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The National Center for Disease Control in Libya (NCDC) reported on Tuesday that 593 people tested positive for COVID-19, marking 14 percent of the infection rate. The NCDC said that 12 others died of the virus, while 1,923 have recovered during the same reporting period.

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Khalifa Haftar, the former General Commander of the Libyan National Army (LNA), announced today that he will for president in the upcoming elections on December 24.

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Khaled Al-Mishri, Chairman of Libya’s High Council of State, is allegedly plotting with armed groups to coercively close a number of polling centers across the country’s western region including in the municipalities of Al-Zawiya, Zliten, Tajoura, Al-Jabal and Souq Al-Juma, Libyan newspaper Al-Marsad reported on Monday.

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The Libyan Ministry of Justice is planning to hold “in the coming weeks” a conference on “transitional justice and human rights”, which will be organized in coordination with the Supreme Judicial Council, according to a statement by the Presidential Council today.

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Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, officially announced that he will run for president in the upcoming elections on December 24.

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