Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari stated that terrorist groups operating in Libya pose a direct threat to the security of neighbouring African nations.

The Libyan American Alliance said it had received a correspondence from the US Federal Court and Department of State, saying they won’t interfere in the lawsuits lodged at the US courts against Khalifa Haftar, who is a dual Libyan-US citizen.

Assuming the presidency of the 68th session of the UN Security Council yesterday, Tunisia called for a UN peacekeeping force to maintain the fragile ceasefire in Libya.

Tunisia, the current president of the UN Security Council, called Monday for a resolution sending international monitors to support Libya’s brittle ceasefire to be adopted as soon as possible.

After being released, three Russians and one Ukrainian national speak up against the harsh conditions of their captivity in Libya.

The intra-Libyan political dialogue must be inclusive of supporters of the country’s toppled leader Muammar Gaddafi, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Vershinin said in an interview.

Three Russians and one Ukrainian have been released from captivity in Libya, the head of a controversial Moscow-based political organisation said Saturday, drawing attention to the Kremlin’s role in conflict-torn Libya. 

Russia has pledged support to Libya‘s UN-recognised government and warned rogue general Khalifa Haftar against resuming hostilities.

The all-independent and boss of many an armed group in Libya – in Misurata and Tripoli to name a few – Fathi Bashagha: the Interior Minister of the Government of National Accord (GNA) is probably the man who is drifting France and Egypt’s support from Khalifa Haftar toward himself.

Libya began 2020 with a full-blown war, as a result of the now failed military offensive by Khalifa Haftar, eastern commander of the self-styled Libyan National Army (LNA), which he launched on 4 April 2019.