Several people protested in Tripoli against the decisions made by the Head of the Presidential Council Fayez Al-Sarraj, including the appointment of a former Gaddafi revolutionary guard member, Mohammed Bayo, as Head of Libya’s Media Institution.

Demonstrations continued and spread in eastern Libya over the last three days.

After more than six months of squabbling, the UN Security Council has agreed to name a new special envoy for Libya and a “coordinator” who will be second in command, diplomats said on Friday.

Two Russian fighter jets have crashed in Libya since being deployed to country’s civil war on the side of Gen. Khalifa Hifter earlier this year, a senior US military official said today.

Scores of people protested in Benghazi on Thursday over power cuts and living conditions, witnesses said, burning tyres and blocking some roads in an unusual public show of dissent in the eastern Libyan city, Reuters reports.

Dozens of protesters have rallied in Benghazi over deteriorating living conditions and power cuts, in a rare show of public dissent in Libya’s second-biggest city.

Delegates from Libya’s rival administrations have reached an agreement at talks in Morocco on criteria for appointments to their country’s key institutions.

The Education Ministry has postponed the reopening of schools, in response to the advice of the Medical Advisory Committee for confronting Covid-19 to cancel classes set to start next Saturday for several education levels, including the junior certificate stage.

Turkey is discussing oil and natural gas exploration projects with the UN-recognised government in Libya, a top official said, as it squares off with Greece over Mediterranean drilling rights.

The European Union is planning to remove the Speaker of House of Representatives in Tobruk Aqila Saleh from its sanctions blacklist to encourage peace efforts and ensure the EU plays a central role in any negotiated settlement, three diplomats said, according to Reuters.