President Thabo Mbeki Wednesday left Pretoria for Libya to attend the OAU's extra-ordinary summit of Heads of State and Government. ... (AU) begins in Sirte, Libya on Thursday.

Sirte, Libya — The fifth extraordinary summit of the Organisation of African Unity opened late Thursday evening in Sirte on a double call for the ratification of the ... Current OAU chairman, ...

Sirte, where Libyan pro-government forces are battling Islamic State group militants with American air support, has been in the hands of the jihadists ... Libya’s Sirte, from Kadhafi to IS. By. AFP.

The fall of Sirte to pro-government forces is a significant setback for the Islamic State group in Libya, but will not spell the end of the jihadists in the strife-torn country, experts say. The ...

Libya: Sirte Offensive Against ISIS May Spell End for Fragile Unity Government. Published Jul 11, 2016 at 3:00 AM EDT Updated Jul 16, 2016 at 3:15 AM EDT.

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libya's U.N.-backed unity government called on Thursday on military factions to hold off from any campaign against the Islamic State-controlled city of Sirte until a unified ...

Smoke billows at the entrance of Sirte as forces loyal to Libya's UN-backed unity government advance to recapture the city from the Islamic State (IS) group jihadists on June 10, 2016.

US-backed government militia in Libya are pushing forward in their battle to expel ISIS from the coastal Libyan city of Sirte despite ... US-backed government militia in Libya are pushing forward ...

Libya conflict: Sirte-Jufra ‘red line’ set to be next major flashpoint Tommy Hilton, Al Arabiya English Published: 22 June ,2020: 09:17 AM GST Updated: 23 June ,2020: 10:38 AM GST ...

Rebels are moving towards the city of Sirte, which is the only major city in the far the western side of Libya that remains in government control. However, it's the hometown of Colonel Muammar Al ...