https://defenceweb.co.za Africa's leading defence news portal Mon, 19 Oct 2026 09:09:24 +0000 en-ZA hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://defenceweb.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/cropped-defenceweb-favicon-120x120.png https://defenceweb.co.za 32 32 https://defenceweb.co.za/sea/sea-sea/eu-mediterranean-force-mandate-extended/ https://defenceweb.co.za/sea/sea-sea/eu-mediterranean-force-mandate-extended/#respond Mon, 19 Oct 2026 09:09:19 +0000 https://defenceweb.co.za/?p=184153 The mandate of the European Union (EU) naval tasking in the Mediterranean Sea – Operation Irini – has been extended [...]]]> https://defenceweb.co.za/sea/sea-sea/eu-mediterranean-force-mandate-extended/feed/ 0 https://defenceweb.co.za/land/land-land/drones-take-centre-stage-in-us-military-exercises-in-africa/ https://defenceweb.co.za/land/land-land/drones-take-centre-stage-in-us-military-exercises-in-africa/#respond Mon, 11 May 2026 06:03:07 +0000 https://defenceweb.co.za/?p=178740 Drones were well and truly front and centre in two just finished Africom exercises – African Lion and Flintlock. Agadir [...]]]> https://defenceweb.co.za/land/land-land/drones-take-centre-stage-in-us-military-exercises-in-africa/feed/ 0 https://defenceweb.co.za/land/land-land/all-systems-go-for-exercise-flintlock-number-21/ https://defenceweb.co.za/land/land-land/all-systems-go-for-exercise-flintlock-number-21/#respond Tue, 14 Apr 2026 10:07:13 +0000 https://defenceweb.co.za/?p=177784 North and West Africa in the form of Libya and Cote d’Ivoire, are readying for Africom’s premier annual multinational special [...]]]> https://defenceweb.co.za/land/land-land/all-systems-go-for-exercise-flintlock-number-21/feed/ 0 https://defenceweb.co.za/sea/sea-sea/mediterranean-eu-naval-operation-logs-six-months-of-high-activity/ https://defenceweb.co.za/sea/sea-sea/mediterranean-eu-naval-operation-logs-six-months-of-high-activity/#respond Mon, 13 Apr 2026 08:04:05 +0000 https://defenceweb.co.za/?p=177503 In the six months starting October last year Irini – the European Union (EU) naval operation in the Mediterranean Sea [...]]]> https://defenceweb.co.za/sea/sea-sea/mediterranean-eu-naval-operation-logs-six-months-of-high-activity/feed/ 0 https://defenceweb.co.za/joint/diplomacy-a-peace/security-could-unlock-commerce-for-southern-africa-africoms-general-anderson-says/ https://defenceweb.co.za/joint/diplomacy-a-peace/security-could-unlock-commerce-for-southern-africa-africoms-general-anderson-says/#respond Mon, 26 Jan 2026 10:00:55 +0000 https://defenceweb.co.za/?p=175270 US Africa Command (Africom) Commander General Dagvin Anderson has moved in his first five months to implement military collaboration and [...]]]> https://defenceweb.co.za/joint/diplomacy-a-peace/security-could-unlock-commerce-for-southern-africa-africoms-general-anderson-says/feed/ 0 https://defenceweb.co.za/land/land-land/libya-to-co-host-exercise-flintlock-2026/ https://defenceweb.co.za/land/land-land/libya-to-co-host-exercise-flintlock-2026/#respond Tue, 30 Dec 2025 09:52:48 +0000 https://defenceweb.co.za/?p=171601 In a historic first, Libya will co-host Exercise Flintlock 2026, a training event intended to bring together both factions of [...]]]> https://defenceweb.co.za/land/land-land/libya-to-co-host-exercise-flintlock-2026/feed/ 0 https://defenceweb.co.za/aerospace/aerospace-aerospace/more-questions-coming-on-possible-illegal-helicopter-export-from-sa-to-libya/ https://defenceweb.co.za/aerospace/aerospace-aerospace/more-questions-coming-on-possible-illegal-helicopter-export-from-sa-to-libya/#respond Tue, 21 Oct 2025 12:25:42 +0000 https://defenceweb.co.za/?p=170864 Minister in the South African Presidency, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, faces questions regarding what appears to be the illegal export of supposedly [...]]]