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The US embassy in Libya Thursday rallied behind U.N. Advisor Stephanie Williams after spokesman of Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dbeibeh cabinet accused her of being biased towards new designated Premier Fathi Bashagha. This came after Mohamed Hamouda commented on a Wednesday meeting between Williams and Speaker of the House of Representatives Aguila Saleh in the town […]
The UN expressed, on Saturday, its support for the outcome of the consultative meeting, held on Thursday and Friday in Rabat, between the delegations of the Libyan House of Representatives and the High State Council on the legal framework of the upcoming elections in Libya planned for December 24. The United Nations Support Mission in […]
Delegates of the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum entrusted by the UN with electing a Prime Minister reportedly received bribes to elect Abdel Hamid Dbeibah, who was elected on February 5, according to leaks of a UN report revealed by AFP on Sunday, February 28. At least three members of the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum […]
The 75 delegates of the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum pre-selected on Saturday the candidates for the posts of Prime Minister and members of the presidential council after nearly three months of talks. The UN Mission in Libya, UNSMIL, has published the list of the candidates for the four main executive positions; namely the three Presidency […]
After the launch of the Bouznika talks that led to a breakthrough in appointing senior government officials, Morocco’s Tangier is hosting a meeting bringing together members of the Libyan House of Representatives (HoR). In a speech delivered at the official opening of the consultative meeting Tuesday, Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita renewed Morocco’s commitment to […]
Stephanie Williams, Head of United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), has praised the support provided by Morocco and King Mohammed VI to the efforts made by the United Nations to solve the Libyan crisis. Speaking to journalists following her talks held Thursday in Rabat with Moroccan foreign minister Nasser Bourita, Mrs. Williams, who is […]
Libyan retired and rebel Gen. Khalifa Haftar has accepted to go back to talks on ceasefire in Libya, the UN special mission in Libya (UNSMIL) announced on Tuesday. “The United Nations Mission welcomes the parties in Libya accepting the resumption of the Joint Military Commission 5+5 talks,” UNSMIL said on Twitter. “It is hoped that […]
Special UN Representative and head of the UN Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) Ghassan Salamé has deplored the airstrike slammed into a biscuit factory in Libya’s capital, Tripoli, while people were at work. Addressing the UN Security Council Monday via videoconference from the Libyan capital, he said he was “angry and sad” by the new mass […]
The UN call for a humanitarian truce over this week’s Eid al-Adha religious holiday led to a “palpable reduction” of violence around the embattled capital of Tripoli, the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) said in a statement released Wednesday Aug.14. Following the UN’s plea last Thursday, both the forces loyal to the UN-recognized […]
Libya’s main rivals have agreed to hold elections in a bid to preserve stability in the country and unify institutions, the UN said. Faiez Serraj of the UN-backed Presidential Council (PC) and Khalifa Haftar, military commander and supporter of Beida-based rival administration, agreed Wednesday in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to hold elections in the […]