Libya's media environment is highly-polarised and virtually unregulated, reflecting the country's political instability. Libya has remained beset by turmoil since 2011 when a bloody NATO-backed uprising led to the ouster and death of long-serving President Muammar Gaddafi after more than four decades in power. The goal, Obama explained, was to save the lives of peaceful, pro-democracy protesters who found themselves the target of a crackdown by Libyan dictator Muammar al-Qaddafi. In September 2019, the Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the African Union (AU) discussed the need for the PSC to play a greater role in concluding the Libyan crisis, putting forward a proposal to appoint a joint AU-UN envoy to Libya. Around the same time, Italy’s foreign minister shook hands with President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi in Cairo, one of the Haftar’s main allies. Can Saif al-Islam Qaddafi become President of Libya? 25 Sep 2019 - Faiez Mustafa Serraj, President of the Presidency Council of the Government of National Accord of the State of Libya, addresses the general debate of the 74th Session of the General Assembly of the UN (New York, 24 – 30 September 2019). As of 2019, the HoR's associated executive authority is the Second Al-Thani Cabinet, led by Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thani, based in Bayda, Libya. 10 May 2019 S/2019/380 This was the Secretary General’s report on the implementation of resolution 2420, authorising member states, acting nationally or through regional organisations, to inspect vessels on the high seas off the coast of Libya bound to or from the country that they have reasonable grounds to believe are violating the arms embargo. [15] The Tripoli-based Libyan Supreme Constitutional Court ruled on 6 November 2014 that the June elections were unconstitutional and that the House of Representatives should be dissolved. The Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA) struggled to govern large swaths of Libyan territory, as it did not exercise control in several parts of the country. Minister Guerini also expressed his appreciation for Vice-President Maitig availability to discuss with Eastern Libya:”We hope an agreement for a sustainable solution, able to effectively move the country toward a new, extremely important phase, can be achieved “. Libya (Special Case) Libya is a Special Case for the fourth consecutive year. There is speculation that Muammar Qaddafi’s oldest son, Saif al-Islam, will shortly announce his candidacy for the Presidency of Libya in the 2019 election. On March 17, 2011, the UN Security Council passed Resolution 1973, spearheaded by the administration of U.S. President Barack Obama, authorizing military intervention in Libya. Denis Sassou Nguesso, President of the Republic of Congo. In Libya’s south, Tebu, Tuareg, and Arab armed groups continued to clash for control of territory and resources. Since then, the country’s stark political divisions have yielded two rival seats of power — one in Tobruk and another in Tripoli — and a host of heavily armed militia groups. The former diplomat was for years his country’s ambassador to Greece, but was deported in December 2019 after the Libyan Muslim Brotherhood Government of National Accords signed an illegal memorandum with Turkey to steal Greek maritime space. U.S. President Donald Trump launched his administration’s first airstrikes on terrorist targets in Libya on September 24, 2017. Satellite TV is a key news source and many outlets are based outside Libya. On numerous occasions, he has called on opposing parties in Libya to choose the path of a peaceful discussion and unity for the sake of the country and their people. Bolivia's former interim President Jeanine Anez was behind bars on Saturday in the capital of the country she led just six months ago after the new government arrested her on claims she participated in a 2019 coup to seize power. May 3, 2019 June 5, 2019 The gold dinar: a groundbreaking initiative In 2009, Colonel Gaddafi, then President of the African Union, suggested to the States of the African continent to switch to a new currency, independent of the American dollar: the gold dinar. MAY 2019 KINGDOM OF MILITIAS Libya’s Second War of Post-Qadhafi Succession Jason Pack President, Libya-Analysis LLC In early April 2019, General Khalifa Haftar instructed the Libyan National Army (LNA) to take Tripoli by force, initiating Libya’s Second War of Post-Qadhafi Succession. Some 800,000 illegal migrants are currently in Libya, 20,000 of whom are held in government detention centres, according to the head of the Libyan President Council Fayez Al-Sarraj. President Muhammadu Buhari says instability in the State of Libya is a recurring threat to the Sahel and Sub-Saharan Africa, ... 