Nigeria has received a batch of 109 stranded citizens from Tripoli, Libya, the National Emergency Management Agency said on Tuesday.
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Members of the Libyan 6+6 Joint Committee for Preparing Electoral Laws announced that they had reached an agreement on presidential and legislative electoral laws, pending the signing of the agreement by the speakers of the House of Representatives (HoR) and the High Council of State (HCS).
Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh has signed a decree to create a new armed group, called the National Apparatus of Support Forces, which will be commanded by Ahmad Ali Khalil Issa, a representative of the city of Misrata, according to document leaked to the press.
Libya’s l0ng-delayed elections will be held under a new government “to ensure integrity of the electoral process”, according to new elections laws agreed between the High Council of State and the House of Representative in Morocco.
The health of a son of Libya’s late leader Moammar Gaddafi was deteriorating three days into a hunger strike to protest his detention in Lebanon without trial, his lawyer said Tuesday.
Libyan Foreign Minister Najla Mangoush and Head of the country’s Audit Bureau Khaled Shakshak discussed together in Tripoli today spending framework of the foreign ministry and regulating select procedures for diplomats representing Libya overseas, according to a statement by the ministry.
U.N. Envoy to Libya Abdoulaye Bathily held talks on Sunday with members of the Follow-up Committee on Political Prisoners representing to exchange views on national reconciliation, transitional justice processes and concerns over the situation of detainees.
The Moroccan city of Bouznika will witness today the signing of the agreement by the 6+6 Joint Committee for the preparation of electoral laws in Libya, reports Italian news agency Nova citing Turkish state-owned media Anadolu Agency.
The United Nations Security Council will hear a briefing by Special Envoy Abdoulaye Bathily on the situation in Libya, at a session chaired by the UAE on June 19.
On Wednesday, Security Institutions Section of the U.N. Mission in Libya held the second in a series of workshops with civil society activists from across Libya “focused on raising awareness about security sector reform and governance and the oversight role of civil society actors,” according to a UN statement released today via Twitter.