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Morocco has reiterated its active and resolute commitment to the outcome of the political transition in Libya, and its unwavering support to the intra-Libyan political process to achieve a peaceful and lasting solution to the crisis in the North African country. The remarks were made by Morocco’s Permanent Representative to the African Union and UNECA […]
The United Arab Emirates expressed its opposition to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’s decision to appoint former Algerian Foreign Minister Sabri Boukadoum as UN envoy to Libya, Libya Observer reports, citing diplomatic sources. The Gulf country told the Security Council that some Arab countries and Libyan parties reject Boukadoum’s nomination. Guterres last week proposed Boukadoum to […]
The Energy Committee of the House of Representatives (HoR) has cautioned against any step that could obstruct the work of the National Oil Corporation (NOC) and called for keeping the company away from the ongoing political strife and conflicts, reports say. The reaction came few days after Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah agreed to discuss […]
UN Special Advisor on Libya, Stephanie Williams, has confirmed that Speaker of the House of Representatives (HoR) and President of the High Council of State (HCS) had accepted her invitation to meet at UN Office in Geneva on June 28-29 to discuss constitutional framework for Libya elections. “I am pleased to confirm that Speaker of […]
A group of members of the High Council of State (HCS) has called on Abdul Hamid Dbeibah, one of Libya’s two rival Prime Ministers, to hand over power peacefully to his foe Fathi Bashagha, designated by the House of Representatives (HoR), the parliament of the oil-rich African country. The group issued a statement calling on […]
Fathi Bashagha, one of Libya’s rival Prime Ministers, has said that the oil-rich African country has little chance of holding elections this year. Without a unified government “there will be no elections and chaos will continue”, he told Bloomberg in an interview. Fathi Bashagha, who is engaged in a stand-off over the premiership with Abdul […]
An UN-brokered meeting between the speakers of Libya’s rival assemblies, the High Council of State, which acts as a senate, and the east -based House of Representative (Parliament), has failed to take place, according to a Libyan lawmaker on Saturday. Khaled al-Mishri, the head of the Tripoli-based High Council of State, was invited by UN […]
UN Advisor for Libya Stephanie Williams has invited the head of the High Council of State (HCS) Khalid al Mishri for a meeting with the President of the House of Representatives (HoR) Aqila Saleh to discuss ways to end ongoing impasse and reach consensus for the organization of elections. Al-Mishri’s media office posted the invitation […]
Libya’s parliament, The House of Representatives (HoR), voted in favor of a budget worth around $18 billion proposed by Fathi Bashagha, the legislature’s choice for the job of Prime Minister. “The State’s General Budget Law for the year 2022 was unanimously approved,” said HoR Spokesman, Abdulla Beihiq following a session held in Sirte. 103 members […]
Chad’s President Mahamat Idriss Déby has vowed to curtail the gold smuggling business depriving his country weekly of around $91 million in the advantage of Libya. The head of the Chadian Transitional Military Council who took over from his father General Idriss Deby killed in April last year, told State radio that the shady business […]