First Independent Mena Newspaper
The Libyan parliament, the House of Representatives (HoR), has accepted the candidacies of former members of Government of National Accord (GNA), the previous Libyan administration, as candidates to replace incumbent Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh being pushed out. Fathi Bashagha, former interior minister of the GNA and Ahmed Maiteeq, deputy head of the GNA, both […]
The UN Special Mission for Libya (UNSMIL) has returned to the North African country and is due to assist Monday Libyan lawmakers in the House of the Representatives (HoR) to give a vote of confidence to the unity government which has conquered six ministries in the Libyan capital Tripoli. Martin Kobler on a visit in […]
Libya’s fifth Prime Minster Ahmed Maiteeq has held his first cabinet meeting after police officers helped him take over the building housing his office. He read out a message to the Libyan populace on television. Meanwhile outgoing Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thinni has not stepped down from power but has moved to another government building. Libya […]
Libya is drafting a law aimed at making its oil industry more attractive to foreign investors. Most of the investors left the North African country when the war got intense between Gadhafi’s army and the rebels. Libya has one of the largest oil reserves in the world but political tensions have made it a high […]
The power struggle in Libya has led to a cocktail of factions all aspiring to rule the country or at least a portion of it. The government seems to lose control of the country. The rebels and Islamist groups are enjoying the upper hand. In their bid to increase their influence in the North African […]
After Ahmed Maiteeq’s confirmation as the new Prime Minister of Libya in a controversial vote at the General National Congress, the rebels have decided that they won’t recognize the Prime Minster because he “came to power illegally,” according to their spokesman Ali Hasi. Their decision will affect the agreements they reached with former Prime Minister […]
Libya has chosen Ahmed Maiteeq as Prime Minister but the voting process was marred by controversy in the parliament. Officials are divided over the elections and the recognition of Maiteeq as Prime Minister could further increase the political crises in the country. The First Deputy Speaker and the Second Deputy Speaker of the parliament have […]