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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.

The Special Envoy of the United Nations Secretary-General for Libya, Jan Kubis, said that the first group of international monitors for the Libyan ceasefire started work in Tripoli on October 10, until arrangements for their deployment in Sirte are completed.

UNSMIL welcomed yesterday the UN Human Rights Council’s mandate extension of the Libya Fact-Finding Mission (FFM) for nine months along with the presentation of its report to the Council at its 50th session.

The United Nations on Friday welcomed the signing of a long-awaited Action Plan to withdraw mercenaries, foreign fighters and foreign forces from Libya, after years of fighting between warring factions across the oil-rich nation. Special Envoy and Head of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), Ján Kubiŝ described the signing as “another breakthrough achievement by the 5+5 JMC”.