by Client Client | May 3, 2023 | International actors
On 3 May, the Libyan National Army’s (LNA) Chief of Staff General Abdurrazaq al-Nadhouri held a meeting with the French Military Attaché and his accompanying delegation in Rajma (Benghazi). It was attended by several high-ranking officials, including Chief of...
by Client Client | May 3, 2023 | International actors
On 3 May, the US Defence Attaché Mark Imblum led a US delegation to meet with a delegation of Libyan military leaders in Tripoli led by the Chief of Staff of the GNU’s Land Forces, al-Fitouri Grebeel. The US said the meeting underscored a ‘shared commitment to promote...
by Client Client | May 3, 2023 | Libyan actors
On 3 May, The Guardian newspaper reported that six Libyans were facing the death penalty for converting to Christianity and proselytising under laws that activists said were increasingly being used to silence civil society and human rights organisations. They are...
by Client Client | May 2, 2023 | Libyan actors
On 2 May, the head of the Presidential Council Muhammed al-Menfi hosted a high-level meeting in Tripoli to discuss the security situation and clashes in Zawiyya. During the meeting, which was attended by GNU Prime Minister Abdul Hameed Dabaiba and top security...
by Client Client | Apr 30, 2023 | Libyan actors
On 30 April, Libya’s Directorate for Combating Illegal Migration (DCIM) warned against the influx of Sudanese refugees into Libya. The head of DCIM’s eastern branch Rafae al-Barghathi said that hundreds of Sudanese asylum seekers had already arrived at Libya’s...
by Client Client | Apr 29, 2023 | Libyan actors
On 29 April, the National Commission for Human Rights in Libya (NCHRL) issued a statement calling for an integrated emergency plan to deal with the influx of displaced people and refugees from Sudan as the fighting between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), led by Abdel...
by Client Client | Apr 28, 2023 | Libyan actors
On 28 April, the Government of National Unity’s Chief of Staff Muhammed al-Haddad visited Zawiyya and met with protestors and civil society, affirming that the protestors concerns and demands were legitimate. Following meetings with Haddad, the protestors agreed...
by Client Client | Apr 27, 2023 | International actors
On 27 April, US Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, Barbara Leaf, said she spoke with Libyan National Army (LNA) Commander Khalifa Haftar in a phone call, in which they discussed ‘the urgent need to prevent outside actors, including the...
by Client Client | Apr 26, 2023 | International actors
On 26 April, US Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, Barbara Leaf, spoke with the Government of National Unity’s Foreign Minister Najla al-Mangoush to express US support for ending the violence in Sudan and preventing further regional...
by Client Client | Apr 26, 2023 | Libyan actors
Overnight on 26 April and throughout 27 April, tensions flared once more in Zawiyya triggered by the release of a video showing Zawiyyan armed groups torturing prisoners, with additional outrage being evoked due to sub-Saharan Africans being involved carrying out the...
