Vol 62 No 3 | LIBYA Jagged path to elections 4th February 2021 Libya now has a shortlist of 21 candidates for the post of prime minister and 24 for the three vacancies on the Presidency Council (one president and two...
Vol 62 No 1 | LIBYA Polls, parlays and proxies 7th January 2021 Practically every conceivable factor in Libya’s chaos could prevent planned year-end elections, but they may yet succeed Only one thing is in Libya's diary for 2021: presidential and parliamentary elections on 24 December, the 70th anniversary of the country's independence in 1951. All 75 local...
Vol 61 No 22 | LIBYA Hope without optimism for the new deal 2nd November 2020 War-weary citizens welcome the UN-brokered ceasefire but the foreign sponsors of the conflict have the casting vote Politicians and fighters in Libya's civil war are due to meet for face-to-face talks in Tunis on 9 November in what will be a key test of the...
Vol 61 No 16 | LIBYA Rivals fight for control of Sirte 6th August 2020 A test of strength over Gadaffi’s home town and local oil assets threatens to become a regional war pitting Turkey against Egypt The conflict in Libya started as a civil war, became a proxy war, and is mutating again as it reaches a potential new watershed. With battle lines now...
Vol 61 No 15 | LIBYA Red lines in the sand 23rd July 2020 In June, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el Sisi said that the Libyan central coastal town of Sirte and the airbase at Jufra further south, both held by General...
Vol 61 No 14 | LIBYA Lobbying grenades 9th July 2020 General Khalifa Haftar may be in retreat on the battlefield after his Libyan National Army was forced away from Tripoli back to its eastern strongholds but the war...
Vol 61 No 12 | LIBYA Haftar falls back 11th June 2020 Now that General Haftar is in retreat, he says he’s backing Egypt’s ceasefire plan. The government in Tripoli may try to finish him off first Fourteen months after launching his 'lightning' offensive to seize the Libyan capital and oust the UN-recognised Government of National Accord, eastern-based General Khalifa Haftar now wants a peace...
Vol 61 No 11 | LIBYA West too wild for Haftar 28th May 2020 Although his Libyan National Army (LNA) still controls eastern and southern Libya, General Khalifa Haftar has suffered a string of heavy defeats in western Libya, leaving his hopes...
Vol 61 No 7 | LIBYACOVID-19 No coronavirus ceasefire 2nd April 2020 Unlike its neighbours, Libya reported no coronavirus cases before 24 March, a beneficial effect of the civil war restricting the movement of people and businesses in and out...
Vol 61 No 6 | LIBYA In search of an envoy 19th March 2020 The signs point to an African being appointed UN special envoy to Libya after the surprise resignation of Lebanese Ghassan Salamé on 2 March. On 10 March, the...