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Libya has dropped its candidacy for the African Union Peace & Security Council seat for the 2022-2025 period in support of Morocco’s bid for the same post. The decision was announced by Libya’s foreign minister Najla Al-Mangoush during her telephone conversation held over the weekend with Moroccan peer Nasser Bourita. The PSC is the standing […]
Libya’s electoral authority on Wednesday rejected the candidacy of Seif al-Islam for the presidential election scheduled for December 24. Wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for “crimes against humanity”, Seif al-Islam Gaddafi, who presented his candidacy on November 14, is among the 25 candidates whose files were rejected, according to a statement from the […]
Spanish energy and petrochemical company Repsol indicated that it would resume activities in Libya if only the oil-rich country returns to stability, Libya Observer reports. José Carlos Bravo, the Regional Executive Director of the company, told the Energy Capitol & Power website that the Spanish energy giant still believes in the oil-rich African country. For […]
UN envoy to Libya steps down one month ahead of crucial presidential polls The UN mediator in the Libyan political crisis Jan Kubis has stepped down, less than a year into the job and one month before December 24 presidential elections. A diplomat who asked not be named because not allowed to speak on the […]
Abdel Hamid Dbeibah, the interim Libyan Prime Minister submitted Sunday his candidacy for next month crucial presidential elections set to endow the oil-rich country with a central Administration a decade after former leader Muammar Gaddafi was ousted and assassinated. “At this historic moment in the history of the Libyan nation, I feel with you the […]
Saudi Arabia and Libya will provide Tunisia a loan of $500 million each attached with affordable interests to help the North African country to overcome economic woes amid the ongoing political crisis. The news was revealed by Tunisie Numerique, which cited a source knowledgeable of the matter but who asked not be named because not […]
The Speaker of the Libyan House of Representative (HoR), Aguila Saleh, announced Wednesday that he will run for December 24 presidential elections, one day after his ally and controversial military strongman Khalifa Haftar revealed similar plans. The head of the state legislature, based in the eastern city of Tobruk, announced his bid on Dubai-based Al […]
The strongman of eastern Libya Khalifa Haftar announced Tuesday his candidacy for the presidential election scheduled for December 24, in a speech broadcast live on television. “I declare my candidacy for the presidential election, not because I am running after power but to lead our people in this crucial period to glory, progress and prosperity,” […]
The Central Bank of Libya (CBL) and its Tunisian counterpart BCT have inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for cooperation in many areas including fintech, Libya Herald reports. The MoU, according to the CBL, provides for the transfer of experience of Tunisia’s Central Bank in the field of developing financial transactions (Fintech), and the […]
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 […]