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The United Kingdom reopened its embassy in Tripoli on Sunday after eight years of closure owing to security concerns. Ambassador Caroline Hurndall announced the decision on Twitter saying that although the embassy is based in Tripoli, the reopening remains a demonstration of British commitment to the whole of Libya on its way to achieving a […]
A Nigerian governor has identified Libya as the training ground of the perpetrators of an armed attack on a Catholic church in the southwestern state of Ondo, Sunday. Al Wasat reports. Oluwarotimi Akridolo who rules the state where the attack took place said that the perpetrators of the armed attack on the church i were […]
High Commissioner for Planning Ahmed Lahlimi Alami on Monday held talks with visiting Libyan Planning Council Chairman Meftah Abdelwahed on prospects for promoting cooperation in the field of strategic planning. The meeting, attended by Libyan Ambassador to Morocco Ibrahim Ataweel, discussed the importance of planning in economic development. Speaking on this occasion, Lahlimi said that […]
Italy will organize an international Conference on Libya on June 22 as Rome is championing a new deal on the oil-rich African country, Italy news agency Nova reports citing diplomatic sources. The conference, defined as technical table, will include the three Western permanent members of the U.N. Security Council, namely France, the U.K. and the […]
Various heads of sovereign Libyan institutions invited by the speaker of the House of Representatives (HoR) Anguila Saleh to discuss the draft 2022 budget proposed by one of the country’s rival Prime Ministers, gave a cold shoulder to the meeting held Tuesday in Sirte. No one from the Board of Directors of the Central Bank […]
Aguila Saleh, Speaker of the Libyan parliament and Fathi Bashagha, one of Libya’s rival Prime Ministers, arrived Monday in the city of Sirte for the chamber meeting of Tuesday to discuss the draft general budget law for the year 2022 submitted by the former Interior Minister. Saleh landed at Al-Qardabiya Airport on Monday evening and […]
Turkey and the UAE vowed to leave aside their differences and work for stability in Libya where both countries back opposing sides and governments. This came during a meeting last Friday in Ankara between the two countries’ foreign ministers, Mevlut Cavusoglu and Abdullah bin Zayed. Turkish-Emirati relations have entered a new stage, the Turkish official […]
Head of the Libyan Government of National Unity (GNU) Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh has received warning to hand power to rival Fathi Bashagha, by May 26, Italian news agency Nova reported. The agency did not reveal the side that sent the warning but added that military battalions have informed Dbeibeh, who instructed the armed formations to […]
Niger plans to build a base for armed drones to strengthen its defense and security capabilities in combating terrorism and for closely monitoring the security situation across its borders with Libya and Mali. The planned base will be established in Tahoun, central region of the West African country, local Actu Niger newspaper reports. The project, […]
France is reportedly preparing to host a Libyan conference for the creation of an independent state in the oil-rich North African country as part of a colonial empire agenda. An 11-member delegation of Fezzan, a southern region in Libya, is currently visiting Paris to prepare for the conference, whose central objective is to propose a […]