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Tunisian authorities closed the Ras Jdir border crossing after armed clashes occurred there between rival Libyan factions. Videos shared on social media showed gunfire and a torched car in the Libyan side of the crossing. The armed violence occurred between the Interior Ministry’s Zuwara Military Chamber task force and armed militias, injuring several security force […]
Following the demise of its former boss Yevgeny Prigozhin and with a new leader at its helm, the infamous paramilitary Wagner Group is back in the game, helping the Kremlin to strengthen Russia’s presence in Libya and other parts of Africa. Years of civil war and chaos, the devastating flood, the absence of a democratic […]
Libya has expressed its willingness to restore air connectivity with Morocco and its commitment to any initiative aimed at opening a shipping line between the two countries. This came at a meeting in Rabat between Libyan Minister of Transport Salem Al Shahoubi, and his Moroccan peer Mohammed Abdeljalil on the sidelines of the high-level ministerial […]
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 […]
Yehia Zakariya, chairman of the Board of Directors of the EgyptAir Holding Company, has confirmed the operation of new direct flights from Cairo to Misrata in Libya, starting from January 25, Libya Observer reports. Misrata become the third city the Egyptian carrier will be flying to, after Tripoli and Benghazi. Zakariya reportedly on company’s Facebook […]
US President Joe Biden has nominated diplomat Jennifer D. Gavito as the country’s future envoy to Libya to replace incumbent Richard Norland under scrutiny in recent weeks over his pressure on Libyan parties to accept UN envoy Abdoulaye Bathily’s initiative for a quintet dialogue to agree on holding elections. Biden announced his intent to nominate […]
Libya’s General Federation of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, and Agriculture has proposed a new commercial crossing on the border with Egypt to facilitate the flow of goods and enhance bilateral trade, separate from the Salum land crossing used by individuals, Libya Observer reports. Mohamed Al-Raeed, head of the federation, held discussions on the initiative during […]
Libya’s stock market re-opened Monday December 25 for trading in the buying and selling of shares for entities listed in the Libyan Stock Market nine years after closure. Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah attended the ceremony, local media Libya Observer reports. “This is a rebirth for the Stock Market sector, which enjoys a high position […]
Tunisia has found itself in the eye of the storm after French news agency AFP, citing international humanitarian organizations revealed that the North African country expelled at least 5,500 immigrants towards the border with Libya, and 3,000 others toward the border with Algeria since last June. The AFP report is the most recent accusation against […]
President of the Libyan High Council of State, Muhammad Meftah Takala, welcomed Morocco’s position, under the leadership of King Mohammed VI, regarding the Libyan crisis. Inter-Libyan dialogue rounds held in the Kingdom “have laid the foundations of some institutions and put an end to the bloody conflict between the Libyan brothers”, Takala said at a […]