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The High National Elections Commission in Libya (HNEC) has reported that Libyan voters' number reached over 1.8 million.According to the HNEC's daily report on its Facebook page, the newly registered voters until Wednesday were…

The International Organisation for Migration, IOM, would on January 8 repatriate 180 Nigerians stranded in Libya back to their home country.The UN migration agency said the repatriation is under its continuing Voluntary Humanitarian…

The Libyan National Oil Corporation (NOC) revealed Wednesday that it had started investigating an incident of a near collision of an unidentified plane with a helicopter carrying personnel from a sea platform in Sabratha.The NOC…

Islamic State (IS) in Libya may be planning an attack on the country’s so-called Oil Crescent, where its export terminals and many fields are located, a senior official from the U.S. Africa Command told Al-Sharq Al-Awsat.The daily…

Libya's political transition after February has been marred by a prolonged period of political fragmentation, violent conflict, and economic dislocation, Brookings Doha Center's CEO Dr. Tarik M. Yousef has stated.Yousef added that…

The former first deputy speaker of the Tobruk-based House of Representatives (HoR) Emhimed Shoaib has been appointed Libya's ambassador to Spain.Local Libyan media outlets reported sources from the HoR as saying that Shoaib has been…

Max Air Limited said it had sealed a deal with the Federal Government of Nigeria to evacuate 3,184 out of the 5,037 stranded Nigeriens expected to return home from Libya in the next few days.The International Organisation of…

The Central Bank of Libya (CBL) denied in a statement Tuesday any favoritism or nepotism in the granting of Letters of Credit to the businessmen in Libya.The CBL explained that the businessmen who attended the meeting with the…

The Al-Futtaim Group has acquired Marks & Spencer's interests in Hong Kong and Macau, in another move by the UAE based entity to expand its interests outside of the Gulf markets. The transaction with the British apparel and accessories…