A meeting between the UN Special Advisor on Libya, Stephanie Williams, and the Committee of the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum (LPDF) was postponed today due to the refusal of the political forces and many of LPDF members to keep the Committee as it is today after corruption spread among its members, according to Libya Update source.
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Year: 2021
The Turkish Defence Ministry said it was training Libyan naval forces on explosives disposal at Homs training center in Syria.
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The National Center for Disease Control in Libya (NCDC) reported on Sunday that 735 people tested positive for COVID-19, marking 13 percent of the infection rate. The NCDC said that 10 others died of the virus, while 622 have recovered during the same reporting period.
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Vice-President of the Libyan Presidential Council, Moussa al-Kouni, said Saturday that deliberately postponing the elections would be an added reason to the discord and bloodshed among Libyans.
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At least 16 people are dead, among them an infant, after a boat carrying migrants capsized Friday near the Greek island of Paros – the third deadly incident requiring search-and-rescue operations this week, Greece’s coastguard reported, along a crucial corridor for refugees seeking to enter Europe, according to Washington Post.
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The Libyan House of Representatives’ (HoR) Foreign Affairs Committee Condemned on Saturday “the British interference in Libyan internal affairs” and said it was surprised that the statement came in the context of the British Embassy’s congratulations to the Libyan people on the country’s Independence Day.
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The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said it has resettled 107 refugees from Libya to Canada, the last resettlement departure of refugees from the African nation this year.
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Secretary General of the Arab League, Ahmed Aboul Gheit, said “Libya is going through a dangerous juncture that requires everyone to unite and cooperate to achieve the electoral merit as soon as possible, and in a way that leads to the interest of the general Libyan people in choosing the expression of their will, which helps to preserve the unity and sovereignty of the state.”
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France, Germany, Italy, the UK, and the U.S. “stand ready to hold to account those who threaten the stability or undermine the political and electoral process in Libya, through violence, or the incitement of violence,” according to a joint statement released Friday by the five countries.
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The UK’s decision to continue to recognize the Government of National Unity, led by Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, sparked outcry from the Libya public who denounced the move as interference in the country’s political affairs.
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