A fishing boat with 573 migrants landed on Lampedusa, Italy on Monday after being rescued off the island by Coast Guard patrol boats, Italian ANSA News reported. The boat had departed from Libya, according to ANSA. The group, which includes four women and two minors, was taken to Lampedusa’s migrant hotspot. As of November 21, 150,777 migrants and refugees have arrived in Italy by sea since the start of the year, up 60% over the same period in 2022 according to interior ministry figures. Of the arrivals, around 70% have landed on Lampedusa.

FILE - Nigeriens participate in a march called by supporters of coup leader Gen. Abdourahmane Tchiani, pictured, in Niamey, Niger, July 30, 2023. Niger’s junta has signed a decree revoking a 2015 law that was enacted to curb the smuggling of migrants traveling from African countries through a key migration route in Niger en route to Europe, according to a government circular issued on Monday, Nov. 27. “The convictions pronounced pursuant to said law and their effects shall be cancelled,” Tchiani, said in a Nov. 25 decree, a copy of which was seen Monday by The Associated Press.

At an event in Tripoli Saturday, awards were presented to four winners of the Innovation Garden project’s business incubator and accelerator programmes. Regarding the winning companies, their specialization, and the financial prizes awarded to them, Al-Masalati stated that first place went to the Biscotti Project, receiving a financial prize of 20,000 euros. Al-Masalati confirmed that the third place was for the Room Vibes project, which received a financial prize of 10,000 euros. During 2024, 4 projects will be organized, including two incubator projects and two accelerator projects. Prizes awarded to the winners of the Innovation Garden incubator and accelerator programme (libyaherald.com)

The Attorney General’s Office reported Saturday that the Public Prosecutor’s Office has ordered the detention, pending trial, of the Financial Affairs Control official in the Petroleum Facilities Guard (PFG). The detainee is accused of illegal profits, deliberately submitting official documents that were falsely attributed to the PFG, issuance of bank cheques that he used when paying the price of twenty-three motor vehicles that he deliberately seized and collecting LD 5.68 million six hundred and eighty thousand dinars from the PFG’s funds.

“Poor communities in developing countries are losing their farms, homes, and incomes due to a crisis caused by developed countries and corporations." A Green Climate Fund that was first proposed at the 2009 climate talks in Copenhagen, and began raising money in 2014, hasn't come close to its goal of $100 billion annually. “Developing countries should be ready to manage these events independently, as seen with COVID-19. It says allocations will prioritize those most vulnerable to climate change, but any climate-affected community or country is eligible. Developing nations were disappointed that the agreement didn't specify a scale for the fund, and wasn't more specific about who must contribute.

A high-level source of the Libyan National Army’s General Command said in press statements that any political dialogue between the Libyan actors that does not include an invitation to representatives of the Libyan Government is an unbalanced and unacceptable. LNA source stressed: “We communicated our position to the UN envoy in our last meeting with him in Benghazi, and we were informed of his acceptance of adding representatives of the Libyan Government” (the Parliament-appointed government, led by Osama Hammad). The source added that the UN envoy did not adhere to what he said in the meeting, and therefore LNA would not participate in the dialogue.

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Farhat Bengdara, chairman of the Libyan state National Oil Corporation (NOC), looks on during a news conference in Tripoli, Libya July 14, 2022. REUTERS/Hazem Ahmed/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsTRIPOLI, Nov 27 (Reuters) - Libya's oil state firm the National Oil Corporation (NOC) needs a budget of $17 billion to increase national oil output to 2 million barrels per day in three to five years, its chief Farhat Bengdara said in an interview. The NOC has a plan that includes projects stabilizing production and maintaining pipelines and equipment, and projects for increasing production, Bengdara said. "We promised to reach 1.3 million bpd and we have reached 1.295 million bpd before the end of the year. Oil production is Libya's main economic source and it represents approximately 90 percent of the economy of the entire country.

The Great Sand Sea Desert stretches over an area of 72,000km² linking Egypt and Libya. It was first described in a scientific paper in 1933 and is known as Libyan desert glass. But none are as rich in silica as Libyan desert glass, nor are they found in such large lumps and quantities. One polymorph of ZrO₂ that we observed in Libyan desert glass is called cubic zirconia – the kind seen in some jewellery as a synthetic replacement for diamonds. Such pressure and temperature conditions provided us with the proof for the meteorite impact origin of the glass.

