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Libya: Bashagha Says to Enter Tripoli ‘in Coming Days’

Libya’s Fathi Bashagha, appointed as prime minister in a challenge to a unity government in Tripoli, plans to take office in the capital “in the coming days,” he said. Libya’s parliament picked the former interior minister in February to lead a government to replace that of interim Premier Abdul Hamid…

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Libya Traditional Jewelery Hangs on by Silver Thread

n Tripoli's Old City, young Libyans weave delicate patterns with threads of silver and gold to create traditional filigree jewelry -- reviving an art almost lost through decades of dictatorship and war. Abdelmajid Zeglam is just 12 years old, but his minutely detailed creations are already selling fast in the…

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Al-Mubasher: Foreign Initiatives Are Doomed to Fail Unless Imposed on Libyans by Force

The head of the Libyan elders’ national reconciliation council, Sheikh Mohammed Al-Mubasher, has called on the parties to the political conflict to make concessions for the sake of the country. “Everyone is in the same boat, and it is necessary to search for a way to reach safety,” he said…

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22 Malians, including children, die in boat disaster off Libya

Sixty-one others were rescued and those healthy enough were taken to a detention centre in Libya.

Al Jazeera

Libya's power cuts enrage citizens, spurring protest

When the power cut out in Libya's Benghazi last week, Haitham al-Ghoul dashed into the street with his five-year old son Othman to find somewhere to plug in a respirator the child needs to ease asthma attacks.

Reuters

UN rights mission finds 'probable' mass graves in Libya

A U.N.-appointed mission to Libya said on Monday there are "probable mass graves" yet to be investigated, possibly as many as 100, in a town where hundreds of bodies have already been found, and it urged Tripoli to keep searching.

Reuters

Oil Prices Slip as Recession Fears Rumble On, Tight Supply Stems Losses

Oil prices fell on Monday, paring gains from the previous session, as fears of a global recession weighed on the market even as supply remains tight amid lower OPEC output, unrest in Libya and sanctions on Russia. Brent crude futures for September slipped 36 cents, or 0.3%, to $111.27 a…

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UN secretary general urges calm in Libya as protests spread

Tripoli sees biggest rallies in years on weekend of demonstrations over political deadlock and living conditions

The Guardian - UK

Factbox-The legitimacy crisis in Libya's political institutions

Libyan protesters want the political authorities to quit and hold elections after previous transitional periods created institutions that clung on long after their mandates expired.

Reuters

Libyan Protest Group Says Rallies Should Go on until Goals Achieved

Libyan protesters say they will keep demonstrating until all the ruling elites quit power after rallies in most main cities on Friday culminated in a crowd storming the parliament building and torching parts of it. Protesters held their biggest rally in Tripoli for years, chanting slogans against Libya's feuding political…

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Libyan protest movement says it will step up its campaign

Libyan protesters will keep demonstrating until all the ruling elites quit power, they said on Saturday, after rallies in most main cities on Friday culminated in a crowd storming the parliament building and torching parts of it.

Reuters

UN Condemns Protesters’ Storming of Libya’s Parliament

A senior UN official for Libya on Saturday condemned the storming of the parliament’s headquarters by angry demonstrators as part of protests in several cities against the political class and deteriorating economic conditions. Hundreds of protesters marched in the streets of the capital, Tripoli, and other Libyan cities on Friday,…

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UN condemns protesters who stormed Libya parliament

Protesters stormed parliament to demonstrate over deteriorating living conditions and political deadlock.

Al Jazeera

UN condemns protesters' storming of Libya's parliament

A senior U.N. official for Libya has condemned the storming of the parliament’s headquarters by angry demonstrators

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226 Asylum-Seekers Evacuated from Libya to Italy, Nigeria

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) evacuated on Friday 95 asylum-seekers and refugees from Libya to safety in Italy. They included children, women, survivors of violence, the organization stated, noting that it relies on the international community to provide safe pathways out of Libya for some of the…

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Protests against Living, Political Conditions Erupt in East, West Libya

Fury at Libya's feuding leaders boiled over on Friday as protesters stormed the parliament building in the eastern city of Tobruk and staged the biggest demonstration for years in the capital Tripoli, in the west. The Tobruk protesters, accusing the parliament of treason and stealing public money, some eight years…

Reuters

Angry protests against feuding leaders grip Libyan cities

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UN: Libya Rival Officials Fail to Agree on Election Criteria

After two days of UN-mediated talks in Geneva, two senior Libyan officials from the country's rival camps failed to reach an agreement on a constitutional framework for national elections, the United Nations envoy to Libya said Thursday. According to Stephanie Williams, the UN special adviser on Libya, the influential speaker…

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The Independent UK

UN: Libya rival officials fail to agree on election criteria

The U.N. envoy to Libya says two officials from the country's rival camps failed to reach an agreement on a constitutional framework for elections after U.N.-mediated talks in Geneva this week

Reuters

Libya talks in Geneva end without breakthrough

Libya talks in Geneva ended on Thursday without making enough progress to move towards elections, the United Nations Libya adviser Stephanie Williams said in a statement.

The Independent UK

Charity says 30 Europe-bound migrants feared dead off Libya

An international charity says a flimsy rubber boat collapsed and sank in the Mediterranean Sea off Libya’s coast, leaving at least 30 people including women and children missing and feared dead

Al Jazeera

Twenty people found dead in Libyan desert

Bodies found about two weeks after group died, presumably due to thirst.

Reuters

Bodies of 20 migrants found in Libyan desert two weeks after last contact

The bodies of 20 migrants who got lost in the Libyan desert near Chad have been found, the ambulance service said on Wednesday, showing pictures of them lying around a black pick up truck on the sand.

Al Jazeera

Rival Libyan officials hold UN-led election talks in Switzerland

Talks will focus on draft constitutional framework for elections after they failed to reach an agreement previously.

Reuters

Rival Libya leaders meet in Geneva in bid to salvage elections

The heads of Libya's two rival legislative chambers met in Geneva on Tuesday for negotiations aimed at restoring a U.N.-led election process that fell apart last December.

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