The Forum of the Parties to the Electoral Process called on state institutions to adhere to the Political Dialogue Forum roadmap set for a preliminary stage that would lead to a comprehensive solution.

On Monday, 1 February, Libya’s Tobruk based parliament started accepting nominations for the post of Prime Minister to replace the current caretaker premier, Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, in what is seen as a sign of deepening divisions in the country.

MP Abdel-Moneim Al-Arfi has revealed that only three candidates for Prime Minister have submitted their candidacy papers to the House of Representatives (HoR) so far.

More than 170 organizations and people have issued a statement including StateWatch Organization, calling on the Italian government to cancel the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) concluded with Libya, given its role in facilitating exploitative practices that include violence and crimes against humanity.

After more than a decade of conflict, the oil-rich North African country is arguably more divided than ever.

In a statement, a number of candidates for the presidential and parliamentary elections, notables from Libyan regions and civil society activists have blamed the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) for failing to fulfill the will of 2.8 million Libyan voters to exercise their democratic right to elect their …

A leading rights group on Monday urged the European Union to reverse its migration policy on Libya, saying the approach helps return migrants to “hellish” conditions in the North African country.

The Special Adviser to the United Nations Secretary-General on Libya, Stephanie Williams, has criticized the political actors in Libya, describing them as “obstructers”.

Seif al-Islam Gaddafi – son of former dictator Muammar Gaddafi – has suggested a tentative initiative to jumpstart Libya’s stalled election process.

As Libya’s democratic future hangs in the balance following the postponement of December 2021 elections, and the country reels from over a decade of instability and domestic rivalries, Israel has apparently courted Libyan political circles with the aim of normalisation with Tripoli.