by Client Client | Aug 22, 2024 | International actors
On 22 August, UNSMIL issued a press release expressing its concern about the increasing tensions and the mobilization of armed forces in Tripoli. It said it is particularly concerned about the threat of violence to resolve the crisis over the Central Bank of Libya...
by Client Client | Aug 22, 2024 | Libyan actors
A spokesperson for the Libyan National Army (LNA) has explained that security on the south-western border with Algeria and Niger in the Salvador Triangle area has been further strengthened. The aim is to secure the border and prevent all forms of smuggling. Desert...
by Client Client | Aug 22, 2024 | Libyan actors
On 22 August, militias from Zuwara blocked the road to the Ras Ajdir border crossing near Abu Kammash from nightfall. That same evening, the Zuwara military leadership declared a state of alert for all troops. The Zuwarans demanded the withdrawal of all troops sent by...
by Client Client | Aug 20, 2024 | Libyan actors
On 20 August, the Special Deterrence Force (Rada) commander Abdurraouf Kara declared that the Presidential Council’s (PC) decision to replace al-Sadiq al-Kabir as Governor of the Central Bank of Libya (CBL) was worthless. He stressed that the protection of the...
by Client Client | Aug 20, 2024 | International actors
On 20 August, Acting UN Special Envoy to Libya Stephanie Koury briefed the UN Security Council on the situation in Libya, noting a rapid deterioration in terms of political, economic and security stability. She criticised several ‘unilateral acts’ by Libya’s political...