The Legal Committee of the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum (LDPF) concluded today a three-day in-person meeting, which took place in Tunisia from 7 to 9 April to finalise the discussions on a constitutional basis for the national elections set for 24 December 2021.

The Libyan Army’s Volcano of Rage Operation said it had monitored over the last two days warplanes for pro-Haftar Russian Wagner Group flying over Sirte and Tamenhent, in violation of 5+5 Joint Military Commission understandings and the ceasefire signed in Geneva last October.

Doctors without Borders (MSF) said one illegal immigrant was killed and two others were injured in gunshots fired inside a detention center in Tripoli.

Greece called on Libya this week to cancel a 2019 Libyan-Turkish agreement delineating maritime boundaries, which was met with outrage in Athens, while Libyan Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah expressed willingness to negotiate on the issue.

The Italian Defense Minister, Lorenzo Guerini, said Libya’s ceasefire is fragile and threatened by foreign mercenaries and militias despite the developments achieved on the political level and the endorsement of the Government of National Unity that is now governing all of the country.

The Libyan Political Dialogue Forum’s (LPDF) Legal Committee met yesterday in an effort to break impasse in establishing a legal basis for the planned 24 December 2021 elections.

The Libyan National Army (LNA)’s battle won’t end until the country’s “prestige, borders, military bases and territorial waters are restored,” General Khalifa Haftar vowed on Tuesday.

The United Arab Emirates has pledged support for the new unity government in Tripoli formed after UN-sponsored peace talks, despite its previous backing for Libyan military commander Khalifa Haftar.

Former Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte justified his meeting with Khalifa Haftar last year in Benghazi by saying it was the only way to free the 18 Italian fishermen after protracted negotiations.

The U.S. embassy revealed today that its government had spent more than US$ 49 million on conventional weapons destruction and clearance of explosive remnants of war in Libya between 2011 and 2020. The revelation was made in the U.S. 2021 To Walk the Earth in Safety annual report.