Tag: GNA

Libya’s UN-Backed Gov’t Announces State of Emergency in Tripoli

September 3, 2018

Two days after the Tripoli airport was hit by a rocket, the UN-backed government announced a state of emergency in the city as the death ... Read More

Libya: UN Chief Calls for Return of Oil Installations to GNA-backed NOC

June 28, 2018

The United Nations Chief Wednesday urged Libyan eastern authorities to surrender the country’s oil installations to Tripoli-based National Oil Corporation (NOC) operating under the wig ... Read More

Libya: LNA Sets March 17 as Deadline for African Forces to Leave

March 9, 2018

Khalifa Haftar’s so-called Libyan National Army (LNA) has set March 17 as a deadline for African forces to leave the Libyan territory on grounds that ... Read More

Seven Years after Fall of Gaddafi, Libya Remains Fragmented

February 19, 2018

Seven years after the fall of the Gaddafi regime, Libya remains in turmoil, battered by infighting between heavily armed militias and a political crisis that ... Read More

Libya’s Neighbors Affirm Attachment to Skhirate Agreement

December 19, 2017

Right after renegade general Khalifa Haftar declared the UN-brokered Skhirate Agreement "obsolete", Libya's neighbors, Tunisia, Algeria and Egypt expressed support for the UN's efforts to ... Read More

Libya: Beida-based Premier stops Tripoli-Tobruk air traffic

November 21, 2017

Head of Beida-based government, which is challenging the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA), has ordered suspension of all Tripoli-Tobruk flights after a UN plane ... Read More

Libya: GNA Launches Probe in ‘Slave Market’ Allegations

November 20, 2017

The Deputy Head of the UN-backed Libyan Presidential Council Ahmed Maetig announced Sunday he is leading inquiries into allegations that African migrants stranded in the ... Read More

Libya: UN Envoy Confident Rival Governments Nearing Consensus

November 17, 2017

The Head of the UN Special Mission in Libya, Ghassan Salame, told the UN Security Council (SC) Thursday that the country’s two rival administrations have ... Read More

Libya: GNA-linked Militias Fight over Control of Oil Facility in Sabratha

October 9, 2017

Two militia groups linked to the UN-backed Government of National Accord have fought over the control of oil and gas terminal in the town of ... Read More

Libya: UN Proposes New Action Plan as Way Forward to Presidential Elections

September 21, 2017

Head of the UN special mission in Libya (UNSMIL) Ghassan Salamé Wednesday came up with new actions to end the seven-year old Libyan crisis noting ... Read More