Calm returns after Tripoli and Misrata militia clashes lead to 16 deaths and 52 wounded
Jul 25 Sami Zaptia

Calm returns after Tripoli and Misrata militia clashes lead to 16 deaths and 52 wounded

Calm has returned after the separate weekend Tripoli and Misrata militia clashes led to 16 deaths and 52 wounded, according to the Health Ministry.Rep...

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UN brokered Saleh-Mishri Geneva talks fail to agree constitutional basis for elections
Jun 30 Sami Zaptia

UN brokered Saleh-Mishri Geneva talks fail to agree constitutional basis for elections

The Geneva talks brokered by the UN between Ageela Saleh, Speaker of the House of Representatives, and Khaled Mishri, head of the High State Council h...

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UN urges refrain from using LPDF's 22 June expiration date as tool for manipulation
Jun 23 Sami Zaptia

UN urges refrain from using LPDF's 22 June expiration date as tool for manipulation

Farhan Haq, the Deputy Spokesperson for the UN Secretary General said in yesterday’s briefing that the expiration date of 22 June of the current Libya...

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HoR Speaker Saleh and HSC head Mishri to officially meet at last: UN’s Stephanie Williams
Jun 23 Sami Zaptia

HoR Speaker Saleh and HSC head Mishri to officially meet at last: UN’s Stephanie Williams

The Speaker of Libya’s parliament, the House of Representatives (HoR), Ageela Saleh, and the head of the High State Council (HSC), Khaled Mishri, have...

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HoR and HSC finding consensus on parts of draft constitution at Cairo talks: Williams
May 16 Sami Zaptia

HoR and HSC finding consensus on parts of draft constitution at Cairo talks: Williams

Special Advisor to the UN Secretary General (SASG) on Libya, Stephanie Williams said she was pleased by the encouraging progress made over the past tw...

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HoR-HSC Joint Committee meets in Cairo in another effort to agree constitutional basis for elections
Apr 15 Sami Zaptia

HoR-HSC Joint Committee meets in Cairo in another effort to agree constitutional basis for elections

Talks between Libya’s Joint Committee of the House of Representatives (HoR) and the High State Council (HSC) to determine the constitutional basis for...

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UN's Williams urges HoR to appoint proposed HoR-HSC Joint Committee members
Mar 17 Sami Zaptia

UN's Williams urges HoR to appoint proposed HoR-HSC Joint Committee members

Special Advisor to the UN Secretary General on Libya, Stephanie Williams, urged the House of Representatives (HoR) on Tuesday to announce its represen...

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Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo's briefing to the Security Council on the situation in Libya
Mar 17 Sami Zaptia

Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo's briefing to the Security Council on the situation in Libya

In her briefing to the Security Council yesterday on the situation in Libya, UN Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo warned that the Libya crisis...

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Ongoing consultations over makeup of newly proposed Bashagha government force postponement of today’s HoR session
Feb 28 Sami Zaptia

Ongoing consultations over makeup of newly proposed Bashagha government force postponement of today’s HoR session

Amid reports of tough negotiations and haggling for support, the Official spokesperson for the House of Representatives (HoR), Abdalla Belheeg, confir...

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Eleven years on from ending the Qaddafi regime Libya is no nearer political stability - as political elites extenuate weak government and institutions
Feb 16 Sami Zaptia

Eleven years on from ending the Qaddafi regime Libya is no nearer political stability - as political elites extenuate weak government and institutions

On the eve of the 11th anniversary of the 17 February 2011 revolution that ended the 42-year Qaddafi regime, Libya is still seeking what now seems an...

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