First Independent Mena Newspaper
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,” […]
It is an unnamed organization chart that the Libyan Prime Minister, Abdelhamid Dbeiba, transmitted, Thursday, Feb. 25, to the heads of the Presidential Council and the Parliament. He said at a press conference held in Tripoli that his government formation was ready but that the chosen members will only be revealed before the Parliament. […]
Egypt is expected to re-open its embassy in Libya today Monday as a high key diplomatic delegation visits Tripoli for the second time since 2014. Libya’s foreign ministry’s spokesman Mohammed Al-Qablawi in a statement to Anadolu indicated that the delegation made of diplomats and security personnel would visit the Libyan capital and will re-open the […]
The Central Bank of Libya, CBL, held Monday for the first time a full board meeting since 2014 after which the bank was split into two. The bank, Libya Observer reports, held a full-quorum meeting for the first time in six years to discuss fixing exchange rates of the Libyan dinar to foreign currencies. The […]
Following the dissemination of the declassified part of the emails of Hillary Clinton, the former US Secretary of State, a large controversy invades the African countries concerned, including Libya. The content of emails deleted by Hillary Clinton in 2016 concerns the origin of the 2011 revolution, at the time of the Arab Spring, visibly […]
Government of National Accord (GNA) leader Faiez Serraj Wednesday ruled out possibilities to sit down again at a negotiation table with his rival Khalifa Haftar that he accused of committing crimes against all Libyans. In an interview with Italy’s La Repubblica, published Wednesday, Serraj charged the east-based retired military General with bombing “indiscriminately Tripoli, residential […]
The United States has opposed the choice of former Algerian foreign minister Ramtane Lamamra as UN Special Envoy to crisis-hit neighboring Libya to replace Lebanese Ghassan Salame, who resigned in March. A UN diplomat who asked not be named because not allowed to speak on the matter told AFP that during Wednesday UN closed session […]
Mahmoud Jibril, a former Premier has died in Egypt where he hospitalized after he tested positive for covid-19 in March, reports say. Jibril’s party, National Forces Alliance, founded in 2012, announced his death Sunday. The 68-year old man led National Transitional Council, the de facto Libyan government during the months-long NATO-backed revolution that removed and […]
As France braces for hosting on Tuesday an international conference on Libya to overcome the political stalemate in the North African country, some powerful Libyan military factions oppose the French initiative. The UN-sponsored meeting will bring together key Libyan players and representatives of several countries and international organizations. The Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj, General Khalifa […]
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been held for interrogation for allegedly getting illicit funds from ousted Gaddafi’s regime for his 2007 successful presidential bid. He was summoned for questioning at a police station in Nanterre, north-west Paris, on Tuesday, several European media reported. The former President is suspected of getting illicit funds from former […]