Libya

UNHCR announced Friday the evacuation of 162 highly vulnerable refugees from Libya to Italy, including unaccompanied children and women who had been held captive for extended periods of time.“For the first time, we have been able to…

The French Foreign Minister, Jean-Yves Le Drian, has told the Libyan rival factions in Tripoli and Benghazi that there was no alternative to UN talks to stabilise the country and prepare for elections in 2018.Reuters reported Le…

The Central Bank of Libya (CBL) has announced the continuation of 2017 decision to allow Libyan families to buy dollars for the official bank rates with each family member getting 500 dollars in 2018 instead of 400 that was in 2017.…

The former US Special Envoy to Libya, Jonathan Winer said the House of Representatives has no authority under Libya Political Agreement or otherwise to replace Central Bank of Libya governor unilaterally."Article 15 of LPA requires…

The High National Elections Commission (HNEC) announced on Tuesday that the number of eligible voters registered to the voters registration system from 8th to 18th of December has surpassed 20 thousands.Out of the 20.616 registered…

Misurata municipal council member Mustafa Kroad was named mayor of Misurata as a successor to the late Mohammad Eshtiwi, who was assassinated by unidentified gunmen, on Sunday evening.Kroad said that the members of the municipal…

The municipality councils of both Al-Khoms and Zliten cites have decided to cancel school on Wednesday and Thursday due to poor weather conditions and heavy rain fall.Al-Khoms municipality council declared , in a statement posted on…

The appointment of a new governor for the Central Bank of Libya (CBL) by the Tobruk-based House of Representatives (HoR) has been slammed as against the law by several Libyan officials.The Head of the High Council of State (HCS)…

The Tobruk-based House of Representatives (HoR) has voted by 54 members to appoint Mohammed Al-Shukri as the new governor of the Central Bank of Libya (CBL).The appointment came in an election session that was held in Tobruk on…

Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi, the son of Muammar Gaddafi, is seeking to become the president of Libya , a Gaddafi family spokesman said, adding he will run in the 2018 presidential election.Speaking to Egypt Today, the spokesman, Basem…

36000 migrant children are in need of assistance in Libya, figures revealed Monday on International Migrants Day show.Out of an estimated 400,000 migrants, 9% are children and, shockingly, more than 14,000 children are also…

The foreign ministers of Tunisia, Egypt and Algeria renewed their support for the Libyan Political Agreement (LPA) as a framework for a political solution in Libya.The ministers, in a statement issued at the end of their meeting on…

The High National Elections Commission (HNEC) said number of eligible voters registered to the voters registration system reached 14018, on Sunday morning.Of the 14018 registered voters are, 9320 men and 4698 women, said the HNEC in…

The head of the Government of National Accord (GNA), Faiz Al-Sarraj, will pay a working visit to Algeria on Sunday, said the Algerian Prime Minister Office in a statement on Saturday.The statement pointed out that the head of the…

The Libyan Navy said it rescued 262 illegal immigrants off the coast of Garbouli and Zliten, on Saturday.According to the navy's media office Facebook page, of the 262 rescued migrants were 44 children, 38 women and 180 men of…

The African Football Confederation (CAF) referees committee has appointed Libyan international assistant referee, Attia Mohamed to take part in the management of the African Nations Championship (CHAN), in Morocco early next year.…

The UN Security Council reiterated its support to the political agreement as the only viable framework for ending the Libyan political crisis.The Security Council, in a statement on Thursday, rejected "incorrect dates" for ending…