An in-depth investigation by Al Jazeera news channel revealed that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) had disassembled its military base in Eritrea, transferring a number of its military installations and vehicles to the Egyptian military base of Sidi Barrani, a town on the border with Libya, merely 240km from Tobruk.
Libya’s interim government takes power after handover in Tripoli
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Libyan lawmakers approve gov’t of PM-designate Dbeibah
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UNSMIL Announces the list of candidates for the Presidency Council and Prime Minister Positions
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Libyan leaders approve interim executive mechanism: UN
Libyan envoys at UN-backed talks to end nearly a decade of war voted Tuesday to pass the mechanism t…
Libyans agree preliminary plan for elections: UN
Libyans agreed in UN-led talks on Wednesday a plan to hold elections within 18 months, as diplomatic…
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Since the early popular rallies in Benghazi on 15 February 2011, women played a crucial role in the revolution that toppled Libyan long-time ruler Muammar Gaddafi. Whether by helping organise and joining daily demonstrations, providing medical aid to those wounded, smuggling ammunitions, selling their jewellery to fund rebel fighters or …
HNEC: Libya needs only four months to fully prepare for national elections
The head of the High National Elections Commission (HNEC) Emad Al-Seyah stated that the preparations process for the election is estimated to be around four months, noting that the commission requires three months to implement election law.
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The UN Secretary-General Special Envoy for Libya and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) Jan Kubis stresses the importance of holding the House of Representatives session in Sirte, tomorrow. Monday, 8 March. this would be the first reunified and quorate meeting for several years.
42 HoR members call for delaying Sirte session of Libya’s GNU endorsement
42 members of the House of Representatives (HoR) have called for postponing the Sirte session of granting confidence to the Government of National Unity (GNU) of Abdul-Hamid Dbeibah so that they can include the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum’s results into the constitutional declaration in the same session, saying conducting a …