> https://defenceweb.co.za/aerospace/aerospace-aerospace/more-questions-coming-on-possible-illegal-helicopter-export-from-sa-to-libya/feed/ 0 https://defenceweb.co.za/aerospace/aerospace-aerospace/libyan-arms-embargo-seemingly-ignored-as-gazelle-helicopters-exported-from-south-africa/ https://defenceweb.co.za/aerospace/aerospace-aerospace/libyan-arms-embargo-seemingly-ignored-as-gazelle-helicopters-exported-from-south-africa/#respond Mon, 13 Oct 2025 12:48:23 +0000 https://defenceweb.co.za/?p=170443 At least four Gazelle helicopters have been exported from South Africa to Libya, where they have joined the Libyan National [...]]]> https://defenceweb.co.za/aerospace/aerospace-aerospace/libyan-arms-embargo-seemingly-ignored-as-gazelle-helicopters-exported-from-south-africa/feed/ 0 https://defenceweb.co.za/african-news/drones-disinformation-and-guns-for-hire-are-reshaping-conflict-in-africa-new-book-tracks-the-trends/ https://defenceweb.co.za/african-news/drones-disinformation-and-guns-for-hire-are-reshaping-conflict-in-africa-new-book-tracks-the-trends/#comments Mon, 15 Sep 2025 12:53:49 +0000 https://defenceweb.co.za/?p=164059 Alessandro Arduino has researched Africa’s security affairs with a particular focus on the use of private military companies and other [...]]]> https://defenceweb.co.za/african-news/drones-disinformation-and-guns-for-hire-are-reshaping-conflict-in-africa-new-book-tracks-the-trends/feed/ 1 https://defenceweb.co.za/african-news/un-mission-in-libya-appeals-for-calm-as-tensions-increase/ https://defenceweb.co.za/african-news/un-mission-in-libya-appeals-for-calm-as-tensions-increase/#comments Fri, 11 Jul 2025 09:49:09 +0000 https://defenceweb.co.za/?p=163299 As Libya again teeters on the brink of violence the United Nations (UN) mission in the North African country appealed [...]]]> https://defenceweb.co.za/african-news/un-mission-in-libya-appeals-for-calm-as-tensions-increase/feed/ 1 https://defenceweb.co.za/african-news/another-libyan-ceasefire-after-tripoli-violence/ https://defenceweb.co.za/african-news/another-libyan-ceasefire-after-tripoli-violence/#respond Wed, 21 May 2025 10:51:41 +0000 https://defenceweb.co.za/?p=161691 Almost 15 years after the fall of Muammar Gaddafi and the emergence of rival administrations in 2014, Libya remains divided, [...]]]> https://defenceweb.co.za/african-news/another-libyan-ceasefire-after-tripoli-violence/feed/ 0 https://defenceweb.co.za/african-news/uss-mount-whitney-visits-libya/ https://defenceweb.co.za/african-news/uss-mount-whitney-visits-libya/#comments Fri, 02 May 2025 10:44:14 +0000 https://defenceweb.co.za/?p=161211 The United States Navy recently sailed the centerpiece of its 6th Fleet into two Libyan ports, the latest in a [...]]]> https://defenceweb.co.za/african-news/uss-mount-whitney-visits-libya/feed/ 2 https://defenceweb.co.za/joint/diplomacy-a-peace/global-conflicts-doubled-over-the-past-five-years-set-to-worsen-in-2025/ https://defenceweb.co.za/joint/diplomacy-a-peace/global-conflicts-doubled-over-the-past-five-years-set-to-worsen-in-2025/#comments Mon, 20 Jan 2025 10:11:02 +0000 https://defenceweb.co.za/?p=157732 Global conflicts doubled over the past five years and are still rising, with one in eight people now exposed to [...]]]> https://defenceweb.co.za/joint/diplomacy-a-peace/global-conflicts-doubled-over-the-past-five-years-set-to-worsen-in-2025/feed/ 1 https://defenceweb.co.za/african-news/africas-2024-security-trends-in-10-graphics/ https://defenceweb.co.za/african-news/africas-2024-security-trends-in-10-graphics/#respond Fri, 17 Jan 2025 11:49:16 +0000 https://defenceweb.co.za/?p=157734 Africa’s persisting conflicts are compounding crises of governance on the continent, straining already fragile regions and opening the door to [...]]]