Elections

Two Russians with links to an infamous Russian troll farm have been arrested in Libya, their employer, who has been put on the U.S. sanctions list, said on Friday.The Foundation for the Protection of Traditional Values said in a…

The chairman of Libya’s High National Elections Commission (HNEC) said Thursday that the referendum on a new constitution will be held before the end of next February. The announcement by HNEC's chairman Emad Al-Sayeh signals a small…

A national conference will be held in Libya in the first weeks of 2019 to push for elections that could take place next year, the UN envoy told the Security Council on Thursday.UN envoy Ghassan Salame said the conference will…

Sources close to the commander of the self-styled army in eastern Libya, Khalifa Haftar, told Egypt-based Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper on Sunday that the forces in east Libya are ready to secure any electoral process in regions under…

France has provided 650,000 euros (752,000 U.S. dollars) to assist Libya's municipal elections through the UN electoral support project, United Nations Development Program (UNDP) announced on Friday.French Ambassador to Libya…

France said on Monday it wanted the U.N. Security Council to implement sanctions on militias involved in month-long clashes between rival factions in Libya’s capital Tripoli.“In the face of the worsening security situation in…

France stuck to its position pushing for elections in Libya by the end of the year on Thursday, a day after Italy and the U.N.-backed government in Tripoli sowed doubts on the electoral calendar, citing a worsening security situation.…

France’s foreign minister visited Libya on Monday to encourage holding elections in the north African country later this year as part of a reconciliation agreement reached by the country’s main political rivals in Paris in May. Jean-Yves…

An online survey for a week posted by news operator Ean Libya showed that 79% of the voters prefer to have a constitution referendum before having to hold elections in the country.  The voters of the constitution option (79%) won…

A storage site housing half of Baghdad’s ballot boxes from Iraq’s parliamentary election in May has caught fire, Reuters reported.This came just days after parliament demanded a nationwide recount of votes, drawing calls for the…

The U.N. Security Council has given its backing to the holding of presidential and parliamentary elections in Libya in December, which could be a significant step in bringing stability to a country where lawlessness has fed Islamic…

The Libyan parties under the auspices of the UN, intentional community and hosted in Paris by Emmanuel Macron, agreed on finalizing the constitution laws and adopting it by September 16 this year and holding presidential and…

ISIS militants claimed responsibility for the attack on the Libyan electoral commission in Tripoli Wednesday morning, Reuters reported citing Amaq Media Agency.The death toll of the attack on the High National Elections Commission…

The death toll of the attack on the High National Elections Commission (HNEC) in Tripoli's Ghout Al-Shaal has reached 16 and injuries reached 19, according to the field hospital official Mohammed Damja, who talked to local media.The…

High National Elections Commission in Tripoli, Libya, has been attacked by three suicide bombers leaving the building ablaze and killing several security personnel, and injuring others.Local media reported Tripoli Field Hospital…