Over 160 migrants drowned in shipwreck off Libya

More than 160 migrants drowned in two separate shipwrecks off Libya over past week, a United Nations migration official said Tuesday. The fatalities were the latest disasters in the Mediterranean Sea involving migrants seeking a better…

Libya candidates urged to set a date for the election

A group of candidates in Libya's presidential election said Monday that they expect the polls to be delayed, despite the lack of an official announcement to that effect.On Monday, 17 hopefuls issued a joint statement in…

Stephanie meets with two woman presidential candidates

The UN Secretary General’s Advisor on Libya, Stephanie Williams, said on Twitter she had substantive and stimulating conversation with the two woman candidates for presidential elections, Laila Ben Khalifa and Hunaida Al-Madi…

Libya receives credentials from eight new ambassadors

The Head of the Libyan Presidential Council, Mohammed Menfi, received Monday credentials of new resident ambassadors to Libya from the Netherlands, Qatar, Algeria, Niger, and Canada. Menfi also received in Tripoli the credentials of the…

Algeria’s Sonatrach signs energy agreements with Eni

Algerian state oil and gas company Sonatrach and Italian energy group Eni on Tuesday signed agreements on hydrocarbons and energy transition, Sonatrach said in a statement. The first agreement is a $1.4 billion exploration and production…