Responding to yesterday’s attack on the industrial zone in Ajdabiya by militants from the “Benghazi Defence Brigades”, the Presidency Council in Tripoli has condemned it while the House of Representatives (HoR) in Tobruk has declared a state of emergency, putting the entire area from Tobruk to Ben Jawad under military …
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Hopes raised for end of Libya conflict as smaller unity government announced
Libya’s presidency council announced a new smaller unity government on Monday that the international community hopes will bring the war-torn country one step closer to ending an 18-month conflict.
The Presidential Council of the Government of National Accord Decree No. (4) of 2016 on the establishment of the Government of National Accord The Presidential Council Upon review of: The interim Constitutional Declaration issued on 3 August 2011, and its amendments; The Libyan Political Agreement signed on 17 December 2015; …
Committee of National Accord Gatherings arrive at political solution project
The 21-member Committee set up by the National Accord Gatherings unveiled in a press conference Sunday a roadmap to solve the political crisis between the General National Congress and Tobruk parliament.
Vague fate for the GNA and the agreement
The fate of the Government of National Accord (GNA) seems unresolved after the House of Representatives (HoR) refused to endorse the proposed government. Calls of amending the political agreement seem to unrest the political sphere in Libya too. A report by Libya Al-khbar website elaborates on the scene.
Sirraj’s visit to Haftar triggers off enraged reactions
In the wake of the visit by the Prime Minister of the Presidential Council (PC) of the UN-imposed government, Fayez Al-Sirraj, to Khalifa Haftar in Al-Marj city Saturday, many heated reactions surfaced in a row on the media.
Libyan Parliament rejects UN-backed Unity Government, demands smaller Cabinet
Libya’s internationally recognized parliament has rejected the country’s new unity government, installed by a December United Nations peace deal, scuppering plans for a speedy political resolution to an 18-month civil war.
Can the new UN-backed government solve Libya’s problems?
A new UN-backed Libyan government was unveiled earlier this week. It is the result of over a years worth of mediation on the part of the United Nations in efforts to stabilise the country. It is tasked with ending the civil war and stemming its side effects, such as the …
National Unity Government built on cronyism and will fail says Presidency Council member Aswad
Presidency Council member Omar Al-Aswad, who suspended his membership of the body earlier this week over the composition of the new government of national unity, has accused other members of behaving dishonestly in the matter. There had been moral and political corruption in the way they had acted, he said. The …
Libyan Unity Government announced amid walkouts
After tough political bargaining behind closed doors in Tunis, Libya’s Presidency Council announced the Unity Government on Tuesday morning, 48 hours after the UN-set deadline and amid walkouts.