Othman Milaiqtah, the commander of the Qaaqaa Brigade, has been gravely injured late this afternoon in what is variously being called an assassination attempt or a car accident.
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Voters Head for Polls on New Constitution
[UN News]Polling stations are open today across most of Libya in elections that the top United Nations official in the country say is an opportunity for voters to have their voice heard and contribute to a new State’s constitution.
Read More »Polling stations open across the country
A voter casts his ballot in Tripoli’s Al-Batata district (Photo: Ahmed Elumami)
Read More »Poling stations bombed in Derna
Five polling stations blown up in Derna late last night causing severe damages to buildings and reportedly intimidating voters from going out to vote in today elections for the Constitutional Committee.
Read More »Libya Gaddafi rape victims to be compensated
Rape is a taboo subject in the the conservative North African country
Read More »Support for Congress rallies as second non-coup in a week is condemned
Life continued in Tripoli as normal today as leaders from across the political landscape and revolutionaries alike today lined up to support the General National Congress after yesterday’s ultimatum to its members from the Qaaqaa and Sawaiq brigades to resign within five hours or be arrested.
Read More »Elections to be secured by 52,000 police and military
Security for tomorrow’s elections is set to be high, with the Ministry of Interior announcing that 40,000 security personnel have been designated roles to help ensure the smooth running of the elections.
Read More »Amazighs reject Constitutional Committee ahead of elections, plan own parliament.
The Amazigh Supreme Council today declared in Tripoli its total rejection of the Constitutional Committee to be elected tomorrow and any constitution it devises. It announced that it plans instead to hold its own elections for a parliament for the Amazigh. No date was given.
Read More »Tebu blockade arrival of elections materials in south
Ali Shaikhi, Osama Siala and Al-Aref Al-Khouja at HNEC headquarters (Photo: Ahmed Elumami)
Read More »Elections to go ahead in Kufra and Derna despite ongoing violence
Despite security challenges, elections are to go ahead in the Cyrenaica towns of Kufra and Derna where inhabitants have been plagued by some of the worst violence in the country since the revolution.
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