Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) in Libya, Abdoulaye Bathily, today concluded his first official visit to Libya’s southern neighbours, Sudan, Chad and Niger. During the visit he discussed restoring peace and stability in Libya, including through the withdrawal of foreign fighters, foreign forces and mercenaries from the country …
More than 15 million square meters are still contaminated with explosive ordnances across war-torn Libya, the United Nations said on Tuesday, Anadolu News Agency reports.
United Nations investigators say security forces and armed militia groups in Libya have committed a wide range of war crimes.
Most of the roughly 2.5 tons of natural uranium ore concentrate (UOC) recently declared missing from a site in Libya have been found at that site, the UN nuclear watchdog told member states on Friday in a statement seen by Reuters.
More than a decade after the country’s plunge into chaos, there are two governments and little governance.
The UN envoy to Libya Abdoulaye Bathily said he attended Friday the meeting of the Libyan and international ceasefire monitors in Tunisia, adding on his Twitter account that the monitors had discussed next steps on the withdrawal of mercenaries and foreign fighters to contribute to peace and stability in Libya.
The United Nations’s International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has said approximately 2.3 tonnes of natural uranium had gone missing from a site in Libya not under government control, news agencies have reported.
Authorities in Tarhuna have discovered two new mass graves in the city, the General Authority for Research and Identification of Missing Persons announced on Monday.
Libyan capital, Tripoli, saw some military build-ups on Monday evening, in addition to armed vehicles seen gathered in the center of the city, amid a charged atmosphere and expectations of clashes erupting between two armed factions affiliated with the Ministry of Interior.
Clashes erupted between two armed factions in Tajoura, the eastern suburb of the capital, on Sunday night.
