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Events in Libya in 2025.

Incumbents

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Events

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January

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  • 12 January – A bus crashes along a highway in Al-Loud, killing 23 people and injuring five others.[1]
  • 19 January – Ossama Anjiem aka Ossama al-Masri, a warlord wanted by the International Criminal Court for war crimes during the Libyan Civil War, is arrested in Turin, Italy, under the ICC warrant but is released and deported to Libya after a court declines to approve his arrest.[2]

February

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  • 7 February – The bodies of at least 49 migrants are found in two mass graves in Kufra.[3]
  • 8–9 February – A boat carrying migrants sinks off the coast of Marsa Dela Port, killing at least 16 people and leaving 10 others missing.[4]

March

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  • 20 March – Samir Shegwara, the mayor of Hay al Andalous and author of a book accusing the Mukhabarat el-Jamahiriya of involvement in the Lockerbie bombing in 1988, is arrested on charges of unauthorized possession of classified security documents.[5]

April

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May

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  • 1 May – The bodies of six bodies of migrants are recovered near Misrata.[7]
  • 10 May – At least three migrants, including two children, die during a sea crossing from Zawiya to Italy.[8]
  • 12 May – 2025 Tripoli clashes: Abdel Ghani al-Kikli, commander of the Stability Support Apparatus (SSA) militia, is assassinated, leading to armed clashes between the SSA and the Government of National Unity (GNU) that leave at least six people dead in Tripoli.[9]
  • 14 May – At least one person is killed during clashes between rival militias in Tripoli.[10]
  • 15 May – Libya formally grants the International Criminal Court jurisdiction over crimes committed on its soil from 2011 through 2027.[11]
  • 16 May – A police officer is killed during protests against Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh in Tripoli.[12]
  • 17 May – Nine unidentified corpses are discovered in a morgue refrigerator at Al-Khadra Hospital, previously controlled by the SSA.[13]
  • 19 May – At least 58 unidentified corpses, showing signs of burning, are found in the morgue refrigerator of Abu Salim Accidents Hospital in Tripoli previously under SSA control.[13]
  • 23 May – Seven Sudanese refugees are found dead inside a broken-down vehicle in the deserts of Kufra.[14]
  • 30 May – A vehicle carrying Sudanese migrants collides with a truck in the deserts of Kufra, killing 11 passengers and the Libyan driver.[15]

June

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  • 4 June – US President Donald Trump issues a proclamation barring Libyan nationals from entering the United States.[16]
  • 17 June – At least 60 people are feared missing after two ships wreck off of the coast of Libya.[17]
  • 18 June – A Portuguese referee is injured along with several fans amid clashes and a pitch invasion during a football match between Al Ahli SC and Al Ittihad SCSC in Tripoli.[18]

Holidays

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Further information: Public holidays in Libya

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Deaths

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References

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  1. ^ "Death toll rises to 23 in bus crash in Libya, 5 injured". Xinhua News Agency. 12 January 2025. Retrieved 17 January 2025.
  2. ^ "Libya warlord arrested in Italy on warrant from the International Criminal Court, but then expelled". AP News. January 22, 2025. Retrieved January 22, 2025.
  3. ^ "Libya finds two mass graves with bodies of nearly 50 migrants, refugees". Al Jazeera. 10 February 2025. Retrieved 10 February 2025.
  4. ^ "Pakistan says 16 nationals died in migrant boat sinking near Libya, 10 others still missing". AP News. 11 February 2025. Retrieved 11 February 2025.
  5. ^ "Lockerbie bombing whistleblower arrested in Libya". BBC. 3 April 2025. Retrieved 3 April 2025.
  6. ^ "Libyan authorities suspend 10 international aid groups providing crucial assistance to migrants". AP News. 5 April 2025. Retrieved 5 April 2025.
  7. ^ Sahily, Ayman (2 May 2025). "Bodies of six migrants recovered near Libyan coastal city, Red Crescent says". Reuters. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
  8. ^ Armellini, Alvise (11 May 2025). "At least three die, including two children, in Libya-Italy crossing, NGO says". Reuters. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
  9. ^ "A warlord and 6 other people killed as militia infighting rocks Libya's capital, officials say". AP News. 13 May 2025. Retrieved 2025-05-13.
  10. ^ "Fresh gunbattles rock Libya capital after brief lull". France 24. 14 May 2025. Retrieved 2025-05-15.
  11. ^ "Libya's fragile peace tested again as new clashes roil Tripoli". UN News. 2025-05-15. Retrieved 2025-05-20.
  12. ^ "Libyan ministers resign as protesters call for government to step down". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2025-05-17.
  13. ^ a b Elumami, Ahmed (20 May 2025). "At least 58 corpses found in Libyan hospital, ministry says". Reuters. Retrieved 29 May 2025.
  14. ^ "Sudanese refugees feeing war found dead in Libyan desert". Africanews. Retrieved 2025-05-23.
  15. ^ "11 Sudanese migrants killed in a car crash in the Libya desert, authorities say". AP News. Retrieved 2025-05-30.
  16. ^ "What we know about Trump's latest travel ban". BBC. 5 June 2025. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
  17. ^ "At least 60 people feared missing in two deadly shipwrecks off Libya, IOM says". Reuters. 2025-06-17. Retrieved 2025-06-23.
  18. ^ "Soccer fans storm field in Libya and a Portuguese referee is injured during a suspended match". AP News. 19 June 2025. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
  19. ^ "Libya Public Holidays 2025". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
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