High State Council selects 6 committee members for 6+6 joint election laws committee
Mar 30 Sami Zaptia

High State Council selects 6 committee members for 6+6 joint election laws committee

The High State Council announced Wednesday that it has selected its six members to make up the joint committee (the 6+6 committee) with the House of R...

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Historic inclusive JMC 5+5 tripoli meeting - raises hope for elections and permanent peace?
Mar 27 Sami Zaptia

Historic inclusive JMC 5+5 tripoli meeting - raises hope for elections and permanent peace?

The 5+5 Joint Military Commission (JMC), in the presence of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) of the United Nations for Libya...

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Big Chefs Turkish restaurant chain opens its first branch in Tripoli – the first in Libya and Africa
Mar 25 Sami Zaptia

Big Chefs Turkish restaurant chain opens its first branch in Tripoli – the first in Libya and Africa

The Alrafahiya International Services company, part of the Akida Holding Group, opened its first restaurant of the well-known Turkish Big Chefs restau...

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5+5 JMC agree on election-supporting measures
Mar 18 Sami Zaptia

5+5 JMC agree on election-supporting measures

The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) hosted a meeting in the presence of the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-Ge...

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Libya's failure to hold elections is the fault of its legislative bodies: Aldabaiba
Mar 11 Sami Zaptia

Libya's failure to hold elections is the fault of its legislative bodies: Aldabaiba

Libya’s Tripoli-based Prime Minister Abd Alhamid Aldabaiba reacted to SGSR and UNSMIL head Abdoulaye Bathily’s criticism of the House of Representativ...

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A clear roadmap for Libyan elections can be established by mid-June: UNSMIL head Bathily
Mar 11 Sami Zaptia

A clear roadmap for Libyan elections can be established by mid-June: UNSMIL head Bathily

Speaking at a Tripoli press conference today on his recent creation, the High-Level Panel for Elections, SRSG and UNSMIL head Abdoulaye Bathily said L...

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Khoms cabinet meeting: elections, grants, salaries, stalled projects and electricity
Mar 10 Sami Zaptia

Khoms cabinet meeting: elections, grants, salaries, stalled projects and electricity

The most prominent points made by Tripoli-based Libyan Prime Minister Abd Alhamid Aldabaiba at the Third Regular Cabinet Meeting for 2023 held yesterd...

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Western powers urge Libyan political leaders to make necessary compromise to enable 2023 elections
Mar 8 Sami Zaptia

Western powers urge Libyan political leaders to make necessary compromise to enable 2023 elections

After a flurry of meetings with Libya’s political leaders over the last few days in an effort to precipitate elections in 2023, representatives from F...

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U.S. urges key Libyan leaders to approach UN election plan in constructive spirit
Mar 3 Sami Zaptia

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 Bathily lau...

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UNSMIL establishes a ‘‘High-level Steering Panel for Libya’’ to guide it to elections in 2023
Feb 28 Sami Zaptia

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, Abdoulaye Bathily,...

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