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Libya’s Interior Ministry confirmed, on January 1, the deportation of a group of Bangladeshi nationals through Mitiga International Airport, advancing its national program to repatriate individuals residing in the country without legal status. The ministry said the operation followed the completion of legal procedures and close coordination with relevant authorities. Officials framed the initiative as […]
Libya’s public debt stood at nearly $50 billion in 2024, according to the annual report of the Libyan Audit Bureau, excerpts of which were published by the state-run Libyan News Agency. The report puts total debt at 270 billion Libyan dinars (about $49.8 billion), comprising 84 billion dinars owed by the Tripoli-based Government of National […]
Libya has announced that Britain has agreed to receive and analyze the black box from a jet carrying senior Libyan military officials that crashed in Türkiye last week. According to a statement from the Transport Ministry of the western-based Government of National Unity, Transport Minister Mohammed Salem Al-Shahoubi met British Ambassador Martin Reynolds on Tuesday, […]
Libya’s General Union of Oil and Gas Sector warned that continued delays in approving the oil sector’s budget pose an existential risk to both workers and national infrastructure. In a statement issued in Tripoli on Thursday, the union described the delay as a “deliberate obstruction,” noting that its impact is already evident in the suspension […]
A Libyan delegation arrived in Ankara on Wednesday to follow up on investigations into the crash of a private jet that killed senior Libyan military officials, Turkish media reported. According to the daily Sabah, the delegation is liaising with Turkish authorities at the crash site and monitoring both the technical and judicial investigation processes. The […]
Army chief of Libya’s Tripoli government and four other senior military officials were killed Tuesday in a plane crash after take-off from Turkey’s capital, Ankara. Three crew members were also killed in the crash. There were no survivors. The Libyan delegation was in Ankara for high-level defense talks aimed at boosting military cooperation between the […]
Egypt has repatriated 2,635 of its citizens from Libya since the start of 2025, the Foreign Ministry announced on Monday, December 22 as part of ongoing efforts to protect Egyptians abroad. Of those repatriated, 1,132 were from Tripoli and western Libya, and more than 1,500 from Benghazi and the eastern region. The ministry highlighted close […]
Libya’s Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Government of National Unity, Taher Al-Baour participated, over the week-end, in the Ministerial Conference of the Russia–Africa Partnership Forum in Cairo, a meeting aimed at shaping a common vision ahead of the third Russia–Africa Summit scheduled for 2026. Addressing the Conference, Al-Baour described the gathering as a […]
Libya’s Ministry of Health, Al-Ghouj, said on 18 December that a high-level session in Tripoli reviewed the state of the country’s health sector and pathways for its development, alongside presentations highlighting successful Arab health experiences. According to the ministry, the agenda featured Libya’s progress in health information systems, Egypt’s experience in eliminating the hepatitis C […]
Thirty-two Bangladeshi migrants were rescued on Tuesday, 16 December, after their boat capsized off the coast of Al-Haniya, a town in northeastern Libya, according to the Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar branch of Libya’s Anti-Illegal Immigration Agency. All those on board were safely retrieved and transferred to the Al-Bayda detention and reception Centre, where they received first aid […]