Fezzan News Today

A report on the latest IOM report on migrant deaths and the under-reported deaths of migrants crossing the Sahara.

Sabah, Libya, is an oasis town at the northern edge of the Sahara Desert. To stand at the edge of the town and look southward into the desert toward Niger is

More and more migrants have sought the Niger-Libya route after the fall of the Libyan state in 2011 and the crackdown on the Moroccan-Spanish border at Melilla and Ceuta.

The Garamantes were lords of the desert. Their innovative water management systems created a thriving civilization in the heart of the Sahara, 3,000 years ago.

LA VALLETTA (MALTA) (ITALPRESS/MNA) - Following the rescue of 56 migrants from distress at sea in international waters last Wednesday, the Italian authorit

The United States is "alarmed by the activities of armed groups in Libya, which operate with impunity and have persistent influence over Libyan security and politics,” said Ambassador Wood.

Libyas Petroleum Facilities Guards threatened on Sunday to close all oil and gas facilities in the countrys western region after the end of a 10-day deadline to authorities to meet their demands,... -February 25, 2024 at 12:12 pm EST - MarketScreener

Libya's Petroleum Facilities Guards (PFG) threatened on Sunday to close all oil and gas facilities in the country's western region after the end of a 10-day deadline to authorities to meet their demands, including a 67% salary rise. Members of PFG, a military group tasked with protecting oil facilities, made the threat in videos posted online. Video footage on social media platforms X and Facebook showed a group of PFG members in military uniforms closing a feeder valve to the Mellitah...

Members of the Petroleum Facilities Guard (PFG) in Libya announced that an armed group took control and shut down oil and gas fields in the southwest, demanding their unpaid salaries and other benefits. In a statement, the protestors said they had granted the Tripoli-based Government of National Unity (GNU) a 48-hour deadline to meet their demands, but "to no avail." They noted that head of the GNU Abdulhamid Dbeibeh had ordered authorities to grant them their dues, but nothing happene...

Libya: The National Oil Corporation (NOC) announced the "lifting of force majeure" and the resumption of "full production" at Al-Sharara, which normally produces up to 315,000 barrels per day.