Rwanda has agreed to take in hundreds of African refugees and asylum-seekers held in detention centres in Libya under an agreement reached with the UN refugee agency and the African Union.

Libya’s UN-recognized Government of National Accord (GNA) accused the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Tuesday of hostility and supporting a coup against the legitimate government.

The UN envoy to Libya, Ghassan Salame, said that retired Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar demanded guarantees for a possible withdrawal from the vicinity of the capital Tripoli.

Libya’s internationally recognized government led by Faiez Serraj strongly condemned on Saturday (7 September) the UAE for supporting the Khalifa Hafter-led Libyan National Army (LNA) and its attack on Tripoli. It is the first time that the Serraj administration has mentioned the UAE by name.

Libya’s National Oil Corporation (NOC) reported yesterday that its subsidiary, Brega Petroleum Marketing Company (BPMC), had evacuated all its teams from a warehouse at Mitiga airport, Tripoli’s only functioning airport, after its firefighting unit was shelled on Friday.

Spokesman for Sabha Medical Centre, Osama Al-Wafi, disclosed on Sunday, that the centre has experienced three armed attacks within just 36 hours.

The Field Medicine Centre confirmed on Sunday the injury of two paramedics and an ambulance driver in an artillery shelling conducted by Haftar’s militias.

Libyan commander Khalifa Haftar’s forces on Saturday ruled out a UN call to return to the negotiating table, with his spokesman saying a military solution is the best way to resolve the conflict.

Libya’s UN-recognised government on Sunday slammed the UAE for hosting an officer of forces loyal to rogue General Khalifa Haftar, who has waged months-long offensive to take the capital Tripoli.

An uneasy calm has descended on southern Tripoli frontlines after a day of heavy fighting. Saturday saw heavy clashes between the Libyan Army forces under the command of Presidential Council’s government and Khalifa Haftar’s forces on different frontlines, with the former advancing and seizing new positions.