240420) -- CAIRO, April 20, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Thierry Serge Darlan (R) of Bangui competes at the 2024 Basketball Africa League match between Al Ahly Ly of Libya and Bangui of Central African Republic in Cairo, Egypt, April 19, 2024. (Xinhua/Ahmed Gomaa)

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(SP)EGYPT-CAIRO-BASKETBALL-AFRICA LEAGUE MATCH

(240420) -- CAIRO, April 20, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Souleyman Diabate (R) of Al Ahly Ly goes for a layup at the 2024 Basketball Africa League match between Al Ahly Ly of Libya and Bangui of Central African Republic in Cairo, Egypt, April 19, 2024. (Xinhua/Ahmed Gomaa)

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Mediterranean Route to Europe still busiest for irregular migrants

STORY: Mediterranean Route to Europe still busiest for irregular migrants SHOOTING TIME: Dec. 12, 2023 DATELINE: Dec. 13, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:51 LOCATION: Rome CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of screenshots of the report released by Frontex 2. various of migrants in Rome STORYLINE: Irregular border crossings into the European Union (EU) have dramatically increased this year, the EU's border control agency said Monday. In the first 11 months of 2023, the number of arrivals has already surpassed full-year totals in any year since 2016, according to data released by the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex). The total number of migrants arriving in the EU via non-regular means this year reached at least 355,300 by the end of November, Frontex said. Nevertheless, the number of irregular arrivals is slowing, and the balance between different routes is changing. The Central Mediterranean Route, marked by crossings to Italy from Tunisia or Libya, remained the most common means of

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Sudan's neighboring countries voice rejection of foreign intervention in Cairo summit

STORY: Sudan's neighboring countries voice rejection of foreign intervention in Cairo summit DATELINE: July 14, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:33 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Sudan Neighboring Countries Summit 2. various of Sudan STORYLINE: Participants of the Sudan Neighboring Countries Summit held in the Egyptian capital of Cairo on Thursday rejected foreign intervention in the conflict-ridden country and urged immediate and comprehensive talks between the rival Sudanese military factions that triggered a regional humanitarian crisis. The communique of the meeting emphasized that Sudan's sovereignty should be respected and there should be no foreign interference. It also voiced great concern over the ongoing military operations and the acute deterioration of the security and humanitarian situation in Sudan. Leaders from Egypt, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Chad, Eritrea, the Central African Republic, and Libya, as well as officials of the Arab League and African Union Commission, attended t

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61 illegal migrants rescued off Libyan coast

STORY: 61 illegal migrants rescued off Libyan coast DATELINE: April 26, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:19 LOCATION: Tripoli CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the sea 2. various of the migrants STORYLINE: The Libyan Coast Guard on Tuesday rescued 61 illegal migrants and recovered 11 bodies off the coast of Garrabulli, some 55 km east of the capital Tripoli. "We recovered 11 bodies, including a child. The total number of illegal migrants rescued today is 61 of different African, Asian and Arab nationalities," Esa al-Zarrug, a Coast Guard officer, told Xinhua. Because of the insecurity and chaos in the country since the fall of late leader Muammar Gaddafi's regime in 2011, many migrants, mostly Africans, choose to cross the Mediterranean Sea to European shores from Libya. A total of 4,335 illegal migrants have been rescued or intercepted by the Libyan authorities so far this year. Meanwhile, 310 illegal migrants have died and 227 others have gone missing on the central Mediterranean route off the Libyan coast,

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Libya launches state plan to strike illegal immigration

