Libya approves first unified budget in more than a decade
Libya shows it is ‘capable of overcoming its differences’ with rare budget deal, central bank says.
Libya shows it is ‘capable of overcoming its differences’ with rare budget deal, central bank says.
![Some 98 candidates registered for the presidential race - including some who were seen as unacceptable in parts of the country and powerful armed factions [File: Esam Omran Al-Fetori/Reuters]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/2021-11-16T131231Z_174475150_RC25RQ9SKMQ3_RTRMADP_3_LIBYA-ELECTION-HAFTAR.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
Senior Turkish official says Turkish presence in Libya has helped maintain stability in the North African country.
Libya’s national elections commission said it will open registration for candidates in presidential, parliamentary vote.
The new law comes before a planned national vote set for December 24 under a UN-led peace process for Libya.
Libyan media said move paves way for Haftar to run for president under controversial new law.
In a new blow to UN-backed peace efforts, 89 MPs in Libya’s eastern-based parliament voted to withdraw confidence.
Egyptian president holds talks with Libya’s interim prime minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah, days after Haftar meeting.
Fighting between rival armed forces poses challenge to the unity government as it struggles to conduct December polls.
Najla al-Mangoush says the government is doing everything in its power to hold the vote but challenges persist.
Presence of foreign mercenaries, troops in war-torn country and elections to top meeting’s agenda.
The statement came after forces loyal to Khalifa Haftar said they have taken control of a border crossing with Algeria.
![Emad Al-Sayeh, Head of the High National Election Commission, left, said it had received amendments to the law from the parliament [File: Ismail Zitouny/Reuters]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/2017-12-06T153028Z_1960555359_RC1BBB5F1840_RTRMADP_3_LIBYA-ELECTIONS.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
![Libya has endured a decade of violence since the 2011 fall of Muammar Gaddafi in a NATO-backed uprising [File: Mohammed El Shaikhy/AFP]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/000_96242C.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
![The escalation came amid growing tensions between the Tripoli-based administration and the House of Representatives in the east [File: AFP]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/000_92C39T.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
![Conflict in Tripoli between the armed groups who vie to control both territory and state institutions would further undermine the prospect of December elections [File: Hazem Ahmed/Reuters]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/2021-02-17T093745Z_1386545817_RC29UL9MNM6F_RTRMADP_3_LIBYA-UPRISING-ANNIVERSARY.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
![Al-Mangoush's comments on Tuesday came a day after the UN envoy to Libya Jan Kubis warned that time was pressing for Libyans to finalise a legal framework for elections to be held on time [File: Maxim Shipenkov/Reuters]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/2021-08-19T121148Z_191923836_RC298P99RZ0W_RTRMADP_3_RUSSIA-LIBYA.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
![German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas, left, and Libyan Foreign Minister Najla Mangoush attend a joint press conferences part of the 'Second Berlin Conference on Libya' at the foreign office in Berlin [Michael Sohn/Pool/AP Photo]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/AP21174549397402.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
![Haftar's forces published pictures of their armoured vehicles positioned in and around the border crossing [Screengrab/Al Jazeera via Haftar Media]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Screen-Shot-2021-06-19-at-10.37.02-PM.png?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)