Mohammed Chouaib, the head of a Libyan delegation from the UN-recognised government in the eastern city of Tobruk on Tuesday welcomed UN proposals to solve the current split in his country, but he said they will require a lot of hard work to enact, the Anadolu news agency reported.
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HoR Audit Bureau freezes Interior Ministry bank accounts
The Audit Bureau, based in the eastern city of Al-Beida and recognized by the House of Representatives (HoR), has frozen all the bank accounts of Prime Minister Thinni’s Interior Ministry until further notice.
Read More »UNSMIL Presents to Parties Ideas to End Political Crisis, Military Conflict, Hopes to Expedite Talks
After weeks of discussions with all the parties and in light of the deteriorating military situation that threatens with further escalation as progress is made in the political dialogue, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Libya Bernardino Leon visited both Tobruk and Tripoli where he presented some ideas to expedite …
Read More »Leon: Talks on Libya making progress
The UN Secretary General’s Special Representative in Libya Bernadino Leon Monday expressed his optimism that talks on the formation of a unity government in Libya could start soon if current talks in Morocco made progress.
Read More »Morocco talks take a break as Leon heads to Brussels to meet Libyan municipality representatives
The UN-brokered Libya dialogue negotiation taking place in Morocco have been paused temporarily with UN special Envoy to Libya Bernardino Leon flying to Brussels to chair a meeting of municipal representatives tomorrow, Monday, in a separate platform of the dialogue process.
Read More »Fighting near Tripoli with Libya rivals in crunch talks
UN envoy to Libya Bernardino Leon urged rival Libyan lawmakers to try to nail down a political agreement by the weekend as they began three days of “decisive” talks on Friday.
Read More »Understanding Instability in Libya: Will Peace Talks End the Chaos?
In February 2015, Libyans commemorated the 17th of February 2011, the day when the revolutionary movement against Qadhafi ended over 40 years of dictatorship and sparked a political transition away from authoritarian rule. Four years into Libya’s transition, however, not much is left of the political process that started out …
Read More »HoR orders Thinni to reinstate suspended Interior Minister Sinki
The House of Representatives (HoR) has instructed Prime Minister Abdullah Thinni to reinstate the suspended Interior Minister Omar Al-Sinki.
Read More »Spain: Oil embargo for Libya if talks fail
Spain said on Monday the European Union should consider an oil embargo and freezing of Libyan central bank assets if U.N.-brokered talks to resolve the country’s political crisis failed.
Read More »Eight Representatives end their HoR boycott
Eight members of the House of Representatives who had previously been boycotting the body returned to Tobruk yesterday, the pro HoR LANA news agency reported.
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