Libyan officials Saturday announced that they will launch an investigation into French author Bernard-Henri Levy's visit to the country. Libyan Interior Minister Fathi Bashagha also denied reports about inviting controversial French Jewish intellectual Levy to visit Libya. "The government has not officially invited any journalist to visit Libya," Bashagha said on Twitter. Tribes to sue Egypt backersIn another recent development in Libya, Libyan tribal chieftains said Saturday they will file a lawsuit against tribesmen who called for Egyptian military intervention in Libya. "We announce the launch of lawsuits against (Libyan) citizens who claimed to represent the Libyan tribes and went to Egypt," reads a document signed by Libyan tribal chieftains.

Source: The North Africa Journal July 26, 2020 10:19 UTC