The UN has called for rules to be put in place to ensure that a sufficient number of women are elected to the 60-member Constitutional Commission.

EDITOR’S NOTE: William Wheeler, recipient of the first annual GroundTruth reporting fellowship in theMiddle East, is now on assignment in Libya.Today he begins a series of guest posts for this blog and will soon be filing a GlobalPost Special Report on Libya’s struggle to forge a democracy in the smoldering aftermath …

The following statement was issued by the U.S., U.K., and French embassies in Tripoli on May 8, 2013. Begin text: We call on all Libyans to refrain from armed protest and violence during this difficult time in the democratic transition.

Speaking in a live interview just after midnight yesterday on the eve of the GNC vote on the Political Isolation Law, Prime Minister Ali Zeidan admitted that neither the state nor the government were strong enough yet.

A former top Qaddafi official in Derna was gunned down in a drive-by shooting as he left evening prayers today.

British security analyst Richard Galustian takes issue with the way Libya is being portrayed in the international media and by some foreign governments.

Young people from around Libya are exploring ideas about transitional justice with local and international speakers in a two-day event at the Bab Al Bahr Hotel.

Young people from around Libya are exploring ideas about transitional justice with local and international speakers in a two-day event at the Bab Al Bahr Hotel.

In the last few months there has been growing discontent across the country about the current Government and General National Congress (GNC). The central motives that appear to have fueled the anger of the population is a series of alleged corruptions scandals, the lack of decentralization, and the perceived ineffectiveness …

Last year I visited Berlin at the invitation of the Federal Foreign Office as part of a programme entitled “Democracy and the role of women in the Middle East” which included female professionals and activists from a number of countries in the MENA region.