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The High Electoral Commission of Libya (HNEC) has postponed the announcement of the final list of presidential candidates and the preliminary lists of candidates for the parliamentary elections following the “large number of requests”. 

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The U.N. Envoy to Libya, Stephanie Williams, met on Monday with a number of senior government officials, including the Chairman of the Presidential Council Mohamed al-Menfi and Foreign Minister Najla Mangoush, to brief them on her “mission’s objectives in Libya as mandated by the UN Secretary-General”.

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The National Center for Disease Control in Libya (NCDC) reported on Sunday that 655 people tested positive for COVID-19, marking 13 percent of the infection rate. The NCDC said that 13 others died of the virus, while 1,603 have recovered during the same reporting period.

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The United Nations’ Special Envoy to Libya, Stephanie Williams, arrived in Tripoli on Sunday to assume the role after her predecessor Ján Kubiš resigned a few weeks ago for health reasons, the U.N. Mission announced.

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