Op-Ed: International community complicit with Libya’s corrupt political and military elite in delaying democratic elections
The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) reported last Friday that it had received on 5 October a copy ...
Tag: elections
High State Council elects new head: Mohamed Takala
In elections broadcast live, the High State Council (HSC) elected Mohamed Takala as its new head today. Incumbent HSC head ...
P3+2 issue Joint Statement supporting UNSMIL efforts towards elections
The Embassies of France, Germany, Italy, the UK and the U.S. issued a joint statement yesterday in support of SRSG ...
Op-Ed: The Libyan people’s aspirations: Navigating political apathy amidst societal challenges
By Nisreen Eisay. Tripoli, 25 July 2023: Libya's political landscape has been tumultuous in recent years, with conflicts, violence, and ...
The historic 5+5 JMC meeting in Benghazi agrees several confidence-building measures
UNSMIL released a statement yesterday at the end of the 5+5 Joint Military Commission (JMC) meeting held in Benghazi on ...
HoR elects six members of the 6+6 joint committee to draft election rules
Abdalla Belheeg, the Official Spokesperson for the House of Representatives (HoR), reported that during its session in Benghazi yesterday, the ...
U.S. urges key Libyan leaders to approach UN election plan in constructive spirit
During Monday’s regular update to the Security Council on Libya, UNSMIL head and Special Representative to the Secretary General Abdoulaye ...
High State Council passes 13th amendment – paving way for Libyan elections?
The High State Council (HSC) announced today that it has passed the 13th Constitutional Amendment passed earlier by parliament, the ...
UNSMIL establishes a ‘‘High-level Steering Panel for Libya’’ to guide it to elections in 2023
In his regular update to the Security Council on Libya yesterday, UNSMIL head and Special Representative to the Secretary General, ...
Op-Ed: Twelve years on from the 17 February revolution of 2011, Libya is still stuck in a political quagmire
Looking back on some articles I had written over the last 11 years on the successive anniversaries of the revolution, ...
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