> https://defenceweb.co.za/african-news/africas-2024-security-trends-in-10-graphics/feed/ 0 https://defenceweb.co.za/african-news/the-fall-of-syrias-assad-regime-is-bad-news-for-libya/ https://defenceweb.co.za/african-news/the-fall-of-syrias-assad-regime-is-bad-news-for-libya/#respond Fri, 10 Jan 2025 12:08:23 +0000 https://defenceweb.co.za/?p=157428 For Russia, as for Iran, last month’s fall of the 54-year-old Assad dynasty in Syria was a major geo-strategic setback. [...]]]> https://defenceweb.co.za/african-news/the-fall-of-syrias-assad-regime-is-bad-news-for-libya/feed/ 0 https://defenceweb.co.za/security/national-security/ssa-advised-home-affairs-arrest-of-libyans-at-white-river-military-training-camp/ https://defenceweb.co.za/security/national-security/ssa-advised-home-affairs-arrest-of-libyans-at-white-river-military-training-camp/#respond Mon, 02 Dec 2024 11:16:56 +0000 https://defenceweb.co.za/?p=156198 The entry into South Africa earlier this year of Libyan nationals subsequently discovered at an illegal White River military training [...]]]> https://defenceweb.co.za/security/national-security/ssa-advised-home-affairs-arrest-of-libyans-at-white-river-military-training-camp/feed/ 0 https://defenceweb.co.za/sea/sea-sea/operation-irini-by-the-numbers-after-four-years/ https://defenceweb.co.za/sea/sea-sea/operation-irini-by-the-numbers-after-four-years/#respond Mon, 25 Nov 2024 10:18:29 +0000 https://defenceweb.co.za/?p=156203 Now in its fourth year, the European Union (EU) naval operation in the Mediterranean Sea enforcing a United Nations (UN) [...]]]> https://defenceweb.co.za/sea/sea-sea/operation-irini-by-the-numbers-after-four-years/feed/ 0 https://defenceweb.co.za/security/civil-security/home-affairs-deports-libyan-nationals/ https://defenceweb.co.za/security/civil-security/home-affairs-deports-libyan-nationals/#respond Mon, 19 Aug 2024 11:26:28 +0000 https://defenceweb.co.za/?p=152857 The Department of Home Affairs has concluded the deportation of the 95 Libyans who were arrested in White River, Mpumalanga, [...]]]> https://defenceweb.co.za/security/civil-security/home-affairs-deports-libyan-nationals/feed/ 0 https://defenceweb.co.za/african-news/home-affairs-hopes-to-deport-95-libyans-swiftly/ https://defenceweb.co.za/african-news/home-affairs-hopes-to-deport-95-libyans-swiftly/#respond Fri, 16 Aug 2024 08:00:52 +0000 https://defenceweb.co.za/?p=152795 The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has withdrawn its charges against the 95 Libyan nationals arrested on 26 July at an [...]]]> https://defenceweb.co.za/african-news/home-affairs-hopes-to-deport-95-libyans-swiftly/feed/ 0 https://defenceweb.co.za/security/national-security/white-river-military-training-camp-was-illegal-psira/ https://defenceweb.co.za/security/national-security/white-river-military-training-camp-was-illegal-psira/#respond Wed, 07 Aug 2024 11:15:55 +0000 https://defenceweb.co.za/?p=152577 The Private Security Industry Regulatory Authority (PSiRA) has served the owners of Milites Dei Security Services (MDSS) with notices of [...]]]> https://defenceweb.co.za/security/national-security/white-river-military-training-camp-was-illegal-psira/feed/ 0 https://defenceweb.co.za/security/national-security/police-intelligence-aware-of-white-river-training-camp-for-quite-some-time/ https://defenceweb.co.za/security/national-security/police-intelligence-aware-of-white-river-training-camp-for-quite-some-time/#respond Tue, 06 Aug 2024 10:13:30 +0000 https://defenceweb.co.za/?p=152529 National Police Commissioner Fanie Masemola has said police intelligence was aware of the White River camp that was training Libyan [...]]]> https://defenceweb.co.za/security/national-security/police-intelligence-aware-of-white-river-training-camp-for-quite-some-time/feed/ 0 https://defenceweb.co.za/african-news/in-libya-everything-comes-down-to-military-muscle/ https://defenceweb.co.za/african-news/in-libya-everything-comes-down-to-military-muscle/#respond Fri, 02 Aug 2024 10:47:37 +0000 https://defenceweb.co.za/?p=152411 The arrest of Libyans who allegedly received military training in South Africa hints at the nature of power in the [...]]]