Plans for the administrative decentralisation of Libya were unveiled at a cabinet meeting of the Faiez Serraj government on 22 February.
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North Tripoli Court approves the city’s municipal elections
The Head of the Central Committee of Municipal Elections, Salim bin Tahiya, said North Tripoli Court had approved the Central Tripoli Municipality elections.
Read More »Libya: Child killed by shell on revolution anniversary
A child was killed and others injured when a shell from an unknown source landed on a group of people celebrating the Libyan revolution’s tenth anniversary in Sabha, south of the country.
Read More »UNSMIL urges unification of Libyan electoral authorities for municipal council elections in Libya
As the political process continues to make progress through the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum towards securing the necessary conditions for the holding of national elections on 24 December 2021, the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) stresses the importance of the holding of municipal elections, and reiterates its call …
Read More »CCMCE reruns unsafe elections, allegations of ballot box stuffing by armed groups
The Central Committee for Municipal Council Elections (CCMCE) announced the rerun of local elections amid unconfirmed claims of serious fraud and interference by armed groups.
Read More »Public Prosecutor orders arrest of Ain Zara Mayor
An informed source told The Libya Observer that the Investigation Department of the Public Prosecutor’s office issued an arrest order for the Mayor of the Ain Zara Municipality on charges of abuse of position.
Read More »The Public Prosecutor imprisons the Mayor of Janzour
The Investigation Department of the Attorney General’s Office has ordered the detention and imprisonment of the Mayor of Janzour Municipality, Faraj Aban.
Read More »Mayors call for elections by February 2021, express lack of confidence in current political dialogues
Twenty-nine elected mayors from cities and regions across Libya called on Libya’s political authorities to hold elections by February 2021. They expressed their lack of confidence in the current ongoing political dialogue talks.
Read More »Protests in Gharyan calling for municipal elections
Residents in the city of Gharyan held a protest on Wednesday, demanding municipal council elections in the city.
Read More »Anger in Libya’s Benghazi over power cuts, living conditions
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.
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