Israel’s foreign minister announced he met Najla al-Mangoush in Rome, causing protests to erupt across Libya.
William Burns makes a rare trip to Libya, meeting the country’s interim prime minister and his rival, Khalifa Haftar.
“Why have you killed my father and my uncles and my grandfather? Where is the justice?”
Libyans express frustration after presidential election scheduled for December 24 was indefinitely pushed back.
A look at the factors that have forced Libya to postpone a vote seen as crucial to end its 10-year-long crisis.
![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=270%2C180&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.
![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=270%2C180&quality=80)
The new law comes before a planned national vote set for December 24 under a UN-led peace process for Libya.
![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=270%2C180&quality=80)
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.
![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=270%2C180&quality=80)
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.
![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=270%2C180&quality=80)
Najla al-Mangoush says the government is doing everything in its power to hold the vote but challenges persist.
![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=270%2C180&quality=80)
Presence of foreign mercenaries, troops in war-torn country and elections to top meeting’s agenda.
![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=270%2C180&quality=80)