Government decides to legalise firearms
The Interior Minister has decided to allow individuals to own arms and ammunition. It plans to issue gun and explosives licences to ordinary citizens.
The Interior Minister has decided to allow individuals to own arms and ammunition. It plans to issue gun and explosives licences to ordinary citizens.
Ten polling stations in Kufra out of the town’s 15 did not open today because protestors blocked the delivery of election material to them, according to an HNEC official in the town.
The deaths of three security security forces members and 17 wounded have been reported in Benghazi after Ansar Al-Sharia forces opened fire on a Benghazi Joint Security Room (BJSR) convoy as it moved to protect polling stations.
Polling is under way in Libya to elect a new national parliament despite much of the country being in the grip of the worst violence since the 2011 uprising.
The current security situation in Derna has made the prospect of holding tomorrow’s elections there impossible, an official in the town has said.
Turks and Qataris in eastern Libya – “from Sirte to Musaid (on the Egyptian border)” – have been told to leave the country. The stark warning came from General Khalifa Hafter’s spokesman, Mohamed Hejazi. He told the Libya Herald that they had to go “within 48 hours” of the warning.
Elders and dignitaries from the greater Benghazi area have openly criticised the statement made earlier this month by the Grand Mufti, in which he described the Operation Dignity forces led by retired General Khalifa Hafter as “outlaws” and called on Libyans to fight them.
The Supreme Judicial Council, in a bluntly worded statement, declared that the General National Congress (GNC) does not have the authority to dismiss or appoint the Attorney General, referencing the absolute need to observe separation of powers between the legislative and judicial branches of the government.