The EU’s Rebuild project is discussing with Libya ways to open new horizons of cooperation in the field of marine fishing, environmental sanitation, capacity building, and scientific research. The discussions took place last Sunday (4 February) between the Tripoli based Libyan government’s Minister of Local Government, Bader Aldeen Al-Tumi, with the European Union Ambassador, Nicola Orlando, the Italian Embassy’s Giacomo Grandesso, the representative of the Province of Trentino, and the General Coordinator of the Rebuild Project, Laurence Biasetto. The Rebuild project team presented an overview of the two projects proposed to be implemented in Libya, represented by the Fishing and Environmental Safety project funded by the European Union, stressing that the number of partner municipalities is 10, five of which are coastal municipalities.

Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said he would visit Libya on Wednesday as Türkiye seeks to expand its ties to North African country. Amid the instability that followed the ouster of Moammar Gadhafi, Türkiye shut down the consulate in 2014. He said President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Putin would discuss the war in Ukraine and the Black Sea Grain Initiative during the visit. A Turkish official told Reuters last week he would visit Türkiye on Feb. 12. The Kremlin has said Erdoğan and Putin would discuss setting up a gas hub in Türkiye and the war in Ukraine during the visit.

Oil India is looking for more foreign assets and is in talks to restart drilling in Libya, a source familiar with the matter said. The source spoke on condition of anonymity because the person was not authorized to speak to media. Oil India exited Libya in 2011 due to political instability. Shares of the state-run explorer jumped as much as 12.4% to a record high of 516.40 rupees on Tuesday. The source said the company was in talks over two blocks in Libya, without giving a timeline for a possible deal.

“Türkiye does not want any renewed conflict in Libya,” Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan told a joint press conference on Tuesday with his Maltese counterpart Ian Borg at the Prime Ministry Palace in Valletta, the capital of Malta, an island nation some hundreds of kilometres off the coast of Libya.

The PeninsulaDoha, Qatar: Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani met, in his office on Tuesday, with Speaker of the House of Representatives of the sisterly State of Libya HE Aguila Saleh. The meeting discussed cooperation relations between the two brotherly countries and ways to support and develop them. During the meeting, the Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs affirmed the State of Qatar's firm position towards supporting Libya's unity and stability and achieving the aspirations of its people for stability and development, reiterating the State of Qatar's full support for the Libyan political track, the relevant Security Council resolutions, and all peaceful solutions that preserve sovereignty of Libya.

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At the downtown measuring station, 6.7 inches of rain had fallen by Monday afternoon, nearly half the yearly average of 14.25 inches. Crews rescued people from swift-moving water in various parts of Southern California on Monday, including 16 people and five cats in Los Angeles County alone, authorities said. “The ground is extremely saturated, supersaturated,” said Ariel Cohen, meteorologist in charge of the National Weather Service bureau in Los Angeles. Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass urged residents to avoid driving, warning of fallen trees and electrical lines on flooded roadways. A record 4.1 inches of rain fell Sunday in downtown Los Angeles, making it the 10th wettest day on record, the National Weather Service said.

The Renewable Energy Authority of Libya (REAoL) reported yesterday that it led a team from the Electrical Interconnection Committee between Libya and Southern European countries in a high-level meeting in Rome last Friday 2 February. Pursuant to the Libyan Italian MoUIt said the meeting comes pursuant of what was stated in the memorandum of understanding that was signed between Libya and Italy for cooperation in several fields, including electrical interconnection between the two countries. It also comes specifically, it added, in continuation of the discussions related to the Libyan-Italian electrical interconnection proposal. The meeting was attended on the Libyan side by: Osama Al-Darrat, Advisor to the Prime Minister for Electricity and Renewable Energy Affairs and Chairman of the Electrical Interconnection Committee between Libya and Southern European Countries, and Abdul Salam Al Ansari, Chairman of REAoL and member of the Connectivity Committee, and Aseel Artema, Chairman of the Renewable Energy Holding Company and member of the Liaison Committee. The Chairman of the Electrical Interconnection Committee, REAoL added, stressed the necessity of intensifying the holding of these meetings and invited the Italian side to attend the next meeting that will be arranged in Libya.

