December 2020

The US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Washington will support Libyans to consolidate a lasting ceasefire as per Geneva agreement and hold elections on December 24, 2021.

Pompeo's remarks came in a letter in which he extended best wishes for a joyous Independence Day to the Head of Presidential Council Fayez Al-Sairraj and to the Libyan people, according to a State Department statement.

Sirte-Jufra Operations Room of the Libyan Army under the command of the Government of National Accord (GNA) said its forces "are on alert for any possible attacks by Khalifa Haftar's forces on the Sirte-Jufra contact line as they continue to mobilize in the ceasefire area."

The USAID-sponsored Libya Public Financial Management project (LPFM/Bab Al-Tamkeen) has conducted two workshops on the drafting of municipal Own Source Revenue (OSR) budgets for 2021 in Sabratha and AL Bayda.

The organizers said that the workshop, which took place between 16-17 December, aims to enhance the capacities of municipalities to promote the development of budgets in a manner consistent with realistic revenue projections that are time-bound and customized with each municipality’s context.