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.
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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.
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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”.
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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.
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The Libyan Coast Guard, based in Tripoli, intercepted more than 113 migrants off the country’s west coast on Friday.
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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.
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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.
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Mohammed al-Menfi, chairman of the Presidential Council, arrived in Tobruk on Saturday where he will meet with municipal officials and civil society representatives to discuss national reconciliation, according to a brief statement by the Council.
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The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) denied on Saturday allegations that claim that it allowed the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum (LPDF) to discuss proposals which aim to obstruct the general elections in December. Instead, the U.N. Mission accused the LPDF members of making such proposals for the sake of their own “partisan and particular interest”.
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Libya’s House of Representatives has an “alternative plan” if the country fails to hold the presidential and parliamentary elections on December 24, House Speaker Aguila Saleh told the press on Saturday.
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