The House of Representatives (HoR) has voted to accept the returning eight Representatives that had previously boycotted its sessions in Tobruk.
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Leon in confident mood as dialogue talks end latest round in Skhirat; further talks in 10 days
UN special envoy Bernardino Leon was in upbeat mood as the UN-brokered talks in the Moroccan resort of Skhirat were again adjourned to allow the delegates from the House of Representatives (HoR) and the General National Congress (GNC) to return to Tobruk and Tripoli respectively and discuss the latest proposals for …
Read More »Libya rivals discuss UN-backed peace proposals
RABAT – Libya’s rival parliaments discussed Wednesday proposals unveiled a day earlier aimed at ending violence and establishing a provisional government, UN envoy Bernardino Leon said.
Read More »Displacement in Obari reaches 85 percent; situation in the town “catastrophic”
More than 85 percent of the population in Obari has been displaced after seven months of fighting between Tebu and Tuareg tribes that has left the town facing a humanitarian crisis.
Read More »Benghazi is sixth most dangerous city in world in new crime index
Only five cities in the world are more dangerous than Benghazi, according to a new crime index post on Numbeo.
Read More »ISIL Claims Responsibility for Benghazi Suicide Bombing
In a statement posted on Twitter, members of the self-proclaimed Islamic State took responsibility for a suicide bombing at an army checkpoint that left seven dead in Libya’s second-largest city of Benghazi on Tuesday.
Read More »IS attack kills 5 militia fighters in Libya city of Sirte
Militants with the Islamic State group killed five Islamist-backed militia fighters in an attack on a checkpoint Wednesday in the Libyan coastal city of Sirte, a local official said.
Read More »Libyan parliament in Tobrouk welcomes UN suggestions
Mohammed Chouaib, the head of a Libyan delegation from the UN-recognised government in the eastern city of Tobruk on Tuesday welcomed UN proposals to solve the current split in his country, but he said they will require a lot of hard work to enact, the Anadolu news agency reported.
Read More »13 Human rights groups say UNHRC not getting job done; call for “independent mechanism of inquiry”
In a joint call for action, 13 national, regional and international human rights organisations including five from Libya, have called on the UN to support the creation of an independent body which would investigate human rights crimes in Libya by all sides since 2012. They say it is the only way to ensure “accountability, …
Read More »Libyan human rights defenders under attack – UN report
A UN human rights report released on Wednesday reveals a catalogue of violent attacks and threats against Libyan rights defenders, across Libya – and in some cases even after they are forced to leave the country.
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