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The prosecutor of the Libyan military court Sunday ordered the head of the Electoral commission to freeze the presidential candidacies of Saif al Islam Gaddafi and rebel army commander Khalifa Haftar both wanted for alleged serious crimes against the state. The order came in a letter issued by the office of the prosecutor to Imad […]
The 2015 Skhirat political agreement, which laid the foundations for reconciliation between the various protagonists of the Libyan crisis, was highlighted at the International Conference on Libya, held Friday in Paris. This agreement, considered as the basic reference for any political settlement of the Libyan crisis, has been cited by French President Emmanuel Macron […]
Morocco’s Foreign minister, Nasser Bourita, represented King Mohammed VI in the international conference on Libya held Friday in Paris ahead of the presidential & parliamentary elections scheduled for Dec.24 to restore stability in the country. In his address before the conference, Nasser Bourita highlighted the Moroccan King’s approach for the resolution of the Libyan crisis […]
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, renewed, on Wednesday, the appointment of Moroccan Mohamed Aujjar as chairman of the independent fact-finding mission on Libya. This decision follows the adoption last October by the Human Rights Council of the resolution extending the mandate of the mission on Libya for nine months […]
The United States and Egypt stressed the importance of holding elections in Libya on the scheduled date, i.e. on December 24. This was stressed in a joint statement released on Tuesday evening by the State Department following the US-Egyptian strategic dialogue held on November 8 – 9, under the chairmanship of Secretary of State Antony […]
The Government of National Unity (GNU), the interim Libyan government, has opposed the decision by the Presidential Council (PC) to suspend the country’s top diplomat Najla Mangoush and refer her for investigation, arguing that the PC has attacked outside its mandate per Libyan Political Dialogue Forum (LPDF). The PC Saturday banned Mangoush from traveling outside […]
Four Tunisian workers have lost their lives during an accident on the Bouri Offshore Field, about 120 kilometers north of the Libyan coast, Tunisia’s consul general in Tripoli told state-run agency TAP. Taoufik Guesmi told the agency their corpses would be repatriated either Sunday or today Monday. The men working for Tripoli-based Mellitah Oil & […]
US Vice President Kamala Harris is expected to attend the Paris Summit on Libya next week, according to administration officials. Through the participation of Kamala Harris, who took office in January, Washington wants to support Libya as it takes steps toward elections scheduled for Dec.24. “We want to show our support for the Libyan people […]
The interim government of Libya, National Unity Government (GNU), has said it will not attend the Nov. 12 Paris conference on the oil-rich North African country, should Israel be part of the summit, Libya Observer reports. “The government is steadfast in its position and the position of all Libyans and is committed to […]
Libya’s interim Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dbeibah is preparing to step down for his position in a move to run for the Dec. 24 presidential elections, Alwasat website reports. Dbeibah, the Libyan news outlet notes citing undisclosed sources, has chosen to hand over affairs to his deputy Ramadan Abu Janah Al-Hasnawi. The move came […]