A Level 3 advisory asks residents to reconsider travel due to serious risks to safety and security. This comes after officials issued a Level 2 travel advisory for travelers heading to the Bahamas, warning travelers to "exercise increased caution" due to increased crime. The travel advisory was issued due to crime and medical services. Here's what they meanLevel 1: Exercise normal precautions: This is the lowest advisory level for safety and security risk. Level 3: Reconsider travel: Avoid travel due to serious risks to safety and security.

The Libyan Asset Recovery and Management Office (LARMO) reported today that it had held a meeting with the Tripoli based Libyan Air Force last Thursday (1 February). The meeting, LARMO reported, comes pursuant to implementing the memorandum of understanding it had signed with the Libyan Air Force. The meeting was attended by Mohamed Mensli, the Director General of LARMO, and General Engineer Emhmed Al-Saifawi Gogil, the Chief of the Libyan Air Force, along with Mohamed Al-Zarug, representing LARMO’s Mobile Assets Department. LARMO said it is fully committed to achieve its objectives and work closely with all Libyan entities and stakeholders. LARMO calls for easing of sanctions on assets after US$ 1 billion annual loss (libyaherald.com)Libya’s C130 plane set to be repatriated from Malaysia following lifting of U.S. sanctions: LAMRO (libyaherald.com)

During the first 11 months of 2023, the value of Egyptian exports to Libya increased to record $1.6 billion, compared to $1.1 billion during the same period in 2022, an increase of 48 percent. The most important commodities that Egypt exported to Libya during 2023 are: ceramics and stones worth $322.5 million, plastics worth $145.8 million, fuel and oils worth $123.4 million. According to the data, the value of Egypt’s imports from Libya reached $61.7 million, compared to $85.5 million during the same period in 2022, a decrease of 28 percent. The most important commodities that Egypt imported from Libya during 2023, Iron and steel valued at $39.2 million, and inorganic chemical products worth $15.3 million. The value of Libyan investments in Egypt recorded $19.9 million during the FY 2022/2023 compared to $19.3 million during the FY 2021/2022, an increase of 3.1 percent.

About 13 children die each day at a camp in Sudan for displaced people, medical charity MSF saysThirteen children are dying everyday of severe malnutrition at the Zamzam camp in Sudan’s Northern Darfur as a consequence of the 10 month war in their country, Medical charity Doctors without Borders or MSF said Monday

Libya’s House of Representative declared Zliten a “devastated city” today due to the distraction caused by rising groundwater levels. This came during a parliamentary today in Benghazi, headed by the First Deputy Speaker of the House, Fawzi Al-Nuwairi. The city of Zliten, located in western Libya, has been experiencing a strange phenomenon for years: groundwater gushing upwards to damage buildings and agricultural land. Observers believe that the artificial river has increased the groundwater reserves on the coast, which caused cracks in the earth’s layers. Mostafa Al-Bahbah, head of the Crisis and Emergency Management Committee in Zliten Municipality, confirmed that the crisis of rising groundwater levels in some areas in Zliten Municipality was still ongoing and that some families had left their homes because of this problem.

This was possible through the joint efforts of the Federal Government, the Ambassadors of Egypt, Libya and Syria, and the two PLO representatives in Karachi who had a hectic day having three full-round talks with the armed men. …Through their persuasions, the commandos stepped down from their original demand of immediate unconditional release of the two condemned Palestinian commandos by the Greek Government and reconciled themselves to the commutation of their death sentence. … The armed men left the Greek ship, m.v. “Vori”, for the Karachi Civil Airport at 10-45 p.m., and boarded a PIA Boeing-707 jet chartered by the Pakistan Government … “for its westward journey”. From the port to the airport, each commando shared the car separately with the three Arab envoys.

UNICEF, in cooperation with the Curriculum Department of the Ministry of Education, organized a three-day workshop in Tripoli, with the aim of discussing mechanisms for implementing life skills in Libya. “Guidance and support were provided to experts from the Curriculum Department to organize and conduct workshops to implement these life skills in Libya,” UNICEF said in a brief statement today. “Different learning methods and methods were presented and discussed during the workshop.”