By Reuters Staff
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GENEVA/TRIPOLI (Reuters) - U.N. sponsored talks produced a new interim government for Libya on Friday aimed at resolving a decade of chaos, division and violence by holding national elections later this year.
A staff shows the empty ballot box after delegates voted for the election of a new interim government for Libya during the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum in Chavannes-de-Bogi.
U.N. Photo/Handout via REUTERS
Mohammed al-Menfi, a former diplomat from Benghazi, will head a three-man presidency council, while Abdulhamid Dbeibeh, from the western city of Misrata, will head the government as prime minister.
By Reuters Staff
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TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Potential leaders of a new Libyan interim government joined in competing blocs on Thursday to seek backing from participants in U.N.-backed talks after publicly auditioning for top roles.
FILE PHOTO: Overview of the first day of the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum at an undisclosed location, Switzerland, February 1, 2021. Violaine Martin/U.N. Photo/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
The process is part of a U.N plan that envisages national elections at the end of the year as a political solution to Libya’s decade of chaos.
Although the process represents the biggest peacemaking effort for years, it is fraught with risk as heavily armed groups watch their allies and rivals vying for political power.
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Thursday, 4 February 2021 21:23 GMT
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TRIPOLI, Feb 4 (Reuters) - Potential leaders of a new Libyan interim government joined in competing blocs on Thursday to seek backing from participants in U.N.-backed talks after publicly auditioning for top roles.
The process is part of a U.N plan that envisages national elections at the end of the year as a political solution to Libya s decade of chaos.
Libyan oil guards allow work to resume at two main ports
Libya’s Petroleum Facility Guards (PFG) have ended their brief blockade of the ports of Ras Lanuf and Es Sider, allowing oil exports to resume there, al-Waha Oil Co said on Monday.
The PFG, a force made up of local groups around Libya tasked with protecting oil facilities, closed down the ports in what it said was a dispute over pay.
An oil engineer at Ras Lanuf said normal work had resumed.
Source: Reuters (Reporting by Reuters Libya newsroom, writing by Angus McDowall, editing by Susan Fenton)
2021-01-25
By Reuters Staff
1 Min Read
TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libya’s Petroleum Facility Guards (PFG) have ended their brief blockade of the ports of Ras Lanuf and Es Sider, allowing oil exports to resume there, al-Waha Oil Co said on Monday.
The PFG, a force made up of local groups around Libya tasked with protecting oil facilities, closed down the ports in what it said was a dispute over pay.
An oil engineer at Ras Lanuf said normal work had resumed.
Reporting by Reuters Libya newsroom, writing by Angus McDowall, editing by Susan Fenton