Libyan electoral office attacked as local elections grow closer
On the morning of August 12th, an armed assault was carried out on an electoral administration office in the Libyan...
Libya elections
Libya: polling staff trained up ahead of municipal elections
Libya’s High National Election Commission (HNEC) released a statement on August 2nd to say they had conducted training for polling...
Libya: UN-backed state council sees election of new chairman
The High Council of State (HCS) of Libya voted in an UN-endorsed election for its new leadership with Mohammed Takala...
Libyan rival governments ordered to stop all cooperation
The Prime Minister of the eastern government in Libya, Osama Hammad, has issued a statement instructing all the institutions of...
Libya asks for more international help to carry out elections
On July 21st Emad Al-Sayeh, head of the High National Elections Commission (HNEC) in Libya, met with Stephanie Koury, Deputy...
The UN is not giving up the lengthy fight for Libyan elections
On July 14th, the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) launched a new initiative of public opinion surveys to...
Rights group blame eastern Libyan government for election delay
The non-governmental human rights group Libyan Crime Watch has accused Khalifa Haftar, head of the Libyan National Army, and the...
Libya’s mayors ask for more local power and funding
Over 50 mayors in Libya called for an end to centralized governance over municipal affairs, as reported on July 6th...
Voting to begin in Libyan local elections by mid-August
On June 25th, the head of Libya’s High National Elections Commission confirmed that the voting phase of municipal elections will...
Divided Libya: Parliament official criticises UN’s role in split
The president of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Libyan Parliament, Yousef Al-Agouri, has directly accused the United Nations of...
Jebril El-Abidi: Libya in desperate need of stability
We have seen many calls for an end to interference in Libyan affairs, as well as many initiatives and attempts...
Momentum grows for a Libyan return to monarchy
Amidst ongoing political gridlock, the conversation of a Libyan return to monarchy gains momentum, according to Al Arab. Since 2016,...
Libya: UN envoy says no vetos on candidates, favours Haftar
United Nations Envoy to Libya, Abdoulaye Bathily, seems to be showing a preference to the eastern bloc's warlord Field Marshal...
