Migrant smuggling and trafficking has flourished through Libya since its 2011 conflict. This article explains how this happened and why European policies aimed at addressing the issue are inadequate.

Migrant smuggling and trafficking has flourished through Libya since its 2011 conflict. This article explains how this happened and why European policies aimed at addressing the issue are inadequate.

Migrant smuggling is not a new phenomenon in Libya. In the post-Gaddafi period ... Migratory flows have periodically fallen through a series of international policy interventions that have entrenched ...

Libya has been at the heart of a brutal aggression and foreign occupation since 2011. This criminal war is getting more serious by the day, with no ray of hope that the situation could normalise soon.

The U.N. Security Council voted March 17 to authorize a no-fly zone over Libya and to "take all necessary measures" - without using an occupation force - to protect civilians and population ...

but its leaders have blundered into a political strategy that makes a prolonged conflict and heavy civilian loss of life inevitable. At his new blog, Micah Zenko grades the NATO war in Libya, and ...

The oil money never benefited the people of the country, as the dictator siphoned off huge amounts for his own use.

Since the fall of Muammar Gaddafi in 2011, Libya has become a primary departure point for African immigrants attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea to reach European shores.

The latest article in our Libya Brief series looks at the EU's role in Libya since 2011 and argues for a more visible EU in managing the Libyan ... culminating in all-out war before reaching a ...

Libya’s recent history shows how a region-wide confrontation can make matters worse ... Even as Haftar steadily made territorial gains in the conflict, the GNA remained hesitant to sign the MoU, ...

"Libya launches first oil bidding round since 2011" was originally created and published by Offshore Technology, a GlobalData ...