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Libya’s Rival Officials Conclude Election Talks without Deal

Rival Libyan officials wrapped up weeklong talks in the Egyptian capital without an agreement on constitutional arrangements for elections, the United Nations said Tuesday. Twelve lawmakers from Libya’s east-based parliament and 12 from the High Council of State, an advisory body in the capital of Tripoli in western Libya, took…

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Libya's Underground Homes Wait for Tourism Revival

Gharyan's unique underground houses were hewn into the mountainside centuries ago, and many lie abandoned, but residents of the Libyan town are hoping tourism can help restore their heritage. "My great-great-great-great-great-grandfather dug this yard 355 years ago," said Al-Arbi Belhaj, who owns one of the oldest houses in the mixed…

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Libya’s Rival Govts Start UN-Backed Talks in Egypt

Representatives of Libya's two rival governments began talks in Egypt on Wednesday aimed at reaching agreement on holding national elections, the United Nations Mission in Libya said. Libya has had two competing governments since March when the eastern-based parliament appointed Fathi Bashagha to replace the Tripoli-based prime minister Abdulhamid al-Dbeibah,…

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Libya's rival lawmakers start U.N.-backed talks in Egypt

(This April 13 story corrects headline and first paragraph to make clear delegates are from parliamentary chambers, not governments)

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Haftar Denies Shutting Libya’s Oil Fields, Bashagha Vows to Assume Office in Tripoli

Libya’s Prime Minister Fathi Bashagha’s government will assume office in the capital Tripoli by peaceful means “soon,” it announced on Sunday.

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Eastern Libyan Military Commanders Urge Closure of Road to West

Military commanders in eastern Libya said on Saturday they had suspended participation in a UN-backed joint military council, accusing the Tripoli-based government of failing to hand power to a new cabinet and calling for the road west to be closed. Last month, the eastern-based parliament appointed Fathi Bashagha to replace…

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Eastern Libyan military commanders urge closure of road to west

Military commanders in eastern Libya said on Saturday they had suspended participation in a U.N.-backed joint military council, accusing the Tripoli-based government of failing to hand power to a new cabinet and calling for the road west to be closed.

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Six people killed in suspected bomb blast in Goma, DR Congo

In this edition of Eye on Africa, we go to the Democratic Republic of Congo, where six people have died following an explosion in a military camp in Goma. Meanwhile, the DRC's president travels to Nairobi to sign his country’s treaty of accession to the East Africa Community. And we…

France 24

Libya's Dbeibeh Seeks to Tighten Control Over Tripoli

The interim Libyan unity government, headed by Abdulhamid Dbeibeh, seeks to consolidate its control over Tripoli's "relatively weak" security situation, but it ignored the armed clashes between militias last Monday night. Interior Minister Khaled Mazen discussed the joint security plan to secure the capital and impose security control over it,…

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Turkey Stresses it Will Keep its Military Presence in Libya's Tripoli

Turkey said it will maintain its military presence in the Libyan capital, Tripoli. Turkey's Anadolu state news agency published pictures on Sunday showing Turkish soldiers eating “the first Suhoor meal” (the pre-dawn meal before the day’s fast) in Tripoli. The forces were initially deployed in Libya as part of a…

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Libyan Artisans Restore Old Korans for Ramadan

With the arrival of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in war-scarred Libya, a group of volunteers work around the clock to restore old or damaged copies of the Koran. Khaled al-Drebi, one of Libya's best-known restorers of Islam's holy book, is among the artisans who arrive at a Tripoli…

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Looted Libyan Artifacts Returned by US

Libyan authorities said on Thursday they had received nine ancient artifacts including funerary stone heads, urns and pottery that were returned by the United States after being smuggled out of the North African country. All the pieces had been illegally excavated and shipped to the United States, but they were…

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Libya's Bashagha says he will enter Tripoli peacefully within days

Libya's Fathi Bashagha, who was appointed prime minister by the eastern-based parliament this month, expects to take over government in Tripoli in the coming days without using force, he told Reuters, amid a weeks-long standoff between rival factions.

Reuters

Libyan Domestic Flights to Resume as of Tuesday

Libya’s Global Air scheduled a Tripoli-Benghazi flight for Tuesday afternoon. The announcement signaled resumption of domestic air travel after the country’s political crisis had closed airspace for more than two weeks, Reuters reported. The United Nations had urged the reopening of Libya’s skies in line with a 2020 ceasefire between…

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Libyan domestic flights to resume after political crisis closed skies

Libya's Global Air scheduled a Tripoli-Benghazi flight for Tuesday afternoon, signalling resumption of domestic air travel after the country's political crisis had closed airspace for more than two weeks.

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UN Warns Libya Could Be Divided Again, Urges 2022 Elections

The United Nations' political chief warned Wednesday that Libya could again see two rival administrations and a return to instability, calling for elections as soon as possible to unify the oil-rich North African nation. Undersecretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo told the UN Security Council she is encouraged by support for a UN…

Reuters

Libyan armed convoy turns back from Tripoli after clashes feared

An armed convoy affiliated with Libya's parliament-backed prime minister moved towards Tripoli on Thursday before turning back as he seeks a way to take office in the capital despite the incumbent refusing to cede power.

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Bashagha Makes Arrangements to Assume Office in Tripoli

Libya’s Prime Minister-designate Fathi Bashagha has said he is making arrangements to assume office in the capital Tripoli.

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Closed for Decades, Theater Returns to Lebanon’s Tripoli

The hissing of a water hose spraying the ground reverberates around the walls of the dimly lit Empire Cinema in Lebanon’s northern city of Tripoli.

The Independent UK

Closed for decades, theater returns to Lebanon's Tripoli

Lebanon’s second city, known for crushing poverty, extremism and outbound migration, seems an unlikely place for a cultural revival

Reuters

Tripoli tense amid standoff between Libya's two rival governments

(The story is refiled to correct the image to Tripoli, Libya from Tripoli, Lebanon)

Reuters

Libya ministers released as political factions jostle for power

Libya's new parliament-backed government said on Friday that an armed group linked to rival authorities had released two of its ministers held against their will, but tensions remained high between political factions.

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UN Libya Adviser Seeks Joint Committee on Constitution

The United Nations Libya adviser Stephanie Williams said on Friday she had invited the parliament and High State Council to each nominate six members for a joint committee on Libya's constitutional arrangements. Libya's political process fell apart in December with the collapse of a scheduled election, with major factions and…

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Rescue missions without fanfare

During past evacuation missions, officials quietly did their work and the media was tolerated at best

Al Jazeera

Libyan parliament swears in new PM as crisis deepens

Fathi Bashagha is sworn in as the divide between Tobruk and Tripoli threatens to plunge Libya into a new conflict.

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