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Apr

2024

Libyan PM’s residence targeted with RPGs, no casualties reported

THE residence of Libyan Prime Minister Abdulhamid al-Dbeibah was targeted with rocket-propelled grenades in an attack that left no casualties, a Libyan minister told Reuters. The minister, who spoke in condition of anonymity, confirmed in a message that the attack only caused some damage. The minister has not disclosed any further details. Two citizens said they had heard massive explosions near the sea in Tripoli's luxury Hay Andalus neighbourhood, the home to PM Dbeibah's residence. A citizen said that after the massive explosions were heard, heavy security forces with their vehicles were deployed around the area. Libya has had little…

Dec

2023

By The African Mirror

Libya’s stock market resumes trading after more than 9 years of closure

BUSINESS

LIBYA'S Stock Market resumed trading at a hall in the capital Tripoli after more than nine years of closure because of the political and security situation. The prime minister of the Government of National Unity Abdulhamid al-Dbeibah and the market's chairman of the board of directors Bashir Mohamed Ashour with other officials rang the bell to announce the resumption of trading. The stock market also has a trading hall in Libya's second city of Benghazi where trading is expected to resume next week, a source said on Monday. Dbeibah said the bourse was "one of the means to improve the…

Apr

2022

By The African Mirror

Libya’s Bashagha says he will enter Tripoli peacefully within days

NEWS

ANGUS MCDOWALL LIBYA'S Fathi Bashagha, who was appointed prime minister by the eastern-based parliament this month, expects to take over government in Tripoli in the coming days without using force, he told Reuters, amid a weeks-long standoff between rival factions. Abdulhamid al-Dbeibah, who was made interim prime minister a year ago in a U.N.-backed process, has refused to cede power to Bashagha after a planned election collapsed in December and remains ensconced in the capital, backed by some armed groups. After the election process fell apart, the parliament said Dbeibah's government had expired and selected Bashagha to head a new…

Mar

2022

By The African Mirror

Libya ministers released as political factions jostle for power

NEWS

LIBYA'S new parliament-backed government said that an armed group linked to rival authorities had released two of its ministers held against their will, but tensions remained high between political factions. The office of Fathi Bashagha, the parliament's choice for prime minister, had said the two ministers were held on Thursday as they travelled by road to the swearing-in of his cabinet in the east of the country after domestic flights were grounded. Airports said flights had resumed on Friday and Bashagha's office said the two men, his foreign minister and culture minister, were freed. The armed group could not be…

Mar

2022

By The African Mirror

Libya crisis worsens as rival government takes oath

NEWS

A standoff between two rival governments in Libya worsened with the risk of fighting or territorial division as the parliament in the east swore in a new administration while the incumbent in Tripoli refused to cede power. Addressing the parliament after taking the oath of office, Fathi Bashagha said he was studying all options to take over in Tripoli. The present prime minister there, Abdulhamid al-Dbeibah, has said he will not hand over control. Armed groups affiliated with both sides have mobilised in the capital and foreign forces, including from Turkey and Russia, remain entrenched in Libya nearly 18 months…

Mar

2022

By The African Mirror

Libya parliament backs new government as crisis deepens

WORLD

LIBYA'S parliament approved a new government but the incumbent prime minister rejected the vote and vowed not to cede power, raising the risk of fighting among armed factions or territorial partition between rival administrations. The parliament speaker's declaration of Fathi Bashagha as prime minister after a televised vote aggravates a power struggle with the administration of Abdulhamid al-Dbeibah, who was installed through a U.N.-backed process last year. Opposing armed groups have mobilised in the capital Tripoli over recent weeks and foreign forces including from Turkey and Russia that have backed rival warring factions remain in the country. Whether the crisis…