The Prime Minister of Libya’s Government of National Accord (GNA), Fayez Al-Serraj, has welcomed dialogue between the Presidential Council, House of Representatives and the military institution in the east led by Operation Dignity and its leader, Khalifa Haftar to reach a political agreement aimed at ending the ongoing crisis.
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Libyan strongman Haftar in Russia for ‘military talks’
Libyan military strongman Khalifa Haftar arrived in Moscow on Sunday ahead of planned talks with Russian officials, according to reports from Russian media.
Read More »Libyan political agreement: recipe for peace or disaster?
Unlike what some politicians may think, the Libyan revolution of February 2011 did not produce a fledgling democracy; it only opened the way for a few democratic steps, which were quickly overridden by political fragmentation and polarization, ineffective state institutions, and violence.
Read More »HoR member says Khalifa Haftar is fueling Sabha clashes
The member of the Tobruk-based House of Representatives for Sabha city, Musbah Doma, accused the self-styled Libyan Armed Forces Command, which is led by renegade General Khalifa Haftar, of fueling the conflict in Sabha.
Read More »Tunisia and Algeria Call for Meeting to Discuss Libya
An urgent meeting between Tunisian and Algerian officials has been called to address the situation in Libya, said Tunisian Foreign Minister, Khemaies Jhinaoui.
Read More »Martin Kobler: Presidency Council is powerless
Libya’s political agreement has ended in deadlock and the Presidency Council has become powerless, PC member Ali Gotrani quoted the broker of the political agreement Martin Kobler as saying.
Read More »In Libya ‘there are no winners today’
Libyan officials from the Government of National Accord (GNA) and the Central Bank of Libya are expected to convene in the Italian capital, Rome, to flesh out the details of an agreement aimed at pulling the North African nation out of an economic crisis.
Read More »Security Council delegation arrives in Tobruk
A delegation of experts from the UN Security Council arrived, Tuesday morning, in headquarter of the House of Representatives (HoR) in Tobruk to talk about several issues of the situation in Libya.
Read More »Libya calls for greater female role in government
Female MPs from the House of Representatives are demanding a 30 per cent increase in women’s participation in all parliamentary delegations.
Read More »Libya: Why the Gaddafi loyalists are back
The situation in Libya is so chaotic that the “libyanisation” neologism is currently imposing itself. It has become a fatal combination of balkanisation – the division of a state into autonomous districts – and somalisation – the failing of a government in favour of militia groups.
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