Category: Libya

Libya: UNSMIL Insists UN Forces Deployed for UN Staff Security

September 21, 2017

The UN Special mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has insisted that the UN forces who arrived in the Libyan capital will only be in charge of ... Read More

Inter-Libyan Skhirat Agreement Remains Transitional Framework for Reconciliation, UN Chief

September 20, 2017

The United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres underscored that the Libyan Political Agreement signed under the aegis of the UN in Skhirat, Morocco, in December ... Read More

Libya: Terrorism battled out very soon, Haftar

September 19, 2017

Head of the self-imposed Libyan National Army (LNA) Khalifa Haftar Monday in Tunis indicated that terrorism in the North African country will be soon eradicated ... Read More

Libya: UNSMIL Extended for One Year

September 15, 2017

The Security Council Thursday extended for one year the mandate of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), entrusted with supporting the North African ... Read More

Libya: UN Rebuked for Derailing Agreement for Consensus among Libyans

September 8, 2017

A former Libyan official has laid into the United Nations for sabotaging efforts by Libyans to get together and for imposing east-based army commander Khalifa ... Read More

Algeria to Re-open Embassy in Libya Soon

September 6, 2017

The Algerian Foreign Minister informed lawmakers Tuesday that the North African country’s embassy in Tripoli will reopen soon. “Algeria will be in Tripoli soon,” Abdelkader ... Read More

Libya: Tension between BM, Serraj Escalates

September 5, 2017

Misrata-based armed forces known as Bunyan Marsous (BM) aligned with the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) have accused the Prime Minister Faiez Serraj of ... Read More

Libya: Oil Output Falls by Over 30 PC after Armed Militants Block Pipelines

August 31, 2017

Libyan oil production has plummeted by more than 30 per cent after armed militants blocked pipelines and closed oilfields, resulting in loss in revenues of ... Read More

Removal of Gadhafi has been a tragedy for Libyans – UK’s Boris Johnson

August 29, 2017

British Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Boris Johnson, in an interview with BBC Radio on Monday admitted that the removal of Libya’s ... Read More

Libya: Tripoli, Khartoum Poised to Renew Ties

August 28, 2017

Libya’s Prime Minister Faiez Serraj Sunday agreed with his host, Sudanese President Omar Beshir, to warm bilateral ties following border dispute between the two Muslim ... Read More