> https://defenceweb.co.za/african-news/in-libya-everything-comes-down-to-military-muscle/feed/ 0 https://defenceweb.co.za/security/civil-security/libyan-arrests-at-white-river-training-camp-smack-of-government-ignorance/ https://defenceweb.co.za/security/civil-security/libyan-arrests-at-white-river-training-camp-smack-of-government-ignorance/#respond Thu, 01 Aug 2024 10:44:40 +0000 https://defenceweb.co.za/?p=152365 Viewed objectively, the hue and cry in connection with the arrest of 95 Libyans, apparently in South Africa under false [...]]]> https://defenceweb.co.za/security/civil-security/libyan-arrests-at-white-river-training-camp-smack-of-government-ignorance/feed/ 0 https://defenceweb.co.za/security/national-security/white-river-military-camp-training-unlawful-psira/ https://defenceweb.co.za/security/national-security/white-river-military-camp-training-unlawful-psira/#respond Tue, 30 Jul 2024 11:35:18 +0000 https://defenceweb.co.za/?p=152304 In the wake of the discovery of the illegal military training camp in White River, Mpumalanga, the Private Security Industry [...]]]> https://defenceweb.co.za/security/national-security/white-river-military-camp-training-unlawful-psira/feed/ 0 https://defenceweb.co.za/security/national-security/investigation-into-illegal-white-river-military-training-camp-still-ongoing/ https://defenceweb.co.za/security/national-security/investigation-into-illegal-white-river-military-training-camp-still-ongoing/#respond Mon, 29 Jul 2024 12:28:36 +0000 https://defenceweb.co.za/?p=152283 Police and Home Affairs officials are continuing to investigate an illegal military training camp in White River, Mpumalanga, with firearms [...]]]> https://defenceweb.co.za/security/national-security/investigation-into-illegal-white-river-military-training-camp-still-ongoing/feed/ 0 https://defenceweb.co.za/featured/police-arrest-95-libyan-nationals-at-suspected-military-training-base-in-mpumalanga/ https://defenceweb.co.za/featured/police-arrest-95-libyan-nationals-at-suspected-military-training-base-in-mpumalanga/#respond Fri, 26 Jul 2024 10:40:09 +0000 https://defenceweb.co.za/?p=152225 The South African Police Service (SAPS) has uncovered what it believes to be a military training camp in White River, [...]]]> https://defenceweb.co.za/featured/police-arrest-95-libyan-nationals-at-suspected-military-training-base-in-mpumalanga/feed/ 0 https://defenceweb.co.za/aerospace/aerospace-aerospace/italy-intercepts-chinese-wing-loong-ii-uavs-being-smuggled-to-libya/ https://defenceweb.co.za/aerospace/aerospace-aerospace/italy-intercepts-chinese-wing-loong-ii-uavs-being-smuggled-to-libya/#respond Thu, 04 Jul 2024 10:34:22 +0000 https://defenceweb.co.za/?p=151456 Italian authorities have seized Fei Long-1 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) – disguised as wind turbine parts – that were being [...]]]> https://defenceweb.co.za/aerospace/aerospace-aerospace/italy-intercepts-chinese-wing-loong-ii-uavs-being-smuggled-to-libya/feed/ 0 https://defenceweb.co.za/african-news/african-conflicts-under-the-au-un-microscope/ https://defenceweb.co.za/african-news/african-conflicts-under-the-au-un-microscope/#respond Wed, 24 Apr 2024 09:55:14 +0000 https://defenceweb.co.za/?p=149568 Eight countries and two African regions were under scrutiny when the United Nations (UN)/African Union (AU) Joint Task Force (JTF) [...]]]> https://defenceweb.co.za/african-news/african-conflicts-under-the-au-un-microscope/feed/ 0 https://defenceweb.co.za/aerospace/aerospace-aerospace/the-dizzying-possibilities-of-drones-in-africa/ https://defenceweb.co.za/aerospace/aerospace-aerospace/the-dizzying-possibilities-of-drones-in-africa/#respond Fri, 20 Oct 2023 09:49:38 +0000 https://defenceweb.co.za/?p=143541 Nigeria deploys drones, or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), at border crossings to increase security along its porous frontier and to [...]]]