Militants in Libya have threatened to attack the country’s main oil-producing region if exports of the key resource are resumed.
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Women have ‘very important role’ in Libyan peace process, says UN envoy
Libyan women have a crucial role to play in resolving the crisis in their country, a senior United Nations official said in an address to 250 Libyan women gathered in Tripoli, at a dialogue aimed at including women from all walks of life in the political process.
Read More »No plans for inquiry into US ambassador’s slaying, senior HoR member insists
Reports that the House of Representatives (HoR) have set up a committee to investigate the 11 September 2012 killing of US Ambassador Chris Steven and three other US diplomatic staff in Benghazi have been denied by a top HoR official, according to the Beida-based office of the Libyan news agency …
Read More »Libyan Prime Minister Plans to Visit Russia
Libyan Prime Minister Abdullah Thani is set to visit Moscow soon, probably next week, Russia’s ambassador to Tripoli said Thursday.
Read More »Italy, Egypt, Algeria agree on supporting UN diplomatic efforts in Libya
Italy, Egypt and Algeria have agreed on widespread help to the UN-led efforts to succeed in a Libyan reconciliation and to counter the rising terrorism menace within the conflict-torn Arab and north African nation.In a joint press convention with the Egyptian counterpart and Algerian Minister for Maghreb and African Affairs, …
Read More »Sudan calls for immediate release of its consul in Libya
Sudan yesterday summoned Libya’s ambassador to Khartoum to demand the “unconditional release” of the Sudanese consul in Libya Abdel-Halim Omar.
Read More »After Misrata, now GNC back peddles on Skhirat Dialogue
Following fast on the heels of Monday’s warning from Misrata Municipal Council that it could withdraw from the UN-brokered dialogue because of what it claimed was the “other side’s” lack of commitment to it, the GNC is now making the same threat. In Tripoli, Mohamed Emazab, one of the four …
Read More »HoR appoints committee to study UN Dialogue proposals
The House of Representatives (HoR) has appointed 19 of its members to evaluate the interim political roadmap drawn up by delegates to the UN-brokered Dialogue process in Skhirat a fortnight ago. It has been instructed to submit its recommendations to the whole House next Monday for it to vote on.
Read More »Warnings on Libya government move to divert oil revenues
Libya’s internationally recognised government has moved to divert revenues from the long-established state oil company and Central Bank to its own coffers — in an effort experts warn is “risky” and likely to fail.
Read More »Misrata threatens to boycott UNSMIL dialogue
Misrata Municipal Council has threatened to withdraw from the UN-brokered dialogue because it says “the other side” is not committed to the process. It claims it is undermining it by its military campaign in the west of the country.
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