The American Embassy in Libya has issued a statement calling on all Libyan parties to urgently abandon the issues that divide them, and focus their efforts on enhancing the health of Libyans and confronting the deadly novel coronavirus. The embassy said on Friday that it is particularly crucial for relevant econ…

Libya’s National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced late last night the confirmation of six new cases of Coronavirus (Covid-19). This brings the country’s total confirmed cases to seventeen. It should be noted that the first case had been announced on 24 March. In a statement, NCDC said it had recei…

Libya’s House of Representatives along with the High Council of State have issued a joint statement following a meeting between the Heads of HoR and HCS, Hamouda Sayala and Khalid Al Mishri, respectively, who reviewed the latest developments on the frontlines, the HoR said on Facebook today. The statement calle…

UNSMIL stated that the humanitarian situation has deteriorated to levels never previously witnessed in Libya. Between 1 April 2019 and 31 March 2020, UNSMIL documented at least 685 civilian casualties (356 deaths and 329 injured). Around 149,000 people in and around Tripoli have been forced to flee their homes …