> https://defenceweb.co.za/aerospace/aerospace-aerospace/the-dizzying-possibilities-of-drones-in-africa/feed/ 0 https://defenceweb.co.za/joint/diplomacy-a-peace/wagner-mercenaries-remain-in-libya/ https://defenceweb.co.za/joint/diplomacy-a-peace/wagner-mercenaries-remain-in-libya/#respond Mon, 13 Mar 2023 13:13:38 +0000 https://defenceweb.co.za/?p=138291 Nearly five years after they first arrived in Libya, Wagner Group mercenaries show no signs that they’re willing to leave [...]]]> https://defenceweb.co.za/joint/diplomacy-a-peace/wagner-mercenaries-remain-in-libya/feed/ 0 https://defenceweb.co.za/land/land-land/operation-irini-seizes-armoured-vehicles-bound-for-libya/ https://defenceweb.co.za/land/land-land/operation-irini-seizes-armoured-vehicles-bound-for-libya/#respond Thu, 10 Nov 2022 12:59:32 +0000 https://defenceweb.co.za/?p=136158 The European Union Naval Force’s Operation Irini has seized dozens of BATT UMG armoured vehicles destined for Libya in violation [...]]]> https://defenceweb.co.za/land/land-land/operation-irini-seizes-armoured-vehicles-bound-for-libya/feed/ 0 https://defenceweb.co.za/security/border-security/libyan-cease-fire-could-renew-arms-trafficking-across-borders/ https://defenceweb.co.za/security/border-security/libyan-cease-fire-could-renew-arms-trafficking-across-borders/#respond Fri, 02 Sep 2022 11:32:17 +0000 https://defenceweb.co.za/?p=134474 A decade after it was declared a supermarket for illegal arms traffickers, Libya once again has become a source of [...]]]> https://defenceweb.co.za/security/border-security/libyan-cease-fire-could-renew-arms-trafficking-across-borders/feed/ 0 https://defenceweb.co.za/security/border-security/iss-arms-trafficking-from-libya-to-niger-is-back-in-business/ https://defenceweb.co.za/security/border-security/iss-arms-trafficking-from-libya-to-niger-is-back-in-business/#respond Thu, 28 Jul 2022 09:30:50 +0000 https://defenceweb.co.za/?p=133791 Arms and ammunition seizures by security forces in Niger’s Agadez and Tahoua regions between January 2021 and February 2022 helped [...]]]> https://defenceweb.co.za/security/border-security/iss-arms-trafficking-from-libya-to-niger-is-back-in-business/feed/ 0 https://defenceweb.co.za/aerospace/aerospace-aerospace/libya-apparently-orders-hurkus-aircraft/ https://defenceweb.co.za/aerospace/aerospace-aerospace/libya-apparently-orders-hurkus-aircraft/#respond Mon, 06 Jun 2022 10:38:12 +0000 https://defenceweb.co.za/?p=132583 Libya has apparently ordered Hurkus turboprops from Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI), years after first expressing interest in the type. The [...]]]> https://defenceweb.co.za/aerospace/aerospace-aerospace/libya-apparently-orders-hurkus-aircraft/feed/ 0 https://defenceweb.co.za/security/maritime-security/op-irini-notches-up-22-board-and-search-missions/ https://defenceweb.co.za/security/maritime-security/op-irini-notches-up-22-board-and-search-missions/#respond Wed, 30 Mar 2022 10:39:19 +0000 https://defenceweb.co.za/?p=129217 The fragile situation in Libya means Operation Irini, the EU (European Union) tasking enforcing a United Nations (UN) arms embargo [...]]]> https://defenceweb.co.za/security/maritime-security/op-irini-notches-up-22-board-and-search-missions/feed/ 0 https://defenceweb.co.za/security/maritime-security/emsa-to-provide-maritime-awareness-for-operations-in-somalia-and-libya/ https://defenceweb.co.za/security/maritime-security/emsa-to-provide-maritime-awareness-for-operations-in-somalia-and-libya/#respond Mon, 14 Feb 2022 09:00:48 +0000 https://defenceweb.co.za/?p=127897 The European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) has signed cooperation agreements with EU Naval Missions to provide enhanced maritime awareness for [...]]]