Armed groups aligned with the two rival authorities, the Tripoli-based Government of National Unity (GNU) and the Government of National Stability (GNS) based in the east, clashed in Tripoli and its environs after GNS forces attempted to take control of the capital. The fighting resulted in the deaths and injuries …
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Libya: Saif Gaddafi confirms the legality of his candidacy for the presidency
The son of the late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi has called for opening the way for everyone to run in the country’s presidential elections.
Sief al Islam Al Gaddafi says everyone should be allowed to run in Libya polls
Sief al Islam Al Gaddafi is back in the news. He is asking for all Libyans, and without exceptions, to be allowed to run for the next presidential elections whenever they are held in the country.
Dbeibah demands Saif Gaddafi comply with ICC orders
Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah has demanded that the son of Muammar Gaddafi, Saif al-Islam, complies with the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) orders, as he is wanted by the ICC on charges of committing crimes against humanity during the February 2011 uprising against his father.
44 Libyan political parties denounce Masud’s extradition to US describing it as “heinous crime”
Forty four Libyan political parties denounced the kidnapping and extradition of the Libyan citizen Abu Agila Masud to the United States, calling on the Libyans to take collective action to denounce the crime and prosecute those responsible for it through a sit-in in front of the United Nations headquarters and …
Calls for holding inclusive Libyan forum to complete electoral process, achieve reconciliation
Political, civil, and social components have called for an “Inclusive Libyan Forum” for the dissolution of the House of Representatives and the High Council of State, and for proceeding with completing the electoral process.
34 members of LPDF call for holding a new session
34 members of the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum (LPDF) have called on the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, to hold new sessions of the Forum.
Clashes halted in Al-Zawiya after successful mediation
Mediation efforts by elders of Al-Zawiya have borne fruit and ended armed clashes in the city that took place from Sunday evening to Monday morning.
Political party leaders and representatives express readiness to cooperate with HNEC
Several political party leaders and representatives have expressed desire to cooperate with the High National Elections Commission (HNEC), in order to consolidate the values of democracy and culture of peaceful transfer of power.
HNEC: Gap between political parties has gotten wider
The Libyan High National Elections Commission (HNEC) said on Sunday that the deadline to lift the force majeure on elections by handling the surrounding issue had ended without any progress. This announcement came in a letter responding to the House of Representatives (HoR) after the calls by some electoral candidates …