The Latest Breaking News from Libya

U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres has appointed Senegalese diplomat and former government minister Abdoulaye Bathily as his Libya envoy, the U.N. Libya mission said in a statement on Saturday.

Libyans are awaiting the result of a Turkish mediation between the heads of rival government – Abdulhamid al-Dbeibah, of the Tripoli-based Government of National Unity (GNU), and Fathi Bashagha, of the east-based government of stability. Bashagha’s office did not disclose the outcome of his talks with officials in Türkiye. Dbeibah’s…

Secretary-General Antonio Guterres announced the appointment Friday of former Senegalese minister and UN diplomat Abdoulaye Bathily to be the new UN envoy to Libya after the Security Council gave its approval, ending a nine-month search amid increasing chaos in the oil-rich north African nation. Libya’s transitional government, which opposed Bathily’s…

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has nominated Abdoulaye Bathily to be the new U.N. envoy to Libya

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres plans to appoint a former Senegalese minister to lead U.N. efforts to broker peace in Libya, according to a letter seen by Reuters on Thursday.

Here’s a round-up of Al Jazeera’s Middle East coverage from the past week.

How Libya’s women novelists are reframing the country’s stories in a post-Gaddafi era.

The United National Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has called on relevant authorities to address enforced disappearances in the country as part of a rights-based national reconciliation process. “Families have the right to know the fate of their loved ones and the right justice,” it said in a statement on…

UN security council hears bleak assessment of country’s prospects after violence between militia in capital

There is potential for new violence in Libya, a United Nations official said Tuesday, as the country faces delays in moving toward elections. Rosemary DiCarlo, under-secretary-general for political and peacekeeping affairs, told the Security Council she was worried about Libya's security situation.

Seif al-Islam al-Gaddafi, son of late Libyan ruler Moammar al-Gaddafi, denied allegations that he had struck a deal for the release of his brother, Hannibal, who has been jailed in Lebanon for six years. Seif al-Islam's lawyer, Khaled al-Zaidi, denied the claims of the deal that were reported by France’s…