> https://defenceweb.co.za/security/maritime-security/emsa-to-provide-maritime-awareness-for-operations-in-somalia-and-libya/feed/ 0 https://defenceweb.co.za/international-news/coups-covid-19-and-a-cease-fire-africas-top-stories-of-2021/ https://defenceweb.co.za/international-news/coups-covid-19-and-a-cease-fire-africas-top-stories-of-2021/#respond Tue, 18 Jan 2022 09:18:32 +0000 https://defenceweb.co.za/?p=127157 The year 2021 in Africa will be remembered like 2020 was — the year of COVID-19. But there were other [...]]]> https://defenceweb.co.za/international-news/coups-covid-19-and-a-cease-fire-africas-top-stories-of-2021/feed/ 0 https://defenceweb.co.za/joint/diplomacy-a-peace/un-chief-names-us-diplomat-to-run-libya-mediation/ https://defenceweb.co.za/joint/diplomacy-a-peace/un-chief-names-us-diplomat-to-run-libya-mediation/#respond Tue, 07 Dec 2021 13:17:25 +0000 https://defenceweb.co.za/?p=126405 UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday appointed US diplomat Stephanie Williams to lead mediation efforts in Libya after his special [...]]]> https://defenceweb.co.za/joint/diplomacy-a-peace/un-chief-names-us-diplomat-to-run-libya-mediation/feed/ 0 https://defenceweb.co.za/governance/governance-governance/libya-fighters-disrupt-gaddafi-sons-election-appeal/ https://defenceweb.co.za/governance/governance-governance/libya-fighters-disrupt-gaddafi-sons-election-appeal/#respond Fri, 26 Nov 2021 13:25:41 +0000 https://defenceweb.co.za/?p=126010 A lawyer for Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of Libya’s late dictator, said armed men had prevented him lodging an appeal [...]]]> https://defenceweb.co.za/governance/governance-governance/libya-fighters-disrupt-gaddafi-sons-election-appeal/feed/ 0 https://defenceweb.co.za/governance/governance-governance/iss-gaddafis-bid-for-president-questions-the-iccs-influence/ https://defenceweb.co.za/governance/governance-governance/iss-gaddafis-bid-for-president-questions-the-iccs-influence/#respond Fri, 26 Nov 2021 13:19:57 +0000 https://defenceweb.co.za/?p=126005 Saif al-Islam Gaddafi’s ambitions in Libya may not materialise, but his move shows the international court’s limits. It’s almost ten [...]]]> https://defenceweb.co.za/governance/governance-governance/iss-gaddafis-bid-for-president-questions-the-iccs-influence/feed/ 0 https://defenceweb.co.za/governance/governance-governance/un-warns-not-holding-libya-elections-could-fuel-further-conflict/ https://defenceweb.co.za/governance/governance-governance/un-warns-not-holding-libya-elections-could-fuel-further-conflict/#respond Thu, 25 Nov 2021 11:28:48 +0000 https://defenceweb.co.za/?p=125949 Outgoing United Nations Libya mediator Jan Kubis warned on Wednesday that not holding planned elections in the country could “greatly [...]]]> https://defenceweb.co.za/governance/governance-governance/un-warns-not-holding-libya-elections-could-fuel-further-conflict/feed/ 0 https://defenceweb.co.za/governance/governance-governance/libyans-to-pick-from-long-divisive-list-in-presidential-vote/ https://defenceweb.co.za/governance/governance-governance/libyans-to-pick-from-long-divisive-list-in-presidential-vote/#respond Wed, 24 Nov 2021 12:42:44 +0000 https://defenceweb.co.za/?p=125896 Almost 100 Libyans, including a parade of divisive politicians and warlords from the past decade of violence, have registered as [...]]]> https://defenceweb.co.za/governance/governance-governance/libyans-to-pick-from-long-divisive-list-in-presidential-vote/feed/ 0 https://defenceweb.co.za/security/human-security/turkey-repatriates-seven-citizens-held-in-eastern-libya/ https://defenceweb.co.za/security/human-security/turkey-repatriates-seven-citizens-held-in-eastern-libya/#respond Mon, 22 Nov 2021 14:36:30 +0000 https://defenceweb.co.za/?p=125796 Seven Turkish citizens who were being held in eastern Libya have been brought back safely to Turkey, the country’s foreign [...]]]