STORY: Libya launches state plan to strike illegal immigration DATELINE: Jan. 15, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:21 LOCATION: Tripoli CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Libyan special forces, in charge of illegal migration STORYLINE: The Libyan Illegal Immigration Control Department on Saturday launched a nationwide plan to tackle illegal immigration in the country. The operation started with a visit of the head of the Department to the Department's branch in the city of Bani Walid, some 180 km southwest of the capital Tripoli, according to a local official. "The head of the Illegal Immigration Control Department visited the branch of the city of Bani Walid to assist and discuss its needs in order to tackle illegal immigration, according to a strategic plan developed by the Department that covers Central, Western and Eastern Libya," Ali Omar Abdul-Hafith, Head of the Bani Walid Illegal Immigration Control Branch, told Xinhua. Because of the insecurity and chaos in the country since the fall of late lead

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Libyans celebrate death of Gaddafi

TRIPOLI, Libya - Libyans celebrate in Martyrs' Square in central Tripoli on Oct. 21, 2011, a day after the death of the country's deposed leader Muammar Gaddafi. Gaddafi, Libya's dictator for more than 40 years, was killed after being captured by rebel forces in his hometown of Sirte.

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People in post-Gaddafi Tripoli

TRIPOLI, Libya - Armed anti-Muammar Gaddafi civilians stand guard in an area in central Tripoli on Sept. 9, 2011, after the collapse of Muammar Gaddafi's administration.

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People in post-Gaddafi Tripoli

TRIPOLI, Libya - A smiling man gestures victory in a sense of celebration after the fall of the Muammar Gaddafi regime at Martyrs' Square, former Green Square, in central Tripoli on Sept. 1, 2011.

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Women celebrate freedom in Tripoli

TRIPOLI, Libya - Women with tricolor flags, symbol of the anti-Muammar Gaddafi forces, gather at a square in central Tripoli on Sept. 2, 2011, to celebrate their freedom after the collapse of the long-ruling Gaddafi regime.

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Women celebrate freedom in Tripoli

TRIPOLI, Libya - Women gather at a square in central Tripoli on Sept. 2, 2011, to celebrate their freedom after the collapse of the long-ruling Gaddafi regime.

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Tripoli medical facility short of medicine

TRIPOLI, Libya - Men receive renal dialysis at a center for kidney disease patients in central Tripoli, Libya, on Aug. 28, 2011. The facility has been suffering from a shortage of medicine.

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People in Tripoli

TRIPOLI, Libya - A woman (L front) checks farm produce at a market in central Tripoli, the capital of Libya, on Aug. 28, 2011.

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People in Tripoli

TRIPOLI, Libya - People with containers gather around a water tanker in a residential area in central Tripoli, the Libyan capital, on Aug. 27, 2011.

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Battles continue in Libya

RAS LANUF, Libya - People flashing victory signs greet Libyan rebel soldiers coming back from battles to a checkpoint in Ras Lanuf, Libya, on Aug. 27, 2011. The rebel forces, which have seized Tripoli, are to target Sirte in central Libya as the next battlefield.

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Battles continue in Libya

RAS LANUF, Libya - Libyan rebel soldiers return from battle to a checkpoint in Ras Lanuf, Libya, on Aug. 27, 2011. The rebel forces, which have seized Tripoli, are to target Sirte in central Libya as the next battlefield.

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Libyans in Tripoli

TRIPOLI, Libya - Libyan women rejoice as they hold the rebels' tri-colored flag at a square in central Tripoli on Aug. 26, 2011.

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Libyan rebel forces in Tripoli

TRIPOLI, Libya - Libyan rebel fighters try to tip over a damaged vehicle used by forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi in a square in central Tripoli on Aug. 24, 2011. Gaddafi's decades-long dictatorship effectively collapsed after he abandoned his fortified compound in the capital.

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Libyan rebel forces in Tripoli

TRIPOLI, Libya - Libyan rebel fighters celebrate the collapse of Muammar Gaddafi's regime at Green Square in central Tripoli on Aug. 24, 2011.

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Antigovernment protesters in northeastern Libya

TOBRUK, Libya - People gather in central Tobruk in northeastern Libya on March 3, 2011 to call for the ousting of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.

