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2024-08-25 Africa North
UN Mission Warns Against Military Showdown in Libyan Capital
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The United Nations
...a lucrative dumping ground for the relatives of dictators and party hacks...
Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has expressed deep concern regarding reports of troop mobilizations in the capital, Tripoli
...a confusing city, one end of which is located in Lebanon and the other end of which is the capital of Libya. Its chief distinction is being mentioned in the Marine Hymn...
, including threats of using force to resolve the crisis surrounding the Central Bank of Libya. UNSMIL urgently calls for calm, tension reduction, and restraint, emphasizing that dialogue is the only viable solution to all disputes.

UNSMIL is actively engaging with all relevant parties to broker a peaceful agreement to address the Central Bank crisis.

The mission strongly criticizes the display of military force and armed confrontations in populated areas, deeming them unacceptable and a threat to the lives, security, and tranquility of civilians. UNSMIL considers these actions counterproductive, exacerbating the crisis and diminishing the prospects for a political resolution to the ongoing political deadlock.

Safety in Libya’s capital, Tripoli is continuously deteriorating, with threats of kidnapping and murder a daily occurrence for residents.

Over the years, kidnappings, arrests, and liquidations have increased substantially in western Libya. This is evident in the repeated statements of the Ministry of Interior, about the arrest of gangs and individuals involved in the kidnapping and extortion of expatriate workers.

In October 2022, the Head of the Zaher al-Jabal Police Station, Abdel-Salam Abdullah Abdel-Nabi, was assassinated by unknown assailants. Just days before, a policeman was assassinated in the same city. Despite this happening in full view of everyone, those at the helm of power do not move a finger to identify the perpetrators. The security authorities do not move to arrest them, or announce their names.

Salah Abdel-Salam, the former Executive Director of the Civil Society Commission of the Libyan Presidential Council, was kidnapped in central Tripoli.

The National Commission for Human Rights in Libya (NCHRL) said that there are reports of security forces being involved in the kidnapping of Abdel-Salam. There has been no contact with him since the incident, and the identity of the security agency that kidnapped him has not been established. So far, his fate remains unknown.

Libya ranked fourth in the Arab world, and twenty in the world, among the countries with the highest levels of organised crime, according to the report of the Global Initiative to Combat Crime (GLOBAL INITIATIVE).

Posted by Fred 2024-08-25 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11166 views ]  Top
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#1 CAIRO (AP) — One of Libya's dueling authorities unilaterally fired the country's powerful central bank governor in an abrupt move that is likely to inflame tensions in the divided North African country.
The presidential council in the capital of Tripoli, which is allied with the government of Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah that controls western Libya, removed Gov. Sadiq al-Kabir, according to a decree issued late Sunday.
In his place, the council appointed Mohamed Abdul Salam al-Shukri, an economist and former deputy governor, as the new governor for the Central Bank of Libya.
Al-Kabir had led the central bank since October 2011 — the year that Libya was plunged into chaos after a NATO-backed uprising toppled longtime dictator Moammar Gadhafi. During that time, he accumulated significant influence and power but also faced criticism from officials on both side of the country's political divide in allocating Libya's oil money. In recent months, that criticism has turned into calls for his removal.
Posted by Sligum Hupomoling9524 2024-08-25 07:50||   2024-08-25 07:50|| Front Page Top

#2 Thank you for making us more informed than we would be without you, Sligum Hupomoling9524.

Sometimes the best way to reduce corruption, for a while at least, is to replace the old guy with a somewhat competent new one who hasn’t built up methods and connections yet.
Posted by trailing wife 2024-08-25 17:57||   2024-08-25 17:57|| Front Page Top

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