First Independent Mena Newspaper
Italy has supplied several cities and towns in Libya with highly equipped ambulances as it seeks to play a key role in the country’s fix. The vehicles are offered to the Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA) as part of the “Solidarity Bridge” program launched by the Italian government, Libya Observer reported. The EU country […]
Several people Saturday demonstrated in capital Tripoli demanding the release of former leader Muammar Gaddafi’s chief spy noting that the liberation of the latter will contribute to national reconciliation. Several dozen relatives and members of Magerha tribe held placards demanding the release of Abdullah Al-Senussi, one of theirs. He was sentenced in 2015 on multiple […]
The United States Tuesday promised to prop up the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) in Tripoli with $500,000, earmarked to improve security in the oil-rich country that has descended into lawlessness. The US pledge was made by US ambassador to Libya Peter Bodde and AFRICOM Commander Gen. Thomas Waldhauser during meetings with GNA leader […]
The Italian ambassador to Libya has called on the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) to provide security measures for an Italian company awarded a road construction tender to link the far east of the country to the western region. The request came during a meeting between the Italian envoy Giuseppe Buccino Grimaldi and the […]
Libya’s House of Representatives (HoR), located in Tobruk, east of Libya, has commended Morocco’s efforts to help reach a solution to the Libyan political conflict and lift the UN-imposed arm ban on the North African country since 2011. HoR President Aqila Saleh, who is attending the 14th session of the Conference of the Parliamentary Union […]
The UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) Monday declared state of emergency in Sirte and called for the mobilization of all aligned-forces as the Libyan National Army (LNA) connected to rival administration in the east moved forward to the southern outskirts of the city. The security authorities of the city, which is under the control […]
Head of Tripoli-based Presidential Council Faiez Serraj announced Tuesday the holding of general elections in the crisis-stricken country by year’s end. Serraj, who made the announcement one week after meeting his rival Khalifa Haftar in the UAE, did not elaborate on the date. Serraj who heads the UN-backed Libyan administration met with east-based warlord Haftar […]
Libya’s main rivals have agreed to hold elections in a bid to preserve stability in the country and unify institutions, the UN said. Faiez Serraj of the UN-backed Presidential Council (PC) and Khalifa Haftar, military commander and supporter of Beida-based rival administration, agreed Wednesday in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to hold elections in the […]
A customs guard patrol in Ben Guerdane foiled on Wednesday night, an attempt to smuggle 10 gold ingots (18.4 kg) worth 1.8 million dinars to Libya, reported the Tunisian news agency TAP. The ingots were discovered in the locality of Oued Fessi 10 km from Ben Guerdane, in a vehicle bearing a Tunisian registration plate […]
Mustafa Sanallah, the Chairman of Libya’s National Oil Corporation (NOC), which manages the North African country’s oil exploitation, Sunday said the Sharara oilfield in the South remains shut down because of the presence of armed forces. The Sharara oilfield, Libya’s biggest, has come to a standstill since December after some armed groups seized it to […]