On Saturday night, the consultative meeting of the Libyan House of Representatives members from Tripoli and Tubrok concluded with an agreement to hold the Council’s meeting in the city of Ghadams immediately upon return to Libya to orchestrate what would be an end to the division and final unification in …
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HoR meeting in Tangiers agree to meet in Ghadames, extend talks to Saturday
Members of the split Libyan Parliament, the House of Representatives (HoR), meeting in Tangiers agreed yesterday to hold a unified session in Ghadames, Libya, next week.
Read More »Libya activists look to Biden to put screws on Khalifa Haftar
The UN-recognised government in Tripoli and its US allies are banking on the incoming President-elect Joe Biden administration to ramp up Washington’s focus on Libya and deal a death blow to the political ambitions of eastern commander Khalifa Haftar.
Read More »Libyan parties meet in Morocco to unify stances and resume talks
Parties to the conflict in Libya held a formal meeting in Tangiers, Morocco, on Monday to unify the parliaments based in Tripoli and Tobruk. On Saturday, 75 deputies from Tripoli and Tobruk participated in a preliminary session.
Read More »Second round of LPDF to continue this Wednesday
The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) announced last night that the first virtual meeting of the second round of LPDF will be adjourned to Wednesday, Nov 25th, to give participants the chance to examine the options discussed on Monday’s meeting.
Read More »Williams: Reports of corruption in LPDF is being investigated
The Acting Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), Stephanie Williams, said that reports have been made of allegations of bribery and corruption at the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum (LPDF) held recently in Tunis.
Read More »Libyan legal organizations urge investigation into alleged bribes at LPDF in Tunisia
11 legal organizations and civil societies have lodged a complaint with the Libyan Attorney General over the “bribes given to participants of the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum in Tunisia this month” and have called on the UNSMIL to continue their investigation for the allegations of bribery.
Read More »56 LPDF members call for suspension of those accused of attempted political bribery at Tunis meeting
In an open letter published yesterday addressed to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonia Guterres, and Acting UNSMIL head, Stephanie Williams, 56 of the 75 members of the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum (LPDF) demanded the suspension of membership from the LPDF of all those associated with the serious allegations …
Read More »Media and CSO activists call for civil democratic state from LPDF
Several media organizations, journalists and human rights activists called on participants of the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum (LPDF) in Tunisia, to reach a final, inclusive solution to the Libyan crisis to build a civil, democratic state in which the citizens enjoy social justice and equal rights, free from any violations …
Read More »Libya dialogue: Women demand 30% of leadership positions
Women participating in the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum held in Tunisia on Sunday urged for females to be appointed heads of at least 30 per cent of the leadership positions.
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