Official statistics have shown that Libya’s oil and gas revenues decreased by 92 per cent last year, as the blockade imposed for months on oil facilities caused the suspension of most export operations.
Read More »UNSMIL opens one-week nominations for Libya’s next government – LPDF to vote on nominations in Switzerland from 1 to 5 February
UNSMIL announced yesterday the start of a one-week period for the submission of candidacies for the positions of a three-member Presidency Council and of Prime Minister, closing on 28 January.
Read More »Foreign fighters were meant to leave Libya this week. A huge trench being dug by Russian-backed mercenaries indicates they plan to stay
Construction on an enormous trench across Libya, dug by Russian-backed mercenaries Wagner, is raising fears that foreign fighters will not withdraw from the country by Saturday, as a UN-brokered peace deal insists.
Read More »10 more bodies found in Libya mass grave
Forensics teams in war-shattered Libya have discovered 10 more bodies in mass graves in a once militia-controlled town outside the capital Tripoli, the Government of National Accord said on Thursday.
Read More »Libyan Amazigh Council calls for boycotting constitution referendum
The Supreme Council of Libyan Amazigh rejected in a statement Thursday the outcomes of the Constitutional Committee in Hurghada, especially the decision to carry out a referendum on the Libyan constitution draft.
Read More »Libyans agree to hold constitutional referendum: Egypt
Libyan envoys at UN-backed talks in Egypt agreed Wednesday to hold a constitutional referendum before planned elections in the war-torn country later this year, Egypt’s foreign ministry said.
Read More »‘Kleptocrats’ will try to block Libya elections, says UN envoy
A political class stretching across Libya’s east-west conflict lines is determined to maintain the status quo and privileged access to the coffers of the state, Stephanie Williams, the outgoing acting UN special envoy for Libya has warned.
Read More »Tripoli militia coalition rejects LPDF selection mechanism outcomes
The Tripoli Protection Force (TPF), the city’s coalition of its main militias, recognized by the internationally recognized Libyan government based in the country’s capital, announced yesterday that it rejects the outputs and the method of voting used by the UNSMIL-brokered Libyan Political Dialogue Forum (LPDF) to agree on a selection …
Read More »Military Commanders amongst the victims of an explosion in Tripoli
An ammunition storage facility exploded in Tripoli last night, killing three people and wounding another five at the Naval Acadamy, in the town of Janzur.
Read More »Russia accuses operation IRNI of being biased
After an inspection by Greece and the European Union of a Russian cargo ship off the Libyan coast, Russia criticized the nature of the actions of operation IRNI and the reasons behind the inspection.
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