Three African heads of state, the African Union chief, and a senior UN envoy met on Thursday in Republic of Congo in the latest attempt to broker talks over Libya’s crisis.

UNSMIL said in a statement Monday that a second round of the 5+5 Libyan Joint Military Commission (JMC) talks concluded on February 23 at the Palace of Nations in Geneva in the presence of UN envoy to Libya Ghassan Salame. UNSMIL said the JMC is one of the three tracks …

The Libyan Consulate in Milan, has called upon all Libyan citizens residing in Northern Italy to be vigilant, and to take precautions in light of the current spread of the coronavirus in that area, the numbers of which are increasing and have reached 152 infected with 3 deaths confirmed to …

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of National Accord (GNA) has announced that the proposed plan of action by the European Union banning the flow of arms to Libya will not succeed in its current form, particularly at the land and air borders in the eastern region.

EU foreign ministers said on Monday that they have agreed to launch a new mission in the Mediterranean Sea to enforce a United Nations arms embargo on Libya that is currently routinely flouted.

Violations of an arms embargo in Libya have become a joke and those who breach it must be held to account, a senior UN official has said.

European Union officials are seeking support from member states to have naval ships enforce the UN arms embargo against Libya, according to a document obtained by The Associated Press on Friday.

The African Union’s Peace and Security Council, which was held before the start of the 33rd African Union Summit in Addis Ababa, proposed three tangible steps to reach a ceasefire in Libya.

Austrian Chancellor, Sebastian Kurz said that the suspended European naval operation “Sophia” launched on the Libyan coasts was practically ineffective in the period between 2016 and 2019.

The Berlin conference that convened last month to salvage the feeble Libyan political process was generally regarded by participants as a step in the right direction. German Chancellor Angela Merkel successfully kept the motion afloat as catastrophe loomed.