CBL introduces stricter controls on foreign currency deposits

The Central Bank of Libya (CBL) has introduced new regulations governing foreign currency cash deposits in bank accounts, in a move aimed at strengthening oversight, ensuring compliance with anti–money laundering laws, and curbing the…

Cochineal insect outbreak spreads across Libya

Mustafa Mohammad Al-Zarrouq, head of the Western Coast branch of the National Centre for Plant Protection and Quarantine, has confirmed a growing outbreak of the destructive cochineal insect in several towns and cities along Libya’s…

Stability Support Apparatus steps up sea patrols

The Stability Support Apparatus (SSA) has opened a new maritime post in the western city of Zawiya to be run by its Department for Combating Settlement and Illegal Migration, the agency said.SSA head Hassan Abu Zariba attended the…

Britain lends a hand to preserve Libya’s desert jewel

Ghadames Municipality announced on Sunday the arrival of a delegation from the British Embassy in Libya, led by Deputy Ambassador Thomas Phipps.The delegation was welcomed at the municipal headquarters by the mayor and members of…

Zawiya gathering: big words, little action

What so-called the “National Libyan Gathering Conference” achieved in Zawiya appears to be little more than words.Held in the city of Zawiya, the conference produced a lengthy statement filled with familiar rhetoric and broad…

Swedish diplomat Richardson takes up senior UN post in Libya

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has announced the appointment of Swedish diplomat Ingeborg Ulrika Ulfsdotter Richardson as the new Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Libya. She will also serve…

Trump eyes Libya’s energy wealth in $8 billion drive

The French magazine Jeune Afrique has reported that US President Donald Trump is focusing on Libya’s vital oil and gas sector as part of his broader African “resource diplomacy” strategy, based on the principle of “trade, not aid.”…

Washington urges diplomacy, Israel plans more strikes

Israeli media sources revealed that the government in Tel Aviv held marathon meetings from Thursday night into Friday morning, involving Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, several ministers, and military chiefs, in an attempt to justify…