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UN Security Council  The United Nations top official in Libya told the Security Council Tuesday (Aug. 20) that the recen...
23/08/2024

UN Security Council The United Nations top official in Libya told the Security Council Tuesday (Aug. 20) that the recent situation in the Maghreb country has complicated efforts for a negotiated political solution.

Recent events likely to inflame tensions in the divided nation include the disputed sacking of the central bank governor.

The bank said it would “not resume operations” until Msallem was released, adding that other executives had also been “t...
22/08/2024

The bank said it would “not resume operations” until Msallem was released, adding that other executives had also been “threatened with abduction”.

Head of IT was kidnapped in Tripoli and other executives threatened a week after siege at bank

The central bank said its operations would not resume until Mr Msallem was released.
21/08/2024

The central bank said its operations would not resume until Mr Msallem was released.

The central bank, which is independent but owned by the Libyan state, is the sole internationally recognized repository of Libya's oil revenues, a vital economic source of income for a country torn for years between rival governments in Tripoli and Benghazi.

The Central Bank said it would "not resume operations" until Msallem was released.
20/08/2024

The Central Bank said it would "not resume operations" until Msallem was released.

The Central Bank of Libya said that its head of information technology was kidnapped by an unidentified group and that other executives had been threatened. It comes a week after gunmen laid seige to the bank's HQ.

SEARCH A fortnight of extravaganza and star-studded concerts of unprecedented scale has been unfolding on Libya’s Medite...
16/08/2024

SEARCH A fortnight of extravaganza and star-studded concerts of unprecedented scale has been unfolding on Libya’s Mediterranean coast.

A fortnight of extravaganza and star-studded concerts of unprecedented scale has been unfolding on Libya’s Mediterranean coast.

El Sharara oilfield is located in the Murzuq desert, in southern Libya, a poor region of the country that has been under...
08/08/2024

El Sharara oilfield is located in the Murzuq desert, in southern Libya, a poor region of the country that has been under the control of Haftar and his forces for years.

Apparent shutdown attempt shows potential for some leaders to use such threats to enforce personal agenda

‎  The service allows instant money transfers between individuals and purchases from merchants via a QR Code.
06/08/2024

‎ The service allows instant money transfers between individuals and purchases from merchants via a QR Code.

The Central Bank of Libya (CBL) announced the launch of LYPAY, planned to be the leading interbank instant payment service, it said.‎ The service allows instant money transfers between individuals and purchases from merchants via a QR Code. LYPay is free of charge without any commissions until the...

Libya was elected to the board of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa) Federation of Women in Busi...
02/08/2024

Libya was elected to the board of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa) Federation of Women in Business (COMFWB) with the second highest number of votes.

Libya was elected to the board of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa) Federation of Women in Business (COMFWB) with the second highest number of votes. The election took place during the 5th Comesa Federation of Women in Business (COMFWB) Trade Fair held in Antananarivo, Madag...

Bathily had warned Libya faces a risk of disintegration if elections aren’t held, and years of delay seem set to continu...
02/05/2024

Bathily had warned Libya faces a risk of disintegration if elections aren’t held, and years of delay seem set to continue, with the new government at most a talking point to provide cover to the next rounds of delay.

The recent resignation of UN Special Representative of the Secretary General in Libya, Abdoulay Bathily, came as he again repeated warnings about the lack of political will and good faith among major players. Signs are that this isn’t changing after his departure. Bathily made several comments abo...

See below,   A while back, Speed Darlington took to social media to draw the attention of netizens to a lady who was try...
28/04/2024

See below, A while back, Speed Darlington took to social media to draw the attention of netizens to a lady who was trying to play a fast one on him.

Nigerian rapper Speed Darlington has launched a search for a wife as he shares the physical and behavioral qualities he desires in a woman.

If we close the border between Libya and Sudan for fuel, the war in Sudan will end.
28/03/2024

If we close the border between Libya and Sudan for fuel, the war in Sudan will end.

Authorities to launch inquiry into allegations of mismanagement at country’s national oil corporation

Has the entire public debt really been “zeroed” as Aldabaiba claims, or does it still exist, as El-Kaber claims?
27/03/2024

Has the entire public debt really been “zeroed” as Aldabaiba claims, or does it still exist, as El-Kaber claims?

In their continuing public attempts to win over public opinion to their narrative and version of reality and lay the blame at the feet of the other, Tripoli based Libyan prime minister, Abd Alhamid Aldabaiba. and Central Bank of Libya (CBL) Governor, Saddek El-Kaber, have put out contradicting stati...

The UN’s International Organization for Migration said the nationalities of the discovered migrants and the circumstance...
26/03/2024

The UN’s International Organization for Migration said the nationalities of the discovered migrants and the circumstances of their deaths was not known, but that they likely died while being smuggled through the desert.

CAIRO: The UN’s migration agency expressed alarm Friday over the discovery of a mass grave containing the bodies of at least 65 migrants in the deserts of western Libya. Earlier this week, Libya’s criminal investigations authority reported the grave had been found in the Shuayrif region, 350 kil...

In January, Malik and 125 other refugees braving the dangerous route across the central Mediterranean, were intercepted ...
25/03/2024

In January, Malik and 125 other refugees braving the dangerous route across the central Mediterranean, were intercepted by the German search-and-rescue vessel Humanity 1 at the break of dawn after drifting in the cold sea for two days.

Rescued in the middle of the Mediterranean, two men describe their experience being trafficked.

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23/03/2024

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Nigeria dropped seven spots from its previous ranking.

Turkish Airlines MoU for return of flights to Libya presented to Libya for review
17/03/2024

Turkish Airlines MoU for return of flights to Libya presented to Libya for review

At the Ministry’s Tripoli headquarters, the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Transport for Air Transport Affairs, Khaled Swesi, received on Wednesday from the Turkish Ambassador to Libya, Kenan Yilmaz, a copy of the memorandum of understanding on the return of Turkish Airlines flights to Libyan a...

Crete and its tiny neighbour Gavdos, which are relatively isolated in the central Mediterranean, had until now not been ...
15/03/2024

Crete and its tiny neighbour Gavdos, which are relatively isolated in the central Mediterranean, had until now not been favoured by migrants over other islands further east near Turkey.

The Greek islands of Crete and Gavdos have seen a steep rise in migrant boats landing on their shores from Libya this year, U.N. data shows, piling pressure on ill-equipped authorities and raising fears of a new smuggling route in the Mediterranean Sea.

The forum’s activities covered several important topics, as well as a presentation by the UNDP, including:  An overview ...
10/03/2024

The forum’s activities covered several important topics, as well as a presentation by the UNDP, including: An overview of the energy system transformation and climate change project.

A forum was held in Tripoli today to launch projects funded by the European Union to support Libya’s ‘‘Energy Transition and Climate Change’’. Several Libyan stakeholders, representatives of the Tripoli Libyan government, ministries, institutions and bodies related to energy and climate ch...

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