Category: Libya

Libya: BP, Shell cueing up to buy oil

January 19, 2018

British Petroleum and its sister Dutch Shell have inked deals with the Libyan National Oil Corporation (NOC) to buy ship-ments of Libyan oil, Libya Herald ... Read More

Libya: UN Reaffirms Commitment to Democratic Elections

January 12, 2018

UN Under-Secretary for Political Affairs has underlined the world body’s commitment to democratic elections in Libya, after field Marshal Khalifa Haftar declared that the oil-rich ... Read More

Libya: ’Libya not ready for democracy,’ Haftar

January 10, 2018

Presidential hopeful and head of the Libyan east-based army has told Paris-based Jeune Afrique that the North African country is not yet ready for democracy ... Read More

Migrants Continue to Lose their Lives off Libya’s Coast

January 8, 2018

Migrants and particularly Sub-Saharans continue to risk everything for a better life in Europe. The number of those who lost their lives in the Mediterranean ... Read More

Libyan Oil Revenues Increase to $14 bln in 2017

January 6, 2018

Libya managed to reduce its budget deficit in 2017 thanks to a sharp rise in oil revenues totaling $14 billion, the Libyan Central Bank said. ... Read More

AFRICOM Warns Against Jihadists Attack Targeting Libyan Oil

January 4, 2018

US Africa Command has warned against a terrorist plot being prepared by ISIS militants against Libya’s Oil Crescent, which is located 500 km east of ... Read More

Libya Pipeline Blast Sends Oil Prices Soaring

December 27, 2017

Reports of a pipeline explosion in Libya sent oil prices soaring to $60 a barrel, that is a two-and-a-half year highs. The blast reportedly sidelined ... Read More

Libya’s Neighbors Affirm Attachment to Skhirate Agreement

December 19, 2017

Right after renegade general Khalifa Haftar declared the UN-brokered Skhirate Agreement "obsolete", Libya's neighbors, Tunisia, Algeria and Egypt expressed support for the UN's efforts to ... Read More

Libya: Haftar’s statements on LPA Decried

December 18, 2017

Eastern Libyan military commander Khalifa Haftar who dis-missed a series of UN-led talks to bridge differences between Libya’s two rival administrations and who does not ... Read More

Libya: Misrata Mayor Kidnapped & Killed

December 18, 2017

The mayor of the Libyan coastal city of Misrata Mohammed Eshtewi has been kidnapped and killed by gunmen shortly after his return from a visit ... Read More