TRIPOLI: Stephanie Williams, adviser to the UN Secretary-General on Libya, has urged the parties in the country to preserve calm on the ground. The House of Representatives on February 10 unanimously voted for former Interior Minister Bashagha as the country's new Prime Minister. Dbeibah's Government of National Unity was appointed by the UN-sponsored Libyan Political Dialogue Forum in February last year, ending years of political division in the North African country. The Libyan Parliament withdrew confidence from Dbeibah's government in September last year and kept it as a caretaker government. General elections in Libya had been scheduled for December 24 last year, but were postponed indefinitely over technical and legal issues, according to the High National Elections Commission.

Source: Libya Today February 14, 2022 08:53 UTC