Libya is one of the driest countries in the Middle East-North Africa region, which is itself home to eleven of the fifteen driest countries in the world. The average annual rainfall in Libya is less than 26mm, with rain mainly in the winter months, and occasionally in early spring, around …

When it comes to Libya, the United Nations appears to have gone insane – at least according to the cliched definition attributed to Einstein. With Libya dangerously devolving into the type of discord that already produced one regionally destabilising conflict, UN special representative Abdoulaye Bathily last month announced his eagerly …

A Libyan official has dismissed comments made by Tunisian President Kais Saied about sharing the rights to the Bouri oilfield. In a statement issued yesterday, Oil and Gas Minister Mohammed Oun said that the status of the oilfield was decided in favour of Libya by the International Court of Justice …

More than a decade after the country’s plunge into chaos, there are two governments and little governance.

The UN envoy to Libya Abdoulaye Bathily has defined the tasks of the high-level committee, which he proposed to form, according to his initiative of last February when he briefed the Security Council with the aim to hold elections this year.

The Libyan Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah and the US Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, Barbara Leaf, reiterated support for the efforts of the United Nations Mission to Libya that aim at holding elections, discussing in a meeting on Tuesday morning, in the presence of the US …

Abdalla Belheeg, the Official Spokesperson for the House of Representatives (HoR), reported that during its session in Benghazi yesterday, the HoR elected the six members of the joint committee (6+6) with the High State Council to prepare the election laws.

Turkey and Egypt have agreed to “maximize” diplomatic relations and “work together for the stability of Libya,” Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu told reporters in remarks published by Turkish media outlets on Monday.

The Italian News Agency “Nova” has revealed information about the intention to establish a joint force by the eastern, western and southern regions to be sent to the south, adding that the initial idea is based on the establishment of three military battalions from the west, east and south, whose …

The state, alone, cannot conduct effective security sector reform. Civil society actors have an important role to play as the voice of the people, overseeing the impact on youth and women, human rights, the environment – and more.