> https://defenceweb.co.za/security/human-security/turkey-repatriates-seven-citizens-held-in-eastern-libya/feed/ 0 https://defenceweb.co.za/governance/governance-governance/libyas-eastern-commander-haftar-announces-election-bid/ https://defenceweb.co.za/governance/governance-governance/libyas-eastern-commander-haftar-announces-election-bid/#respond Tue, 16 Nov 2021 14:41:53 +0000 https://defenceweb.co.za/?p=125509 Khalifa Haftar, a major figure in the Libyan civil war who wields wide sway over the east of the country, [...]]]> https://defenceweb.co.za/governance/governance-governance/libyas-eastern-commander-haftar-announces-election-bid/feed/ 0 https://defenceweb.co.za/governance/governance-governance/gaddafis-son-registers-for-presidential-election/ https://defenceweb.co.za/governance/governance-governance/gaddafis-son-registers-for-presidential-election/#respond Tue, 16 Nov 2021 11:45:16 +0000 https://defenceweb.co.za/?p=125489 The son of Libya’s late leader Muammar al-Gaddafi registered as a candidate in the country’s first direct presidential election next [...]]]> https://defenceweb.co.za/governance/governance-governance/gaddafis-son-registers-for-presidential-election/feed/ 0 https://defenceweb.co.za/security/border-security/more-than-600-migrants-reach-italy-by-sea-from-north-africa/ https://defenceweb.co.za/security/border-security/more-than-600-migrants-reach-italy-by-sea-from-north-africa/#respond Mon, 15 Nov 2021 15:58:25 +0000 https://defenceweb.co.za/?p=125435 More than 600 migrants, many of them Egyptians, arrived in southern Italy over the past 24 hours, officials said on [...]]]> https://defenceweb.co.za/security/border-security/more-than-600-migrants-reach-italy-by-sea-from-north-africa/feed/ 0 https://defenceweb.co.za/joint/diplomacy-a-peace/world-powers-press-for-libya-elections-but-disputes-remain/ https://defenceweb.co.za/joint/diplomacy-a-peace/world-powers-press-for-libya-elections-but-disputes-remain/#respond Mon, 15 Nov 2021 13:42:49 +0000 https://defenceweb.co.za/?p=125418 World powers will push for sanctions against anyone who disrupts Libya’s electoral process and political transition, they said in Paris [...]]]> https://defenceweb.co.za/joint/diplomacy-a-peace/world-powers-press-for-libya-elections-but-disputes-remain/feed/ 0 https://defenceweb.co.za/joint/diplomacy-a-peace/world-powers-to-push-libya-election-in-paris-meeting/ https://defenceweb.co.za/joint/diplomacy-a-peace/world-powers-to-push-libya-election-in-paris-meeting/#respond Fri, 12 Nov 2021 12:59:52 +0000 https://defenceweb.co.za/?p=125357 World powers will push for sanctions against anyone who disrupts Libya’s electoral process and political transition, according to draft conclusions [...]]]> https://defenceweb.co.za/joint/diplomacy-a-peace/world-powers-to-push-libya-election-in-paris-meeting/feed/ 0 https://defenceweb.co.za/security/civil-security/libyas-eastern-forces-say-300-foreign-mercenaries-to-leave/ https://defenceweb.co.za/security/civil-security/libyas-eastern-forces-say-300-foreign-mercenaries-to-leave/#respond Fri, 12 Nov 2021 12:44:30 +0000 https://defenceweb.co.za/?p=125345 Libya’s eastern-based forces have agreed to repatriate 300 foreign mercenaries from their area of control after a request from France, [...]]]> https://defenceweb.co.za/security/civil-security/libyas-eastern-forces-say-300-foreign-mercenaries-to-leave/feed/ 0 https://defenceweb.co.za/governance/governance-governance/libyan-premier-to-run-for-president-as-election-turmoil-grows/ https://defenceweb.co.za/governance/governance-governance/libyan-premier-to-run-for-president-as-election-turmoil-grows/#respond Mon, 08 Nov 2021 13:17:56 +0000 https://defenceweb.co.za/?p=125077 The head of Libya’s national unity government plans to run for president next month, according to a senior official, an [...]]]> https://defenceweb.co.za/governance/governance-governance/libyan-premier-to-run-for-president-as-election-turmoil-grows/feed/ 0