The High National Election Commission (HNEC) announced on Monday that voter registration deadline for the upcoming general elections on December 24 is extended to August 17.
Italian Foreign Minister, Luigi Di Maio, arrived in Tripoli on Monday, where he met with Mohammed al-Menfi, Chairman of the Presidential Council, to discuss several issues of mutual concern, including the upcoming general elections on December 24 and maintaining the ceasefire in the country.
The National Center for Disease Control in Libya (NCDC) reported on Monday that 2,892 new people tested positive for COVID-19, marking 29 percent of the infection rate. The NCDC said that 31 people died of the virus, while 739 have recovered during the same reporting period.
The UNICEF signed last Thursday a new partnership with Libyan Wings Airlines, which the U.N. agency says it aims to “support UNICEF through a series of events and publications which will reflect upon UNICEF’s legacy of impact,” according to a statement by the agency.
Today, Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio is visiting Benghazi and Cyrenaica to meet a number of effective Libyan officials and discuss the Libyan crisis.
Speaker of the Libyan House of Representatives (HoR), Aqila Saleh, called on all HoR members to attend Monday’s session, in which the House will vote and take a decision on the State Budget Bill 2021.
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Egyptian President, Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, discussed with Algerian Foreign Minister, Ramtane Lamamra, the developments of the Libyan crisis, in the presence of Egyptian Foreign Minister, Sameh Shoukry, and Mohaned Lagouzi, the Algerian ambassador in Cairo.
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The Italian Foreign Minister, Luigi Di Maio, will be visiting Libya tomorrow, Mondayt, where he will hold talks with senior officials in Tripoli and Benghazi, Italian news website Formiche reported on Sunday.
More than 1,000 migrants were intercepted by Libyan entities in the past two days, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) revealed on Sunday.