Libya

Members of the Libyan parliament and the High Council of State meeting in Cairo, Egypt, decided to form a unified government, a significant step towards ending the long political crisis by establishing a 'government of competence'

The recent arrest and arbitrary detention of a journalist in Tripoli, Ahmed Sanussi, who had reported on allegations of government corruption and was arrested by security forces, has raised concern in the United Nations Support Mission in Libya

The UN said it was 'deeply concerned' about the allegations of human rights violations, while emphasising the 'determination and unity' of the Libyan people, whose majority expressed the need for political agreement for national elections

Skyrocketing meat prices threaten Eid al-Adha, the Muslim festival of mutton sacrifice: last March Libya's Central Bank imposed a 27% surcharge on the sale of hard currency, with price increases of up to 50%

The launch of a project for the creation and implementation of a paved road connecting Sokna to the cement factory to be built in Al-Jofra has been authorised by the Agency for the Implementation of Transport Projects

40.000 hectares are still to be de-mined: UNSMIL, the UN Support Mission in Libya, reported that incidents with explosive devices claimed 35 lives in the country, of which 26 children, between April 2023 and April 2024

The Director General of the Libyan Customs Authority, Major General Suleiman Ali Salem, signed two agreements on Customs Cooperation and the Transit Transport Organisation between the Arab countries

Leaked photos of the son of the late Libyan dictator Moammar Gaddafi and the tiny underground cell in which he has been held for years in Lebanon have led the Libyan authorities to ask the Lebanese ones to improve his living conditions

The country has become Africa's top crude oil producer; a further increase in the price of Brent crude, to around $90 per barrel, would represent a key for recovery for the economy

Yet another UN envoy to Libya, Abdoulaye Bathily, has resigned; the average term of office is less than 20 months and there has been a series of resignations one after another

To finance the new airport project in Tripoli, a memorandum of understanding has been signed between the Libyan Airport Authority and two foreign companies

UNDP has announced the participation of thirty female police officers in a program organized by the Supreme Commission on National Elections to train officers in techniques to counter violence against women in elections