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“No individual or institution should have veto power over critical electoral legislation,” stated the U.S. Special Envoy to Libya Richard Norland today. “Libya’s institutions and their leaders must trust the voters to decide who should lead the country,” he added.

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Ibrahim Dbeibeh, son of Ali Dbeibeh, has been pressuring government officials into accepting election postponement, according to a report by Africa Intelligence.

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Libya’s House of Representatives and High Council of State has called on the international community to provide independent observers to monitor the upcoming general elections on December 24.

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US President Joe Biden’s national security adviser met Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry on Wednesday for talks aimed at ensuring Libya’s December elections go ahead as planned, Sisi’s office said.

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Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), also known as Doctors Without Borders, announced on Wednesday that it resumed medical activities in two detention centers in Tripoli, almost three months after suspending its work.

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The US House of Representatives has passed a bill that could sanction foreign actors supporting rival factions in Libya.

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The Libyan Finance Ministry informed the Foreign Ministry of nominating the brother of State Minister for the Cabinet Affairs as a financial controller in the Libyan Embassy in Qatar.
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Stephen Townsend, the commander of U.S. AFRICOM, arrived in Tripoli today, where he met with Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh and U.S. Special Envoy to Libya Richard Norland.

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Ahmed Maiteeq, the former deputy chairman of the Presidential Council, has praised the role of Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar in establishing the Libyan National Army (LNA) as a military institution in eastern Libya.

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The High National Election Commission (HNEC) has requested amendments to the presidential election law, which the House of Representatives issued few weeks ago to serve as legal framework for the election on December 24.

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