Slovak Jan Kubis candidate to succeed Salame as new UNSMIL head
Jan 13 Sami Zaptia

Slovak Jan Kubis candidate to succeed Salame as new UNSMIL head

By Sami Zaptia.London, 13 January 2021: Sources in the UN Security Council announced that the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterre...

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Jan 7 Sami Zaptia

Hafter’s spokesperson welcomes dispatch of retired international ceasefire monitors to Libya

By Sami Zaptia.Ahmed Mesmari, Hafter's official spokesperson, welcomed Guterres' proposal to send retired international civilian and military ceasefir...

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Jan 7 Sami Zaptia

UNSMIL welcomes prisoner exchange as part of ceasefire agreement

By Sami Zaptia.London, 7 January 2021: UNSMIL yesterday ‘‘warmly welcomed’’ the news yesterday of an exchange of 35 detainees facilitated by the 5+5 J...

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Jan 6 Sami Zaptia

Libya tops Tunisia-led Security Council January agenda: Tunisian Foreign Ministry

By Sami Zaptia.Libya will top Tunisia-led Security Council January agenda  (Photo: Tunisian Foreign Ministry).London, 6 January 2021: Tunisia’s Foreig...

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Dec 31 Sami Zaptia

Guterres calls for formation of international committee to monitor Libya’s ceasefire

By Sami Zaptia.London, 31 December 2020: United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres has called for the formation of an international committee...

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Dec 17 Sami Zaptia

Bulgarian Nickolay Mladenov new Libya UN special envoy, Zimbabwean Raisedon Zenenga to be UNSMIL Coordinator

By Sami Zaptia.Bulgarian Nickolay Mladenov has been approved as the new Libya UN special envoy (Photo: Wikipedia).London, 17 December 2020: The UN Sec...

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Nov 23 Sami Zaptia

Bribery allegations at LPDF must be investigated, publicised, accused excluded and referred to justice: Libyan Organization for Independent Media 

By Sami Zaptia.London, 23 November 2020: The Libyan Organization for Independent Media (LOFIM) has called for an investigation into the bribery allega...

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Nov 19 Sami Zaptia

56 LPDF members call for suspension of those accused of attempted political bribery at Tunis meeting

By Sami Zaptia.London, 19 November 2020: In an open letter published yesterday addressed to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonia Guter...

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Oct 21 Sami Zaptia

Agreement reached on several important issues at Libyan 5+5 Geneva Joint Military Talks

By Sami Zaptia.London, 21 October 2020: Acting UNSMIL head, Stephanie Williams today reported early agreement on important issues by the two sides at...

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Oct 19 Sami Zaptia

Fourth round of Libyan Joint Military Commission talks start in Geneva: UNSMIL

By Sami Zaptia.London, 19 October 2020: The fourth round of the Libyan (5+5) Joint Military Commission (JMC) talks began this morning in Geneva with t...

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