UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Saturday said he was not happy with the decision by the US government to block former Palestinian Prime Minister, Mr. Salam Fayyad from heading the UN political mission in Libya. Fayyad was the former Palestinian … Read More
The Leaders of Mauritania and Guinea-Bissau have suggested that a political solution was the best way to resolve the military and security crisis rocking Libya for years now. In a joint communiqué issued at the end of a two-day working … Read More
The spokesman of the League of Arab States, Mahmoud Afifi, can hardly believe that the pan-Arab Organization is not invited to the meeting convened by the French Government on the Libyan crisis, and scheduled on Monday in Paris. Resolving the … Read More
Though the African Union (AU) announced at its recent summit in Kigali, Rwanda, that it intended to initiate a national dialogue on reconciliation among Libyan stakeholders in order to address the security crisis that erupted in 2011, it is still … Read More
Following the extraordinary meeting of its foreign ministers on Saturday in Cairo, Egypt, the Council of the Arab League has urged its member states not to interfere in the internal affairs of Libya, including “the supply of arms to armed … Read More
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – Egypt is actively preparing to host an international conference for Libya’s rebuilding after the formation of a national coalition government, which is waiting for the approval by the Libyan House of Representatives (Parliament), the Egyptian deputy … Read More
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) – Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has slammed both South Africa and Nigeria at the African Union Summit because they had both voted for a United Nations Security Council Resolution in 2011 which authorised military action against … Read More
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – Two Libyan soldiers, who are taking part in a military training in Great Britain, have been sentenced by a Cambridge Court to 12 years imprisonment for rape on Saturday. Mokhtar Ali Saad Mahmoud, 33, and Ibrahim … Read More
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) – The Speaker of the Libyan Chamber of Representatives (Parliament), Aguila Saleh Gueider, called on the Arab League to intervene in Libya to protect vital installations, which have been targets of attacks by armed groups. Forces affiliated … Read More
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – Thousands of Libyans took to the streets in the capital, Tripoli, on Friday, to demonstrate against calls, by the new Parliament, for international intervention in the violent crisis ravaging their country. The intervention, according to parliamentarians, is … Read More
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – Some 7,240 families, representing about 36,200 people, have been displaced in Tripoli as a result of the month-long clashes between rival armed militias fighting for the control of Tripoli airport, the local council of the Libyan … Read More
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – Former member of the Libyan National General Congress (NGC, Parliament) Feriha al-Berkaoui was shot dead Thursday in the eastern city of Derna, hospital sources said. Mrs. al-Berkaoui was shot dead in her car by unidentified gunmen. Former … Read More
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The Arab League is available to contribute to any Arab, regional or international initiative to restore peace to Libya, according to the Secretary General of the Arab League, Nabil al-Arabi. Speaking at a joint news conference with … Read More
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The Libyan government strongly condemned the capture, on its territory by the United States special forces, of a Libyan Islamist, suspected of being responsible for the terrorist attack on the US Consulate in Benghazi in September … Read More
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – North Korea has disowned the vessel which illegally loaded a shipment of crude oil from a militia-held port in Libya, local media reported Thursday. The report quoted North Korea’s official news agency as saying the vessel, … Read More
