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A day before the anticipated session of the House of Representatives, Williams urges dialogue and avoiding provocative speech that might harm calm on the ground and progress in the Libyan-Libyan dialogue.
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Tripoli, 28 February 2022 (Lana) UN Secretary General Adviser on Libya Stephanie Williams met with a group of members of the House of Representatives from several cities in western Libya, to discuss the latest political developments in the country.Williams stressed the urgent need to maintain dialogue and avoid any provocative rhetoric that could harm calm on the ground and progress in the Libyan-Libyan dialogue. She said in a second tweet that during the meeting,"... Read more
The municipal guard in the municipality of Hai Al-Andalus neighborhood closes a number of shops for hiking flour prices.
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Tripoli, 28 February 2022 (Lana) The municipal guard in the municipality of Hai Al-Andalus district in the capital closed a number of shops due to hiking of flour prices. The Municipal Guard and the Economy Directorate carried out a crackdown on offending flour dealers for hiking prices, and closed their shops. Minister of Economy and Trade Mohammed Al-Haweij said that Libya's wheat reserves are enough for more than a year and that the... Read more
Following discontent on the Libyan street: The Foreign Ministry summons charge d'affaires of the Egyptian Embassy in Libya on what has been circulated in the Egyptian media which construed as disregard for Libyan sovereignty.
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Tripoli, 27 February 2022 (Lana) Foreign and International Cooperation Minister Najla Al-Mangush summoned the Charge D'affaires of the Egyptian Embassy, Tamer Mustafa, against the backdrop of what was circulated in the Egyptian media, which was construed as a disregard of Libya’s sovereignty and the Government of National Unity and the drawn similarity of what is happening between Ukraine and Russia with the relationship between Egypt and Libya. The Egyptian Charge D'affaires explained that the perpetrator did not represent... Read more
Head of GNU Government renews commitment to elections and rejection of extension and transition.
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Tripoli, 27 February 2022 (Lana) The Head of the Government of National Unity, Abdul Hamid Al Dbeiba, reiterated his commitment to holding parliamentary elections in June, his rejection of the extension, the transitions and the survival of political bodies, including the Government of National Unity. In a speech at the Popular Movement Gathering to Support the Elections held here on Sunday under the slogan "No to extension", Al Dbeiba accused Parliament, which he described as... Read more
The Russian-Ukrainian war puts Libya in the face of the wheat crisis and high shipping costs - Report:
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By Hind Issa Benghazi, 27 February 2022 (Lana) The world's attention these days is turning to the crisis that broke out between Russia and Ukraine and tensions in the region following the Russian invasion of Ukrainian territory, which threatens economic crises worldwide, especially in regard to food security where the Russian attack on Ukraine caused the rise in grain prices globally, causing concerns of major repercussions on importing countries including Libya, which relies... Read more
