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War-torn Libya's parliament rejects any "interference" in its work, its speaker told the UN envoy on Monday after she had offered to mediate in a push for elections. Stephanie Williams, UN chief Antonio Guterres's special adviser on Libya, had on Friday offered to...

Libya's interim prime minister Abdelhamid Dbeibah reaffirmed Monday that he will only cede power to an elected government and announced a plan for legislative elections before the end of June, in the wake of an attempted ouster by parliament. Already plagued by...

By Hamza Mekouar Libyans on Thursday mark 11 years since the revolt that toppled dictator Moamer Kadhafi, but the democracy many hoped for  seems as elusive as ever, and many fear a return to conflict. The anniversary comes as the country, for years plagued by...

Belgium has for now ruled out deploying a contingent of some 250 troops to Mali, the Belgian defence minister's office told AFP on Tuesday, as European forces withdraw from the region. Defence Minister Ludivine Dedonder told a committee in the Belgian Parliament that...