UNSMIL expresses concern over mobilisation of forces by Hafter and anti-Hafter forces
Aug 10 Sami Zaptia

UNSMIL expresses concern over mobilisation of forces by Hafter and anti-Hafter forces

UNSMIL expressed concern in a statement yesterday over the mobilisation of forces by Hafter and anti-Hafter forces.This comes as Western Libyan forces...

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UNSMIL head Bathily calls on polarised Libyan political entities to follow their citizen’s lead by unifying post the Derna disaster
Sep 24 Sami Zaptia

UNSMIL head Bathily calls on polarised Libyan political entities to follow their citizen’s lead by unifying post the Derna disaster

UNSMIL head and Special Representative to the UN Secretary General, Abdoulaye Bathily, called yesterday on political institutions in the west and east...

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After historic Tripoli meeting, 5+5 JMC hold ‘‘significant’’ meeting in Benghazi
Apr 8 Sami Zaptia

After historic Tripoli meeting, 5+5 JMC hold ‘‘significant’’ meeting in Benghazi

Under the auspices of UNSMIL head Abdoulaye Bathily, the 5+5 Joint Military Commission (JMC), made up of military leaders from eastern and western Lib...

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UNSMIL head Bathily meets Aldabaiba, Menfi and Saleh
Oct 18 Sami Zaptia

UNSMIL head Bathily meets Aldabaiba, Menfi and Saleh

After his arrival in Tripoli on Friday, the new UNSMIL head Abdoulaye Bathily conducted round robin meetings with the Tripoli-based and incumbent care...

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Dec 13 Sami Zaptia

UNSMIL welcomes arrival of Stephanie Williams to Tripoli as Special Advisor to Secretary General

By Sami Zaptia.Tripoli, 13 December 2021: UNSMIL welcomed yesterday the arrival of Special Adviser to the United Nations Secretary-General (SASG) for...

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Oct 3 Sami Zaptia

EU removes Ageela Saleh and Nuri Abu Sahmain from sanctions list

By Sami Zaptia.London, 3 October 2020: The EU announced yesterday that it has removed Ageela Saleh, head of Libya’s Tobruk-based House of Representati...

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Oct 2 Sami Zaptia

Libya Business Council objects strongly to UNSMIL choice of Economic Dialogue representatives

By Sami Zaptia.(Photo: LBC)London, 2 October 2020: The head of the Libyan Business Council (LBC), Abdalla Fellah, expressed his extreme disapproval of...

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Libya, Malta and Turkish Foreign Ministers discuss in Tripoli latest Libya developments and cooperation between them
Aug 7 Sami Zaptia

Libya, Malta and Turkish Foreign Ministers discuss in Tripoli latest Libya developments and cooperation between them

By Sami Zaptia.London, 7 August 2020:Foreign Ministers from Libya, Malta (Evarist Bartolo) and Turkey (Mevlut Cavusoglu) met in Tripoli yesterday to d...

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May 6 Sami Zaptia

New Coronavirus case brings Libya’s total to 64

By Sami Zaptia.(NCDC).London, 6 May 2020:Libya’s National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) today announced a new case of Coronavirus (Covid-19) in th...

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Oct 16 Sami Zaptia

No military solution to the Libyan crisis, hostilities must end immediately and return to UNSMIL-led political negotiations: EU

By Sami Zaptia. London, 16 October 2019:A statement issued by the spokesperson for the EU yesterday said that there is no military solution to the Lib...

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