The Chairman of the National Oil Corporation, Masoud Suleiman, has identified the expansion of domestic fuel production as a strategic lever for revitalizing Libya’s economy, warning that ageing refinery designs, obsolete technologies and weak output have widened the gap between local supply and demand. He said Libya’s five basic refineries have a combined capacity of […]
The Libyan Committee for granting electronic visas to foreigners has announced plans to launch an e-visa system in view of attracting tourists and foreign workers to the North African country, ‘Libya Observer’ reports. The Committee, the local media notes, met Sunday January 21 and agreed on the necessity to activate and launch the electronic work […]
Ethiopia and Somalia reached an agreement Wednesday (11 December) to ease diplomatic tensions and begin “technical talks” by February to try to resolve a dispute over a controversial maritime access signed by Ethiopia with Somalia’s breakaway region of Somaliland, according to a statement following talks in Turkey. This announcement came following a third round of […]
