UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, said it was troubled by reports of the use of force against protesting asylum seekers last week in Sikka detention centre in Libya’s capital.

Egypt’s Foreign Ministry on Tuesday hosted talks with the foreign ministers of Algeria and Tunisia, Libya’s neighbours to the west, days after Libya’s rival governments agreed to hold elections.

The UN Deputy Special Representative and the Deputy Head of the UN Support Mission in Libya, Maria do Valle Ribeiro, has pledged on Monday to support southern Libya and to boost the UN presence in the region.

Egypt’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shoukry announced Monday that Cairo will be hosting a ministerial meeting followed by a press conference to discuss the Libyan political situation on Tuesday.

The Libyan High Court has acquitted the seven Filipino seafarers who were arrested two years ago for an alleged attempt to smuggle six million liters of oil.

The Sudanese Center for Freedom of Press said there had been violent clashes between Darfur armed groups in Siddada in Libya due to the lack of commitment by Khalifa Haftar to payment.

Hundreds of mercenaries linked to Russian military intelligence have been backing the self-styled army of Khalifa Haftar in eastern Libya, The Telegraph has reported.

The Arab-European Center for Human Rights and International Law voiced concern over the attacks and siege that were enforced on the town of Murzuq in southern Libya.

Hamas is denouncing a Libyan military court’s heavy sentences levied on four Palestinians found guilty of smuggling arms from Libya to Hamas in Gaza, setting up a secret foreign organization inside Libya, possession of arms and conspiracy against state security. This is the first judicial security case involving Hamas in Libya.

Fathi Bashagha, Libya’s Tripoli Minister of Interior-designate (MoI) visited aircraft manufacturer La Costa in Italy on Wednesday. He was accompanied by the Director of the Libyan Foreign Investment Company.