11 October, 2021 | Libya, Menas Associates
On 3 October the House of Representatives (House) announced that it had passed a law to govern the parliamentary elections which were originally expected to take place simultaneously alongside presidential elections on 24 December. The full text was not made public,...
13 September, 2021 | Libya, Menas Associates
On 8 September, the House of Representatives (House) unilaterally passed an electoral law which is designed to ensure that presidential elections are held on 24 December 2021. It immediately sent its decision to the United Nations and asked it to recognise it as the...
30 August, 2021 | Libya, Menas Associates
Existing tensions between Minister of Oil and Gas Mohamed Aoun and the National Oil Corporation’s (NOC) chairman Mustafa Sanalla have escalated in the past week. On 24 August, Aoun announced that he was appointing Jadallah al-Awkali — one of the NOC’s...
9 August, 2021 | Libya, Menas Associates
The House of Representatives (House) failed to complete its debate on amending the draft presidential election law. Its discussions focused on two central issues that impact the head of the Libyan Arab Armed Forces (LAAF), Khalifa Haftar: whether a candidate can be a...
26 July, 2021 | Libya, Menas Associates
While Islamic State has been largely eliminated from Libya there are growing worries about the potential for increased jihadist activity in the south once France partially withdraws its Operation Barkhane forces in the first quarter of 2022. France’s President...
12 July, 2021 | Libya, Menas Associates
On 8 July the Central Bank of Libya (CBL) — split since 2014 between the main branch in Tripoli and the breakaway eastern branch — took delivery of a long-awaited audit in what is hoped will be a key step towards reunifying the organisation. Last year, Deloitte...
