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Libya: Tripoli Unrecognized Administration Steps Aside, GNA Gains Currency

Tripoli-based and Islamist-backed government announced Tuesday it was ceding power “in the high national interest” in a move to avoid bloodshed, leaving Serraj-led unity government to fully expand its control in the Libyan capital. “We inform you that we are ceasing the activities entrusted to us as an executive power,” said a statement by the […]

Libya: Serraj Accuses Ageela Saleh for Sabotaging Cairo Talks

Head of Libyan Presidential Council Faiez Serraj has accused President of the Tobruk-based House of Representatives (HoR) Ageela Saleh for torpedoing talks with Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar in Cairo, reports say. Talks between the two protagonists ended with no real milestone decision on the future position of the Eastern-based army chief in the Libyan leadership. […]

Moroccan Lower House Speaker Welcomes UN Secretary General’s Report on Sahara

Speaker of the Lower House of the Moroccan Parliament, Habib El Malki, welcomed the draft report submitted by the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres to the Security Council calling for an immediate retreat of the Polisario militias from the buffer strip and warning of the degrading humanitarian conditions prevailing in Tindouf. “Antonio Guterres expressed concerns […]