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LIBYA-TRIPOLI-CLASHES

(220829) -- TRIPOLI, Aug. 29, 2022 (Xinhua) -- People are seen near the damaged house after clashes in central Tripoli, Libya, on Aug. 28, 2022. The death toll of the clashes in the Libyan capital Tripoli has increased to 23, the country's Health Ministry said Saturday. The violent clashes, which have also injured 140 so far, erupted late on Friday in different areas of central Tripoli between armed groups affiliated with two rival governments. (Photo by Hamza Turkia/Xinhua)

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LIBYA-TRIPOLI-CLASHES

(220829) -- TRIPOLI, Aug. 29, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A damaged vehicle is seen after clashes in central Tripoli, Libya, on Aug. 28, 2022. The death toll of the clashes in the Libyan capital Tripoli has increased to 23, the country's Health Ministry said Saturday. The violent clashes, which have also injured 140 so far, erupted late on Friday in different areas of central Tripoli between armed groups affiliated with two rival governments. (Photo by Hamza Turkia/Xinhua)

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LIBYA-TRIPOLI-CLASHES

(220829) -- TRIPOLI, Aug. 29, 2022 (Xinhua) -- People are seen near the damaged house after clashes in central Tripoli, Libya, on Aug. 28, 2022. The death toll of the clashes in the Libyan capital Tripoli has increased to 23, the country's Health Ministry said Saturday. The violent clashes, which have also injured 140 so far, erupted late on Friday in different areas of central Tripoli between armed groups affiliated with two rival governments. (Photo by Hamza Turkia/Xinhua)

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LIBYA-TRIPOLI-CLASHES

(220827) -- TRIPOLI, Aug. 27, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A vehicle is on fire after clashes in central Tripoli, Libya, on Aug. 27, 2022. Twelve people were killed and 87 others injured in the ongoing clashes in Tripoli, the country's Health Ministry said on Saturday. (Photo by Hamza Turkia/Xinhua)

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LIBYA-TRIPOLI-CLASHES

(220827) -- TRIPOLI, Aug. 27, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A damaged vehicle is seen after clashes in central Tripoli, Libya, on Aug. 27, 2022. Twelve people were killed and 87 others injured in the ongoing clashes in Tripoli, the country's Health Ministry said on Saturday. (Photo by Hamza Turkia/Xinhua)

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LIBYA-TRIPOLI-CLASHES

(220827) -- TRIPOLI, Aug. 27, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A damaged vehicle and broken windows are seen after clashes in central Tripoli, Libya, on Aug. 27, 2022. Twelve people were killed and 87 others injured in the ongoing clashes in Tripoli, the country's Health Ministry said on Saturday. (Photo by Hamza Turkia/Xinhua)

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LIBYA-TRIPOLI-CLASHES

(220827) -- TRIPOLI, Aug. 27, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A damaged vehicle is seen after clashes in central Tripoli, Libya, on Aug. 27, 2022. Twelve people were killed and 87 others injured in the ongoing clashes in Tripoli, the country's Health Ministry said on Saturday. (Photo by Hamza Turkia/Xinhua)

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LIBYA-TRIPOLI-CLASHES

(220827) -- TRIPOLI, Aug. 27, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Damaged vehicles are seen after clashes in central Tripoli, Libya, on Aug. 27, 2022. Twelve people were killed and 87 others injured in the ongoing clashes in Tripoli, the country's Health Ministry said on Saturday. (Photo by Hamza Turkia/Xinhua)

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U.S. military interventions undermine world peace, violate human rights: Jordanian expert

STORY: U.S. military interventions undermine world peace, violate human rights: Jordanian expert DATELINE: Aug. 18, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:13 LOCATION: Amman CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE (English): SAEB RAWASHDEH, Political analyst at the Jordan Press Foundation STORYLINE: A Jordanian expert says that U.S. military interventions undermine world peace and violate human rights. SOUNDBITE (English): SAEB RAWASHDEH, Political analyst at the Jordan Press Foundation "Especially in our region, we have unfortunately experienced the Western and U.S. policies of triple standards. It's an understatement to call this the policy of double standards. Illegal American interventions in Iraq, in Libya, in parts of Syria, in former Yugoslavia. And the list goes on. They have a long history of military interventions, not only in the Middle East, but in Southern and Central America and in Asia, so if international law is applicable, it should be universally applicable. So how come that we have human rights and inter

