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UN envoy for Libya resigns weeks before key vote
Nov 24, 2021 06:46The UN Special Envoy for Libya, Jan Kubis, has quit, with just one month left to the presidential election in the North African country.
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Turkey refuses Macron’s call for troops withdrawal from Libya
Nov 14, 2021 04:59Turkey has refused French President Emmanuel Macron’s call for the foreign powers to remove their forces from Libya, describing it as a “wrong” solution ahead of the Libyan presidential and parliamentary elections.
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UN chief calls on all Libya parties to partake in upcoming elections
Nov 13, 2021 03:30United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres has called on all Libyan parties to take part in presidential and legislative elections, which are aimed at restoring peace and stability to the North African country.
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Libya frees Saadi Gaddafi, son of ex-Ruler Muammar Gaddafi
Sep 06, 2021 03:10The Libyan transitional government has released Saadi Gaddafi, a son of the former Ruler Muammar Gaddafi, after seven years of imprisonment, authorities said.
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Libyans launch new round of political talks led by UN ahead of elections
Aug 11, 2021 11:27Delegates from Libya have launched a new round of UN-led talks aiming to reach a compromise ahead of planned elections in December.
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At least 57 Europe-bound refugees drown off Libya: IOM
Jul 27, 2021 06:36At least 57 migrants drowned after their boat sank off Libya, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said Monday, the latest tragedy on the dangerous Mediterranean Sea crossing to Europe.
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Bodies of babies, toddlers wash up on Libyan beach after refugee shipwreck
May 25, 2021 15:05Charity organizations have posted photographs of the bodies of babies and toddlers having washed up on a beach in Libya after a shipwreck, highlighting the human toll of the refugee crisis at Europe’s doorstep.
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Hotel linked to Libya’s Presidential Council attacked in Tripoli
May 08, 2021 10:55Armed men have attacked a hotel employed as a headquarters by Libya’s Presidential Council in the capital Tripoli.
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UN, partners demand withdrawal of foreign forces from Libya
Apr 21, 2021 06:43A broad grouping of countries and organizations has demanded the immediate and unconditional withdrawal of all foreign forces from Libya.
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Authorities in western Libya free 120 captured fighters loyal to Haftar
Apr 01, 2021 03:11Several years into a battle for power in Libya, authorities in the western part have now moved toward reconciliation by realeasing 120 captured fighters loyal to the eastern-based renegade military commander Khalifa Haftar.