LIBYA DESK

Launched in March 2020 by the EU's Foreign Affairs Council and in response to recommendations from the Berlin Conference on Libya, Operation Irini aims to enforce arms embargo decisions following the armed conflict in Libya.

The reinstatement of Libya's Minister of Oil and Gas raises questions about transparency and governance within the country's hydrocarbons sector, especially as Libya prepares for its first major licensing round in over 25 years.

Libyan investments across Africa are increasingly at risk of being nationalised by governments that are seeing opportunities to leverage mismanagement in Libyan institutions for their own gain.

There have been a number of unconfirmed reports emerging regarding non-Western International Oil Corporations being in direct contact with Benghazi-based authorities to develop the region’s vast energy resources.

Despite the High National Elections Commission's (HNEC) preparations, a combination of financial hurdles, political infighting, and security concerns is casting a shadow over the electoral process.

To revive Libya’s political process, the Deputy Special Representative to the Secretary-General (DSRSG) of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) will have to be careful about several factors that could harm her mandate and help the country’s status quo thrive.

Libya is increasing its engagement with foreign partners and becoming more proactive in its efforts to raise oil output in line with the National Oil Corporation's strategic vision.

A second week of efforts to reach a peaceful solution to the ongoing tensions in Tripoli has failed. Neither of Libya’s rival groups have attempted serious reconciliation efforts until now, and within the past month, have depleted most mediators capable of helping.