Libyen

Fayez al-Sarraj, Prime Minister of internationally-recognised government, cites progress in talks to unify state and prepare for polls.

Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to name new envoy after months of deadlock following resignation of Ghassane Salame.

The Security Council today decided to extend for one year the mandate of its integrated special political mission in Libya, listing a range of mediation and good offices tasks, while also charging the Secretary-General with conducting an independent review of its structure, priorities and staffing effectiveness. 

An interim government allied with Libya's eastern-based renegade commander Khalifa Haftar has resigned amid protests over power cuts and deteriorating living conditions.

European war ships blocked off Libya a Norwegian tanker chartered by the United Arab Emirates on Thursday (10 September), … .

As political talks wound down on the second and final day of negotiations in the town of Bouznika, Libya's two rival camps issued a statement saying that they were "intent on reaching an agreement."  

The United Nations acting Libya envoy said on Wednesday that foreign supporters of both sides in the civil war were helping them stockpile weapons in breach of an arms embargo and as coronavirus “spirals out of control” in the country.

A week of protests in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, and an apparent power struggle inside the National Unity Government that controls the west of the country have both the UN and regional power brokers Egypt and Turkey jockeying to resume stalled political talks inside the country.

Libya’s U.N.-supported government Friday announced a cease-fire across the oil-rich country and called for demilitarizing the strategic city of Sirte in an initiative supported by the rival parliament in the east.