António Guterres, the U.N. Secretary-General, has welcomed the agreement reached in Geneva earlier this week by the 5+5 Joint Military Committee on an action plan for the withdrawal of foreign forces from Libyan territory.
Deputy Prime Minister Hussein al-Qatrani has accused the premier Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh of making unilateral decisions which affect the cohesion of the government, and said that he holds Dbeibeh responsible if a parallel executive authority was formed in the country’s eastern region of Cyrenaica.
Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh held a meeting yesterday with Foreign Minister Najla Mangoush and other cabinet members to review the preparation for ‘Libya Stability’ conference, which the Libyan foreign ministry will host on October 21.
Libya’s High National Elections Commission (HNEC) announced yesterday that it has officially received the parliamentary electoral law approved by the House of Representatives last week.
177 migrants survived Monday night after the Tripoli-based Libyan Coast Guard intercepted two boats which had set off from Zwara and Khoms the night before, the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said.
The United Nations Human Rights Council has extended the mandate the Libya Fact-Finding Mission for nine months, the U.N. Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) announced on Monday.
Hundreds of migrants protested for the 10th straight day Monday outside a United Nations facility in Libya’s capital of Tripoli demanding evacuation from the North African nation.
Defense and National Security Committee of the Libyan House of Representatives (HoR) has called on the Libyan National Army (LNA) to block oil exports from the ports it protects, in response to suspending the salaries of LNA employees by the Government of National Unity (GNU).
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Embassies of France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom and the United States in Libya joined Special Envoy and Head of UNSMIL Jan Kubis in welcoming the announcement made on October 8th 2021 by the Libyan 5+5 Joint Military Commission (JMC) of the signing of a comprehensive Action Plan for the withdrawal of mercenaries, foreign fighters and foreign forces from Libyan territory.
“Local forces in the regions of Cyrenaica and Fezzan are considering closing oil fields and terminals and stopping oil exports in protest at the policies of the National Unity Government headed by Abdel Hamid Dbeibah,” an informed source announced.