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The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) announced yesterday evening that following the vote for a selection mechanism for temporary executive authority, members of the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum (LPDF) will meet in…

Due to a delay in membership payment fees, Libya will no longer have any voting rights in the United Nations General Assembly.The United Nations announced this week that a total of seven countries have lost their rights to vote in the…

A tumultuous transfer of power finally came to a conclusion today in the United States with the inauguration of Joe Biden as 46th US president and Kamala Harris as the very first female vice president.The Inauguration ceremony was…

An ammunition storage facility exploded in Tripoli last night, killing three people and wounding another five at the Naval Acadamy, in the town of Janzur.Among the deceased are two senior GNA military commanders, brigadier General Ahmed…

After an inspection by Greece and the European Union of a Russian cargo ship off the Libyan coast, Russia criticized the nature of the actions of operation IRNI and the reasons behind the inspection.The inspection took place on the…

The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) conducted a one-day voting process, from Monday 18 January to Tuesday 19 January, during which the LPDF members were asked to cast their vote on the proposed selection mechanism of a…

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced the appointment of Ján Kubiš of Slovakia as Special Envoy on Libya and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL).Guterres expressed his gratitude and…

After a four day meeting of the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum's Advisory Committee in Geneve, Acting Special Representative Stephanie Williams conducted a digital dialogue with 1,000 Libyans.The meeting was carried through an…

The selected Libyan Constitutional Committee commenced its second meeting yesterday in Hurghada, Egypt with the participation of two delegations from the House of Representatives and the High Council of State, each comprising 10 members.…

The Director of Libya’s National Center for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr Badr Al-Din Al-Najjar announced that all preparations have been made to receive 2.8 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines.Due to the protocol of vaccinating everyone…