Libya

Italy will allow 450 migrants who were picked up from an overcrowded boat on Saturday to disembark in Sicily. The decision was taken after Italy said that France, Germany, Malta, Portugal and Spain had each agreed to take 50 migrants.…

Federica Mogherini, the European Union's foreign policy chief, has visited Libya's capital, Tripoli, to reopen the bloc's diplomatic presence and border assistance mission. "The return of the diplomatic presence of the EU in Libya will…

Production at Libya’s giant Sharara oil field is said to fall by at least 160,000 barrels per day (bpd) on Saturday after two staff were abducted in an attack by an unknown armed group, the National Oil Corporation (NOC) said.The…

The Italian Government has contributed €500,000 to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Libya to support national reconciliation efforts. His Excellency, the Italian Ambassador to Libya, Mr. Giuseppe Perrone, and United…

Sources from Libya's Sharara oilfield said Saturday that four engineers, one of whom from Romania, were kidnapped and taken to an unknown place.The sources added that the engineers were abducted from their workplace by unknown armed…

Libya’s National Oil Corporation (NOC) said on Thursday that it was reopening the El Feel oilfield after resolving a dispute with guards over pay and benefits that shut it down in February.Production at El Feel was expected to reach…

The Governments of France, Italy, the United Kingdom, and the United States, recalling their statement of 27 June 2018, welcome the announcement that Libya’s National Oil Corporation is resuming its vital work on behalf of all…

Oil futures plunged on Wednesday as the market remained fixed on supplies resuming from Libya and rising trade tensions between the U.S. and China.The market shrugged off bullish government data showing U.S. crude stockpiles slumped…

The President of the United States Donald Trump has allegedly sent a letter on Tuesday to the Speaker of the Tobruk-based House of Representatives (HoR) Aqilah Saleh and the Head of the Tripoli-based Presidential Council, Fayez…

Libya’s Tripoli-based National Oil Corporation (NOC) said on Wednesday that four export terminals were being reopened after eastern factions handed them the ports.Force majeure, a legal waiver on contractual obligations, was lifted…

The Head of the Presidential Council Fayez Al-Sirraj has asked in a letter to the international community for forming a commission to be tasked with monitoring and going though every transaction made by the Central Bank of Libya (CBL)…

An online survey for a week posted by news operator Ean Libya showed that 79% of the voters prefer to have a constitution referendum before having to hold elections in the country.  The voters of the constitution option (79%) won…

Libya’s Civil Registry Authority (CRA) dismissed on Monday allegations of widespread fraud in the national identity card system as an attempt to foster division and “distort” the authority’s work.The CRA issued the statement after…

Libya’s national oil production fell to 527,000 barrels per day (bpd) from a high of 1.28 million bpd in February following recent oil port closures, the head of the National Oil Corporation (NOC) said in a statement on Monday.The NOC…

The former Head of the Civil Registry in Libya, Mohammed Abdullah Bubakir, told a TV channel that there are over 1 million forged Libyan National ID numbers in 2016 and 2017 alone.Bubakir confirmed that the forgery of the IDs has…

European Parliament chief Antonio Tajani in Libya Monday called for a "blacklist" of people smugglers to be set up to help stem the flow of migrants from Africa to Europe.The European Union is grappling with the issue of migration…

The activity by the Italian Republic has caused a meltdown in Libya, creating a bottleneck. There are about 700,000 migrants in Libya and this is making it more difficult for them to move out, Tom Dowdall, NCA deputy director of…

The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) is seeking help from authorities to secure the release of five Filipinos who were abducted in Libya and Iraq in two separate events on Friday.“The Department, through our embassies in Baghdad…

Libyan UN-backed Foreign Minister, Mohamed Sayala, on Saturday announced the activation of the 2008 Treaty on Friendship, Partnership and Cooperation signed between Libya and Italy in 2008.Sayala made the announcement following a…

Unidentified gunmen killed two workers and kidnapped two others at a water plant in southeastern Libya early on Saturday, the second attack targeting water facilities in two days, officials said."An armed attack was…