Clashes erupted on Saturday between two families of different tribes in Benghazi, killing at least five people, local sources have reported.

Presidency Council has denounced an Italian invitation to Libyan Foreign Minister Najla Mangoush to hold a reconciliation forum in Italy without prior consultations with the country’s leadership.

Libya’s Amazigh Supreme Council (ASC) renewed yesterday its rejection of Libya’s draft constitution and the referendum on it, or its adoption as a constitutional basis for a single election, and rejected any constitutional rule – unless all Libyan ethnic components agree on it.

Families of war prisoners captured by Hafatr’s militias during the recent offense on the western region have pleaded for an immediate intervention by the government, the UN mission, and international and local organizations to release their sons detained in the eastern district.

Khalid Al – Zaidi, the lawyer for Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, has disputed reports that his client met with the British newspaper The Times and plans to run in the Libyan elections later this year.

Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of the late Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi, may run in upcoming presidential elections in the country despite currently being in hiding, according to aides.

Major General Ahmed Al-Mismari, the official spokesman for Haftar’s forces, strongly denounced the suicide attack on the Sabha security checkpoint on Tuesday. He claimed that terrorist organizations and the Muslim Brotherhood were attempting to obstruct the impending December elections.

The Parties Affairs Committee of the Justice Ministry announced on Saturday, May 29, that it will begin its work in granting permits to parties wishing to engage in political work, starting from June 1, to include new and previously licensed parties wishing to register.

In Libya’s Bani Walid, flags of ousted dictator Muammar Gaddafi still fly in some places and streets are ragged with neglect, but its residents have new hope for their town and country.

107 Libyan politicians, legal activists, and journalists as well as constitutionalists – 28 of whom are members of the Constitution Drafting Assembly (CDA), signed a statement rejecting the outcomes of the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum’s (LPDF) Legal Committee about the constitutional basis.