In my blogpost on the early stages of the Covid-19 epidemic in North Africa, I wrote that: ‘Libya is a special case, as fighting has continued there ever since the overthrow of President Ghaddafi in 2011. The country is divided between the forces loyal to the Tripoli-based UN-backed Government of…
Read more from the source : Review of African Political Economy
Tags : Libya, GNA, LNA, Haftar,
Over the last 24-hours, Libya’s UN-backed government, known as the GNA, has carried out a series of air-strikes against forces loyal to Haftar, whose troops are reeling from government attacks and are in retreat. Haftar and his self-proclaimed Libyan National Army (LNA) have suffered a series of…
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Retired general Khalifa Haftar stated his Libyan National Army (LNA) had a “popular mandate” to rule Libya and vowed to press his assault to seize Tripoli. In a televised address on his Libya al-Hadath TV channel, he announced “the general command is answering the will of the people…
Read more from the source : Aljazeera
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Libya’s internationally-recognised government has said its forces have killed eight fighters loyal to eastern-based renegade military commander Khalifa Haftar. The announcement by military spokesman Mohamed Gnunu on Saturday came as forces aligned with the United Nations-recognised…
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