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3 days ago · The head of the Presidential Council, Mohammed Menfi, arrived on Tuesday in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, to participate in the 59th Annual meeting of the African Developm. The EU Ambassador to Libya, Nicolas Orlando and Libya's Minister of Economy and Trade, Mohamed Al-Huwaij, chaired the steering committee meeting of the EU-funded E-NABLE.
May 16, 2024 · Stay on top of Tunisia latest developments on the ground with Al Jazeera’s fact-based news, exclusive video footage, photos and updated maps.
May 14, 2024 · 14 May 2024 Peace and Security. The outgoing head of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) urged leaders to end their stalemate and bring the country back on the path to peace and stability, in an exclusive interview with UN News. The oil-rich nation has grappled with multiple challenges since the overthrow of President Muammar Gaddafi in 2011.
May 26, 2024 · The timeline of the Libyan civil war begins on 15 February 2011 and ends on 20 October 2011. The conflict began with a series of peaceful protests, similar to others of the Arab Spring, later becoming a full-scale civil war between the forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi 's government and the anti-Gaddafi forces.
May 9, 2024 · North Africa campaigns, (1940–43), in World War II, series of battles for control of North Africa. At stake was control of the Suez Canal, a vital lifeline for Britain’s colonial empire, and of the valuable oil reserves of the Middle East. Track the League of Nations' continual failure to check via diplomacy the Axis powers' pre-World War ...
May 9, 2024 · About 7:00 pm on December 21, Pan Am flight 103, a Boeing 747 en route to New York City from London, exploded over Lockerbie, Scotland. The plane had reached a height of approximately 31,000 feet (9,500 metres) and was preparing for the oceanic portion of the flight when a timer-activated bomb detonated. The bomb, constructed with the odourless ...
May 9, 2024 · First Barbary War, (1801–05), conflict between the United States and Tripoli (now in Libya), incited by American refusal to continue payment of tribute to the piratical rulers of the North African Barbary States of Algiers, Tunis, Morocco, and Tripoli. This practice had been customary among European nations and the nascent United States in ...