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Libya's Presidency Council issues orders to stop clashes in Tripoli

STORY: Libya's Presidency Council issues orders to stop clashes in Tripoli DATELINE: July 23, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:12 LOCATION: Tripoli CATEGORY: MILITARY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the military STORYLINE: The Presidency Council of Libya on Friday ordered that the armed groups should immediately stop the clashes in the capital Tripoli and return to their camps. "All the parties to the clashes are requested to immediately cease fire and return to their camps. The Attorney General and the Military Public Prosecutor must start an investigation immediately into the reasons for the clashes," the council said. "The Ministers of Defense and Interior of the Government of National Unity must take the necessary procedures to secure the capital," the council added. According to local media, clashes erupted on Thursday between rival armed groups in central Tripoli, killing at least 10 people and injuring 30 others. The Mitiga International Airport in Tripoli has suspended all flights due to the clashes. Libya has been

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Egypt's imports from eastern, southern African countries declined in Dec 2021: bulletin

STORY: Egypt's imports from eastern, southern African countries declined in Dec 2021: bulletin DATELINE: May 13, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:51 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. Exterior shots of the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics 2. Shots of vessels loaded with containers STORYLINE: Egypt's imports from eastern and southern Africa declined dramatically at the end of 2021, the country's statistics authority said on Thursday. The total value of Egyptian imports from the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) amounted to 15.8 million U.S. dollars in December 2021, compared to 31.4 million U.S. dollars in December 2020, the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics said in a bulletin. Among the COMESA countries, Egypt's imports from Tunisia, Libya, and Zimbabwe saw the sharpest declines. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Cairo. (XHTV)

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Women celebrate freedom in Tripoli

TRIPOLI, Libya - Women gather at a square in central Tripoli on Sept. 2, 2011, to celebrate their freedom after the collapse of the long-ruling Gaddafi regime. (Kyodo)

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Women celebrate freedom in Tripoli

TRIPOLI, Libya - Women with tricolor flags, symbol of the anti-Muammar Gaddafi forces, gather at a square in central Tripoli on Sept. 2, 2011, to celebrate their freedom after the collapse of the long-ruling Gaddafi regime. (Kyodo)

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Tripoli medical facility short of medicine

TRIPOLI, Libya - Men receive renal dialysis at a center for kidney disease patients in central Tripoli, Libya, on Aug. 28, 2011. The facility has been suffering from a shortage of medicine. (Kyodo)

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People in Tripoli

TRIPOLI, Libya - A woman (L front) checks farm produce at a market in central Tripoli, the capital of Libya, on Aug. 28, 2011. (Kyodo)

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People in Tripoli

TRIPOLI, Libya - People with containers gather around a water tanker in a residential area in central Tripoli, the Libyan capital, on Aug. 27, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Battles continue in Libya

RAS LANUF, Libya - Libyan rebel soldiers return from battle to a checkpoint in Ras Lanuf, Libya, on Aug. 27, 2011. The rebel forces, which have seized Tripoli, are to target Sirte in central Libya as the next battlefield. (Kyodo)

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Battles continue in Libya

RAS LANUF, Libya - People flashing victory signs greet Libyan rebel soldiers coming back from battles to a checkpoint in Ras Lanuf, Libya, on Aug. 27, 2011. The rebel forces, which have seized Tripoli, are to target Sirte in central Libya as the next battlefield. (Kyodo)

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Libyans in Tripoli

TRIPOLI, Libya - Libyan women rejoice as they hold the rebels' tri-colored flag at a square in central Tripoli on Aug. 26, 2011. (Kyodo)