2019 8:46 pm In News by Lawal Sherifat. “In coordination with Libya’s Government of National Accord and allied forces,” U.S. unmanned military aircraft conducted six “precision” strikes against an ISIS desert camp in Libya, according to U.S. Africa Command, killing 17 ISIS militants. Ankara says agreements were signed when President Erdogan met Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj in Istanbul. It was a fiasco that made the headlines and irritated Tripoli. Fighters loyal to the Government of National Accord on the frontline during a … A referendum on Libya’s new Constitution could take place in February 2019 if the security conditions are met, announced Mr Sayeh, President of the High National Election Commission (HNEC) on 7 December 2018. 2. Tensions rise as renegade General Khalifa Haftar orders his forces to move on Libyan capital in a ‘victorious march’. Anez, who led Bolivia for less than a year after long-time former President Evo Morales left office following contested elections and violent protests, was … 5 Apr 2019 Certainly, Italy’s current awkward geopolitics will adapt masochistically to support also its opponents, as has happened so far in Libya and in other parts of the world. Referendum on the Constitution. Drawing upon the Libya-Analysis proprietary 10 March 2020 S/2020/203: This was a letter from the Secretary-General, containing the list of members of the Panel of Experts supporting the 1970 Libya Sanctions Committee, appointed according to resolution 2509. Libya: High alert in Tripoli after renegade leader orders advance. The Meeting was convened at the initiative of the Committee Chair H.E. April 19, 2019; President Trump on ... a political scientist who has studied Libya and who was the president of the American University in Cairo during the uprisings of 2011. 2019 Trafficking in Persons Report – Libya. The outcome of this transition will be felt not only within Sudan’s borders, but also in neighboring Libya where thousands of Sudanese mercenaries have been involved in the country’s civil war. Then-President Trump in 2019 praised the strongman for his role in 'fighting terrorism' in Libya. World Report 2019: Libya | Human Rights Watch Skip to main content A summit on Libya hosted by Italy in November set a target of holding elections in the first half of 2019. By. In 2019 he expressed his rejection of the offensive lead by Khalifa Haftar against the country’s capital to assume authority from the Government of National Accord. Uncertainty and fragility have defined the complicated political landscape in Khartoum since President Omar Hassan al-Bashir’s ouster in 2019. The United Nations and its aid partners, together with the interim Government of Libya, launched on Tuesday a humanitarian response plan (HRP), appealing for $202 million to bring urgent life-saving assistance to some 550,000 women, children and men affected by the ongoing humanitarian crisis. Tripoli, 5 February 2019 – Seven years after the revolution, hundreds of thousands of people across Libya, live in dire conditions. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey might send troops to Libya to counter Russian-backed militia forces. President Muhammadu Buhari has pledged Nigeria’s continued support for Libya’s quest to ... 2019. Haftar (right) is a former CIA asset who returned to Libya from Virginia after Qaddafi's fall The Head of Libya’s GNA told the President … January 3, 2019 by Azeem Ibrahim. France and Italy are sniping at each other, with the President of the European Parliament, Antonio Tajani, blaming Paris for "historical mistakes" that contributed to Libya's instability. A “national conference” is scheduled for the spring of 2019 to prepare this electoral timeline. 29 November 2019 S/2019… This was the annual report of the 1970 Libya Sanctions Committee. The High Council of State is an executive institution and a constitutional authority that was founded in Libya after the Libyan Political Agreement in Skhirat on 17 December 2015 under the auspices of the UN in order to end the conflict and political division in Libya. President Muhammadu Buhari says instability in State of Libya is a recurring threat to the Sahel and Sub-Saharan Africa, and expressed concern over the growing effect of … Nevertheless, the economic rather than political Memorandum of Understanding,signed between Turkey and Libya on November 28, 2019, is a Turkish longa manus in Libya that will be very hard to limit. Libya, Turkey sign deals on security and maritime jurisdictions. 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