The High National Elections Commission announced, in a press conference today, the launch of the preliminary stage for electing municipal council members in 97 municipalities at the national level.
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The Coordination Committee of the High Council of State said the majority of the council’s members has boycotted today’s sessions to protest against the council’s chairman, Mohammed Takala.
Emergency response teams from Libya’s Ambulance and Emergency Service recovered bodies of irregular migrants on Friday following the capsizing of their boat near the coast of Zuwara, west of the country.
A call made by Najla Mangoush, the (dismissed) Foreign Minister of the Libyan Government of National Unity (GNU), to a Greek official, brought her back to the forefront of events in the country again, amid questions about whether she was “secretly running the ministry from her self-imposed exile.”
Anger escalated in Misrata, western Libya, due to what described as “violations” committed in the city by the military “Joint Force”, affiliated with the Government of National Unity (GNU), headed by Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh.
UN envoy to Libya, Abdoulaye Bathily, on Sunday reiterated his call on Libyan leaders to engage in dialogue for holding elections.
Governor of the Central Bank of Libya (CBL), Saddiq Elkabeer, attended on Friday the 43th meeting of the Islamic Financial Services Board (IFSB) in Saudi Arabia, according to a statement by CBL today.
244 women, men and children rescued from 3 boats in distress in off Libyan shores have arrived in the Italian port city of Bari, announced SOS Méditerranée on Saturday.
Rwanda on Wednesday welcomed 153 asylum seekers evacuated from Libya, according to the Ministry in charge of Emergency Management (MINEMA).
The Interior Ministry in Tripoli has announced the interception of 278 migrants of various nationalities in two separate operations, who were handed over to the Anti-Illegal Immigration Agency.