Nearly 500 migrants were intercepted at sea on wooden boat Sunday morning by the Tripoli-based Libyan Coast Guard, the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said.
Marwan Al-Dargash, a political activist close to the ousted Mufti Sadiq Al-Ghariani, believes that the elections will be doomed to failure if certain Libyan figures are allowed to participate.
The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for West Asia (ESCWA) unveiled on Saturday a “Vision for Libya: towards prosperity, justice and strong State institutions.”
Press sources revealed that Turkey activated the banking memorandum of understanding signed between the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey (TCMP) and the Central Bank of Libya (CBL) last August.
“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.
Ibrahim Dbeibeh, son of Ali Dbeibeh, has been pressuring government officials into accepting election postponement, according to a report by Africa Intelligence.
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.
Libyan Afriqiyah Airways has announced it would conduct first flight from Mitiga Airport in Tripoli to Cairo Airport after flight hiatus of about three years.
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Egypt has renewed its demand for “the unconditional, simultaneous and coordinated exit of all foreign forces, mercenaries and foreign fighters from Libya, without exception,” in line with international decisions in this regard, and support of the mission of the Libyan 5+5 Joint Military Committee (JMC) in this regard.
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