Following the resignation of the African Union’s special envoy to Libya, the head of the AU Commission has appointed Tunisian diplomat Wahida Ayari to the job. Mondher Rezgui resigned in July but Mrs Ayari was only appointed by Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma at the beginning of the month as her special representative …

Italy says over 4,000 stranded refugees were rescued at sea in a single day of naval operations through the Mediterranean. The Italian Coastguard said in a statement on Wednesday that some 4,655 asylum seekers had been rescued during 30 rescue missions off the Libyan coast on Tuesday. The statement said …

France wants the Presidency Council and the Government of National accord led by Faiez Serraj to succeed but it also believes that it has to be widened out to “include all the Libyan political forces from all the Libyan regions”, a spokesman for the French foreign ministry said today. He …

Former deputy prime minister Mustafa A.G. Abushagur is a member both of the House of Representatives and of the Libyan Political Dialogue as well as a co-signer of the Skhirat Agreement. He warns of efforts to restore military rule in the country and destroy the revolution that so many died for. …

Today’s ministerial level meeting on Libya hosted by the French government in Paris failed to make any significant progress on the crisis in the country although it is reported that those attending agreed that the future Libyan government should give a role to Khalifa Hafter. No Libyan participants were invited, …

The Head of the UNSMIL, Martin Kobler, said Friday that the most important issue in Libya now is to solve the current crisis by forming a unity strong army with Khalifa Haftar having a very essential role in it.

The European Union extended by six months sanctions it had imposed against the head of Libya’s internationally recognised parliament, as well as two former officials, for blocking peace efforts by failing to get behind the UN-backed unity government.

A US hedge fund executive told his bosses that after 2007 talks with Libyan Investment Authority executives, he had not been so excited in a while. “They [the Libyans] have 77 billion, half in cash and no idea who to give it to”.

For nine months, the United Nations has attempted to force the so-called General National Accord (GNA) government on Libya. Despite myriad international pronouncements of support, the GNA has failed spectacularly to take hold on the ground. Regional squabbles, constitutional complexities affecting its legitimacy and its lack of institutional capacity impede the GNA’s progress. Lurking …

Some official Egyptian media had circulated news accusing the Qatari intelligence services of preparing a list of Libyan army officers to be assassinated by the hands of Libyan officials and politicians.