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A Tunisian soldier was killed Monday by smugglers during an altercation near the border with Libya, the Defense ministry has announced, according to media reports. The smugglers and border patrol forces were involved in a shootout at Borj El Khadra, near the border. The soldier died of wounds he sustained during the fight. The smugglers […]
Mustafa Sanalla Wednesday defied Tripoli-based PM Abdulhamid Dbiebah as he visited the headquarters of the National Oil Corporation (NOC) following his sacking arguing that the Premier is illegal as his mandate has expired. Pictures posted by NOC on social media showed Sanalla being greeted by employees of the company and security personnel. In a speech, […]
Abdelhamid Dbeibeh, one of Libya’s rival Premiers, has sacked the Chairman of the National Oil Corporation (NOC) Mustafa Sanalla, local media Libya Update has learned. Dbeibeh’s administration, which is based in capital Tripoli, replaced Sanalla with Farhat Omar Bengdara, who served as Libya’s Central Bank Governor from 2007 to 2011, the media notes citing a […]
The African Union, AU, intends to hold an inclusive Libyan reconciliation conference whose agenda will be determined by the Libyans themselves under African auspices, Head of the AU Liaison Office in Libya (AUlol) Wahida Ayari has told Saudi media Asharq al-Awsat. “The conference will be a complementary path if the current path fails,” the AU […]
Pope Francis Sunday called for new and convincing solutions to the issue plaguing Libya with the help of the international community, through constructive dialogue and national reconciliation, reports say. The head of Catholic Church was speaking from St. Peter’s square for his Sunday Angelus message. He expressed solidarity with the people of Libya, Ukraine and […]
Parliament Speaker Aqila Saleh has accused Muhamed Menfi, the Presidential Council’s Head, of having a role in the attack on the Parliament’s HQ in Tobruk last Friday, Libya Observer reports. A nationwide protest swept through Libya last week from Friday calling for elections and replacement of current institutions and figures. The demonstrators stormed the headquarters […]
Speaker of the Libyan House of Representatives Aqila Saleh has accused Muhamed Menfi, the Presidential Council’s Head, of having a role in the attack on the Parliament’s HQ in Tobruk last Friday, Libya Observer reports. A nationwide protest swept through Libya last week calling for elections and replacement of current institutions and figures. The demonstrators […]
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi’s lawyer announced on Tuesday that his client had proposed an initiative to solve the political crisis in Libya, calling on all political figures to withdraw from the arena and to hold presidential and parliamentary elections that would produce new faces chosen by the Libyan people Al-Zaydi, in an interview with Al-Arabiya channel, […]
Libya’s Minister of Oil and Gas Mohamed Aoun has accused the National Oil Corporation (NOC) Chairman Mustafa Sanalla of withholding production data, amid plans to replace the board of directors of the company. Aoun, who has been at odds with Sanalla for some time, has revealed that he has not got data on production since […]
Libya’s east-based strongman Khalifa Haftar and one of Libya’s Prime Ministers Abdul Hamid Dbeibah have expressed their support for the ongoing large-scale demonstrations calling for elections and better living condition in the oil-rich North African country. Haftar’s Libyan National Army (LNA) said in a statement it declares its “full support for the popular will and […]