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.

The UN’s mission in Libya has voiced “dismay” at the sentencing of a journalist to 15 years in prison in the country’s east, controlled by warlord Khalifa Haftar.

Bernard Levy arrived Saturday in Libya’s Misurata on a private jet on an unannounced visit, aiming as he claimed to make a report for Wall Street Journal on war crimes and mass graves found in Tarhouna.

Pro-Gaddafi Al-Jamahiriya TV issued a statement Wednesday accusing Khalifa Haftar and his forces of being linked to foreign agenda and described Haftar as a traitor and a foreign agent receiving his orders from overseas.

Libyan social media activists and public personalities have been circulating the hashtag “Nigelbo Al-Tawila” (Turn the table) over the last days to express outrage at the level of corruption the Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA) has and its indifference approach to the Coronavirus pandemic in the country.

The BBC News Russian confirmed Monday the killing of the first Russian soldier in Libya identified to be “Gleb Mostovoy” on February 6.

A Libyan press freedoms group said on Tuesday the arrest of a journalist at a Tripoli airport over the weekend amounted to “forced disappearance”, while the UN called for him to be released or put on trial.

The Ministry of Interior denies having connection with the disappearance of the journalist “Ridha Fheel Al-Boom”, disclosing that Fheel Al-Boom is at the Libyan intelligence service custody.

UNSMIL yesterday expressed its concerns over the enforced disappearance of human rights defender and journalist Reda Fhelboom. It called for his immediate release.

Facebook has said it suspended three networks of Russian accounts for attempting to interfere in the domestic politics of eight African countries.