The new cabinet, approved on Monday, includes 13 ministers and three deputy prime ministers. The lawmakers rejected the previous line-up of 18 ministers, calling on Thani to pick a smaller team.
UN says tonnes of uranium missing from Libyan site: Reports
The United Nations’s International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has said approximately 2.3 tonnes of …
A clear roadmap for Libyan elections can be established by mid-June: UNSMIL head Bathily
Speaking at a Tripoli press conference today on his recent creation, the High-Level Panel for Electi…
Migrant children face torture in Libya’s detention centres
In mid-February, during the raid of a suspected trafficker’s warehouse in Tazerbu, southeast L…
Libya: Bathily proposes election support body, as public frustration mounts
“The political process remains protracted and falls short of the aspirations of Libyans, who seek to…
Approximately 610,000 illegal migrants smuggled into Libya, human organs traded
There are approximately 610,000 illegal migrants smuggled into Libya, and a trade in migrant’s organ…
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Qatar arming extremist groups in Libya: British daily
Qatar is sending cargo planes laden with weapons to extremist militant groups in Libya, a British newspaper reports.
U.S. Department of State – Joint Communique on Libya
The following is the Joint Communique on Libya by the governments of Algeria, Egypt, France, Germany, Italy, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Tunisia, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, the United States, and the European Union and United Nations.
UN World Food Programme convoy arrives in western Libya
A seven-truck convoy from the UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) and Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has arrived in the west of the country to help the thousands of families displaced by recent fighting in Tripoli.
UNSMIL: Libyan parties to hold dialogue on 29 September on ways to end the country's crisis
Over the past two weeks, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Libya, Bernardino Leon, held consultations with a number of Libyan actors from across the country including parliamentarians, political leaders and various civil society personalities. These discussions confirmed that there is a general consensus that the only solution to …
UNSMIL: Libyan parties to hold dialogue on 29 September on ways to end the country’s crisis
Over the past two weeks, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Libya, Bernardino Leon, held consultations with a number of Libyan actors from across the country including parliamentarians, political leaders and various civil society personalities. These discussions confirmed that there is a general consensus that the only solution to …