“Bettina Muscheidt, head of the EU Delegation to Libya, and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Country Director to Libya, Sultan Hajiyev, signed an agreement at the UNDP Libya office in Tunis, through which the EU donates 5 million euros to the UN integrated electoral assistance project ‘Promoting Elections for the …
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HoR, HCS heads meet in Morocco to try and end political stalemate in Libya
The UN-brokered agreement signed by Libyan parties in the Moroccan city of Skhirat remains the only genuine and practical process to end crisis in Libya, the Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita said Monday.
Migration through the Mediterranean: mapping the EU response
Since 2014, European citizens have been engaged in an intensifying discussion about migration. This is the result of an unprecedented increase in the number of refugees and other migrants entering Europe, many of them fleeing protracted conflicts in Africa and the Middle East, particularly the war in Syria. The phenomenon …
Libyans divided over presidential bid by Gadhafi’s son
News that Moammar Gadhafi’s most prominent son, Saif al-Islam, intends to run for president is raising fears and hopes that the old regime could return to power in Libya through the ballot box.
MSF rescues 39 vulnerable immigrants, Libyan coastguards return over 220 others
Doctors Without Borders (MSF) on board a humanitarian ship, The Aquarius, rescued 39 vulnerable illegal immigrants off Libyan coast from a dinghy backed with 253 ones.
EUBAM extends apology to Libya over representing it at WCO Conference
European Union Border Assistance Mission in Libya (EUBAM) has apologized to Libya over the representation of one of its advisors of Libya at the World Customs Organization (WCO) Conference in Brussels.
Libya: Tensions rise surrounding draft constitution
The head of Libya’s Justice and Construction Party, Mohammed Sowan, yesterday rejected remarks by the Arab League envoy to Libya, Salaheddine Jamali, on the current draft constitution.
EU extends sanctions on three Libyan political figures
The European Union has extended the sanctions on three Libyan figures for six more months over obstruction of peace process in Libya.
Libya rejects AU Free Movement Protocol
Foreign Minister of Presidential Council, Mohammed Siyala, has refused to sign the protocol attached to the African Continental Free Trade Area agreement (AFCFTA) on the freedom of movement of people and the right of residence.
Human Rights Watch: Libya not ready for free and fair elections
Libya is not ready to hold free and fair elections, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has warned.