The United Nations says at least 55 people were killed and more than 130 injured in the Tuesday night airstrike on a detention center holding illegal migrants in Libya’s capital. VOA’s Heather Murdock is on the scene in Tripoli and files this report
The battle for Tripoli may have hit a turning point over the weekend with the capture of a key town. But with the future of the country at stake, fighting between the warring parties is likely to escalate
Smaïl Chergui Commissioner for Peace and Security of the African Union, briefs the Security Council on the situation in Libya on 21 May
Libya is divided by two competing governments, both with international allies and considerable armies after years of consolidating militias on either side. Fighters are attacking the capital Tripoli, and the last round of peace talks has been canceled
A look at Khalifa Haftar, Libya’s military strongman, who is pushing to take capital Tripoli from the U.N.-backed government
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres speaks with a young man at the Ain Zara Detention Center in Tripoli, Libya, where migrants and refugees face indefinite detention
Secretary-General António Guterres vists the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), together with (at right) Ghassan Salamé, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of UNSMIL, and Nader Darwich, Chief Of Mission at UNSMIL