For decades, political elites have neglected environmental challenges in their pursuit of power at a grave cost. With all eyes on COP28, there is an opportunity for Libya to commit to prioritising climate change, writes Malak Altaeb. They stand as a glaring testimony to the longstanding negligence of Libya's elites toward environmental challenges and the imminent threat of climate change. Local initiatives and even grassroots movements have consistently underscored the need for Libya to prioritise and address its environmental challenges. In light of the undeniable evidence of mismanagement and neglect of mounting environmental challenges, Libya must acknowledge its environmental challenges and commit to a robust action plan.

TRIPOLI, Libya, le 27 November 2023 -/African Media Agency(AMA)/The African Development Bank has signed three technical assistance grant agreements with the government of Libya, reaffirming its commitment to the North African country. The supplies, which were swiftly arranged by the bank, became necessary following the Derna floods which devastated the eastern part of the country. “We appreciate the support of the Bank, namely the timeliness and efficiency demonstrated to approve the grants,” he said. Distributed by African Media Agency (AMA) on behalf of African Development Bank. The post The African Development Bank, Libya strengthen cooperation, sign funding agreements appeared first on African Media Agency.

The Ministry of the Interior of the Government of National Unity has approved a plan of security measures for a conference for Sahel countries which will be held today and on 28 November in Tripoli and will see the participation of the labor ministers of the Sahel and Sahara countries. The Tripoli Security Directorate indicated, in a statement yesterday, “the distribution of security tasks between the components of the Ministry of the Interior and the security agencies involved”. According to the Libyan newspaper Al-Wasat, members of the delegations have begun to arrive in the capital, led by the executive secretary of the Community of Sahel and Sahara States, Ado Al Hajji Abu. The regional, continental and international event is the first of its kind in Libya, it will also include Italy and the European Union and marks an important paradigm shift: for the first time, in fact, the Libyan authorities want to include and insert migrants into the Libyan economy.

CAIRO, November 27, 2023: Zamalek SC earned a hard 1-0 victory over Libya`s Abu Selim, in the match that brought them together on Sunday evening, at Burj Al-Arab Stadium, in the first round of the group stage matches of the African Confederation Cup. In the 73rd minute, Youssef Obama succeeded in scoring the lead goal for his team with a header after a corner kick taken by Ahmed Zizo. With this result, Zamalek wins the first three points, and rises to the top of its group, which includes Angola’s Sagrada, Guinea’s Sawar, and Libyan Abu Salim. The Zamalek Board of Directors, headed by Hussein Labib, was keen to be present in the main stands of Borg Al Arab Stadium, to support the team and the technical staff at the beginning of the group stage journey of the African Confederation Cup. The Zamalek formation included: Goalkeeper: Mohamed Awad, Defense line: Mohamed Abdel Shafi - Mohamed Abdel Ghani - Hamza Mathlouthi, Midfield: Nabil Imad Dunga - Amr El-Sisi - Sayed Abdullah “Neymar” - Ibrahima Ndiay, Offensive line: Ahmed Mustafa “Zizou” - Youssef Obama - Mahmoud Abdel Razek “Shikabala”.

The UN envoy has met with the heads of the Government of National Unity, Abdel Hamid al-dabaiba, the Presidential Council, Mohamed Al-Manfi, and the Supreme Council of State, Mohamed Takala. The first-ever presidential elections in Libya were initially scheduled for December 24, 2021. The United Nations Support Mission in Libya, along with the Supreme National Elections Committee, has identified gaps and shortcomings in the draft electoral laws. At the same time, the Libyan House of Representatives refuses to participate in the UN envoy’s initiative to bring together the Libyan parties and agree on the disputed issues regarding holding elections. This session aims to gather their leaders and identify the outstanding issues facing the High National Elections Commission before implementing the laws and elections issued by the House of Representatives.

At the launch of the activities of the eighth session of the Libya Agricultural Exhibition on 25 November held in Tamanhint, southern Libya, it was revealed to Libya Herald that post the global food price crises sparked by the Ukraine-Russia war, pivot irrigation agriculture in southern Libya has made a return. Centre pivot irrigation systemsAl-Zawi pointed out that his company specializes in importing and installing centre pivot irrigation systems in the southern regions and has agencies from companies specialized in this field from the United States of America, Turkey and Germany. Electricity stability has returned pivot agricultureThese products are used, he explained, in the food and animal feed industries, and with the stability of electricity over the past two seasons, agricultural irrigation pivot systems have returned to work from scratch. Strengthen the economyIt is worth noting that the eighth Libya Agricultural Exhibition, held in Tamanhint, aims to strengthen the national economy and shed light on agricultural products in the southern region. The exhibition included workshops and scientific lectures on developments in the agricultural field around the world.