Yearly Archives
2018
€50 million programme to support basic services in 24 Libyan municipalities
Italy, the European Union, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) joined representatives of the Presidential Council (PC) and the Government of National Accord (GNA) in Tripoli…
Qatar to pull out of OPEC by next January
Qatar announced on Monday it would withdraw from OPEC, mixing its aspirations to increase production outside of the cartel’s constraints with the politics of slighting the Saudi-dominated group amid the kingdom’s boycott of Doha.
The…
Angry protesters storm Libyan government’s headquarters
Angry protesters from the families of martyrs and the injured fighters have stormed into the headquarters of the Government of National Accord (GNA) in Tripoli, calling for payment of their salaries that have been suspended since 2014.…
US Senators intent on punishing Saudi Arabia for role in Khashoggi killing
Supporters of bipartisan legislation designed to strongly rebuke Saudi Arabia for the role its Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman, allegedly played in the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, say they believe they have secured enough…
Libya’s oil terminals resume exports after brief closure over bad weather
Four Libyan oil export ports that were closed last week because of bad weather have reopened, a Libyan shipping source and port engineers told Reuters on Sunday.Tankers were docking at the eastern Ras Lanuf, Es Sider, Zueitina and…
Tripoli: A city of corruption and chaos, The Guardian reports
The Guardian has reported that seven years after the fall of Gaddafi and his regime in Libya, the Libyan people in Tripoli are now intimidated by a rule of militias and gangsters who control all of state institutions as well as the…
UN and the West cherish a warlord in Libya
Now as never before, democracy and freedom in Libya seem a bit far-fitched as they both have a had a pretty much rough road post-Gaddafi's death.Since 2012, every political move Libyans were making was accompanied by a military…
HNEC: Libya’s constitution referendum next February
The chairman of Libya’s High National Elections Commission (HNEC) said Thursday that the referendum on a new constitution will be held before the end of next February.
The announcement by HNEC's chairman Emad Al-Sayeh signals a small…
Libya’s oil output falls by 150.000 bpd, NOC says
The Libyan National Oil Corporation (NOC) said Friday that operations at four oil terminals in the country had been temporarily halted due to bad weather conditions.
“Ras Lanuf, Zueitina, Zawiya and Es Sider terminals have all been…
UNHCR: 133 refugees evacuated from Libya to Niger
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, in coordination with Libyan authorities, evacuated 133 refugees from Libya to Niger today after hosting them at a Gathering and Departure Facility (GDF) in Tripoli which opened on Tuesday.Most evacuees,…
US Africa Command claims airstrike on AQIM militants in Libya
A U.S. airstrike in Libya has killed 11 al-Qaida terrorists, AFRICOM said Friday.U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) indicated that the strike Thursday near Al-Uwaynat also destroyed three vehicles of the group al-Qaida in the Islamic…
Libya to launch vaccination campaign for over 2.7million children
Libya is set to launch a campaign overseen by the World Health Organisation to vaccinate more than 2.7 million children after months of shortages, the health ministry said on Wednesday. The "national immunisation campaign",…