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Minister of Interior Khaled Mazen has warned that the situation is no longer acceptable for the electoral process to proceed, as he referred to the failure of the Sabha Court to consider the appeals brought to it due to security threats, which puts the elections security plan at risk.

Libya's electoral commission on Wednesday announced its rejection of the candidacy of Seif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of slain dictator Muammar Gaddafi, to run in next month's presidential election.

The U.N. Security Council threatened sanctions Wednesday against spoilers in Libya’s presidential and parliamentary elections scheduled for December 24.

The United Nations Libya mediator Jan Kubis is stepping down, a UN spokesman said on Tuesday, less than a year after he took up the role and a month before planned elections in the country.

Abdul Hamid Dbeibah announces candidacy in 24 December election, joining more than 60 others

The divisive figure, who is wanted for war crimes, pledged to restore peace after a decade of conflict. One of his opponents will be Seif al-Islam, the son of former strongman Moammar Gadhafi.

Senior Turkish official says Turkish presence in Libya has helped maintain stability in the North African country.

UN Secretary-General António Guterres has urged Libyans to forge a spirt of national unity and overcome any remaining differences ahead of landmark presidential and parliamentary elections next month. 

The head of Libya's national unity government plans to run for president next month, according to a senior official, an apparent breach of a pledge to remain neutral when he took office in March under a U.N.-backed peace process.

Libya’s fragile unity government is hosting senior foreign officials to drum up support on spiky transitional issues as the war-torn country gears up for a landmark election. The conference on Thursday comes two months ahead of planned presidential polls in December under a United Nations-led peace process that seeks to end a decade of conflict and chaos.