More than 463 thousand new people have registered on Saturday to vote in the upcoming general elections on December 24, announced the High National Election Commission (HNEC) on Sunday.
Libya Presidential Council established a military zone in the country’s west coast, which would be led by former Defense Minister Salah Al-Din Al-Namroush, who served in the Government of National Accord (GNA).
Armed groups in Tripoli are mobilizing their forces in preparation for a “big battle” in the Libya capital, said Ali Al-Tekbali, a member of parliament.
A military committee of the Libyan National Army (LNA), led by LNA’s Chief of General Staff Abdel Razek Al-Nadori, arrived in the southern city of Ghat on Saturday to inspect the forces positioned there and review their capacity, according to a statement by the LNA’s General Staff.
The 5+5 Joint Military Committee has agreed on an “emergency plan” for the withdrawal of mercenaries and foreign forces. It also made an official request to the Government of National Unity and the Presidential Council to “freeze military agreements and memorandums of understanding with any country as stipulated in the ceasefire agreement signed in Geneva”.
42,210 migrants are currently registered in Libya, and only 127 of which were released from detention this year, the U.N. Refugee Agency (UNHCR) revealed on Friday.
More than 455 thousand new people have registered on Friday to vote in the upcoming general elections on December 24, announced the High National Election Commission (HNEC) on Saturday.
A hundred Nigerians stranded in Libya were evacuated on Friday, with another set of 100 stranded Nigerians to be returned home in the next 10 days, the Nigerian Mission in Tripoli said.