Libya

Fathi Bachagha, Libya's Interior Minister for the National Accord Government (GNA), is in Paris for three days. Arrived on November 18 at Fathi Bachagha received the next day by the head of French diplomacy, Jean-Yves Le Drian, as well as by his counterpart, Gérald Darmanin. Other meetings are scheduled for November 20 at the Ministry of Defense. Fathi Bachagha is a heavyweight in Tripoli and one of the most important players in the Libyan scene. He said he responded to France's invitation while many are in the camp in…

After more than eight months of fragmentation within the UN Security Council, it is finally the Bulgarian Nickolay Mladenov, the current UN envoy for the Middle East, who is being called upon to become the new UN special envoy for Libya. As Ghassan Salamé resigned on March 2 for health reasons, it was difficult to find a diplomatic agreement to appoint a replacement. The discussions finally seem to be…

Two elected officials from Tripoli State Council and the former Constituent Assembly spoke in Tunis in opposition to the plan of Libya's political dialogue forum, with the support of the UN, to organize elections on December 24, 2021 without a constitution in advance. as reported from Tunis, Mathieu GaltierThe emergence of a…

Closed in mid-March as a result of pandemic, the border publish between Tunisia and Libya as soon as once more allowed autos and pedestrians to go on Saturday. Flights between the 2 international locations will resume this Sunday. This opening is a breath of contemporary air for Tunisia, which has been hit arduous by a severe financial disaster.…

The five + five Libyan mixed military commission ended its meeting on Thursday, November 12, the second in Libya since the ceasefire agreement was signed in Geneva on October 23, 2020. Everyone agreed to leave mercenaries and foreign fighters from January 23, 2021. It was a UN official Libya (Manul) support mission which announced this at the end of the meeting.…

The shipwrecked migrants we spoke to explained that if they try such a dangerous crossing, it is partly due to their terrible living conditions in Libya, where they risk all kinds of abuse. Libya cannot be considered a safe haven. Migrants caught at sea and returned there are immediately placed in detention centers, where the UN has documented its catastrophic living conditions: extreme poverty, risk of kidnapping, human trafficking ... Under international law, migrants rescued at sea must be taken…

75 Libyan representatives elected by the UN have met since Monday 9 November in Tunis to find a political solution to the crisis in Libya. Although the roadmap is accepted by all, the priorities differ. To first address the names or forms of the future political regime? It is this issue that was at the heart of the first…

Libya's political dialogue forum opens this Monday, November 9, in Tunisia under UN leadership. It is intended to unite the deeply divided Libyans under one leader. But the list of participants is already controversial. If all goes well, this meeting will be able to appoint the next Prime Minister, the next President of the…

Six Libyan diplomats, together with the ambassador to be appointed to Bangui, have been expelled from the Central African Republic on Saturday, October 24. They'd been arrested on their arrival the day earlier than by the port safety forces after which positioned underneath home arrest at a resort within the capital underneath guard, awaiting deportation. An incident indicating that the Libyan disaster…

A few days after the Geneva agreement on a permanent and immediate ceasefire in Libya, the UN Support Mission in Libya (Manul) announces the launch at video conference on Monday 26 October of a meeting to bring together 75 Libyan personalities to advance the Libyan political process and prepare for it. meeting scheduled for 9 November in Tunis. However, the list of participants is already divided.…