This was to form an interim government that would reunite their two administrations and take the country into elections to choose a permanent government. But the United Nations (UN) and most other external actors have opposed the deal, insisting on elections before a new government is formed. The plan enjoys the support of the east-based military strongman Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, which is perhaps both a plus and a minus. Proponents of the plan warned that the turbulence of elections could upset the fragile peace that has prevailed for over a year. The Tobruk and Tripoli administrations remain divided on some of these issues, although they have agreed on an interim government before elections.

October 15, 2023 04:10 UTC

Ibrahim Hesnawi (Ibrahim al-Hasnawi: إبراهيم الحسناوي) was born in Libya in 1954 and is, as the title of this new compilation puts it, The Father of Libyan Reggae. The Father of Libyan Reggae features nine tracks from this hefty catalogue. Until now, an article by the Libyan academic and writer Farrah Fray in issue three of the Australian magazine Lindsay was the most direct route into learning about Libyan reggae. Libyan reggae is usually accompanied by a steady marching tempo, which is the most significant hallmark of wedding chants.”There also is a little bit of further context for The Father of Libyan Reggae. Ibrahim Hesnawi was a pioneer.

October 15, 2023 03:08 UTC

Libya — another year, another all-too-familiar failureHafed Al-GhwellShort Url https://arab.news/9ue6aAs the world busies itself with ever-newer crises and conflagrations, the UN continues to stumble through its bargain-making efforts in Libya, having foregone any serious attempt at actually striving for peace in the country. The current security situation in Libya is nothing short of a chaotic nightmare. In Libya, the UN’s strategies often favor stability over accountability in these situations. Thus, the UN’s approach to Libya needs to be seriously reevaluated. Only then can there be any hope of achieving a durable and inclusive peace in Libya, a peace that is more than simply a shimmering mirage in the desert.

October 14, 2023 19:12 UTC

In North Africa, demonstrators gathered in Algeria, Libya, and Morocco to show support in favour of Palestine. "The entire Algerian people are in solidarity with the Palestinian people and stand by their side. The Palestinian people are in distress and need the support of the Arab and Muslim communities," shared Khaled Sofiane, pro-Palestinian protester in Algeria. This is what Moroccan people demand today," expressed Rachid Fellouli, pro-Palestinian protester in Morocco. All we can do is speak up for the Palestinian people," said Elijah, pro-Palestinian protester in Libya.

October 14, 2023 16:25 UTC

The Attorney General’s Office reported Thursday that Misrata Criminal Court issued a ruling convicting two people who belonged to an organization established for the purpose of seizing funds from the Central Bank of Libya’s Sirte branch. The Attorney General’s Office revealed that the arrested persons conspired with members of the organization to develop a plan to seize US$ 128 million and € 5 million from the bank’s funds in 2013 through coercion. Found guilty, one person was sentenced to 15 years in prison, fined LD 2.5 million and permanently deprived of his civil rights. The second person was sentenced to imprisonment for 13 years. He was fined LD 50,000 and permanently deprived of his civil rights.

October 14, 2023 15:03 UTC





The Minister of Finance of the Tripoli based Libyan government, Khaled Mabrouk, signed a letter of understanding last Thursday with the Director-General and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development (AFESD), Badr Al-Saad, regarding providing emergency aid from the Fund to relieve residents affected in eastern Libya by Storm Daniel. The agreement was signed in a meeting organized on the sidelines of the 2023 Annual Meetings of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund currently being held in Marrakesh, Morocco,The meeting was regarding the conditions regulating the provision of emergency aid in the amount of 3 million Kuwaiti dinars, equivalent to 10 million US dollars, from the Fund to relief residents affected by the floods that occurred in eastern Libya. Libya’s debts to the AFESD discussedThe issue of Libya paying its arrears in the AFESD’s capital, as well as the issue of settling the balance of loans and late interest in favour of the AFESD on the General Electricity Company of Libya with a sovereign guarantee by the Libyan government, were also discussed during the meeting.

October 14, 2023 09:03 UTC

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October 13, 2023 23:02 UTC

On Thursday, Libyan Prime Minister Abdul-Hamed Dbeibah stressed the need to increase the pace of work to provide support for the people affected by the recent deadly floods in eastern Libya. The needs for assistance in Libya are immense after the country was hit hard by Storm Daniel, which caused widespread flooding. ��#Libya update:One month since the devastating floods after #StormDaniel, when entire neighborhoods disappeared in the blink of an eye. On Sept. 10, Mediterranean storm Daniel triggered the largest and worst floods in decades in Libya. According to official reports, several cities in eastern Libya were particularly affected.

October 13, 2023 20:20 UTC

The UK-based newspaper, Mirror, has paid substantial damages to the Former Prime Minister of Libyan UN-led government, Fayez al-Sarraj, to the sum of £65,000 ($79,000), UK-based barristers chambers reports. According to the report, Fayez al-Sarraj brought a libel claim against MGN Ltd, the publisher of the Mirror. Mr Fayez al-Sarraj led an UN-backed administration after the overthrow of Colonel Gaddafi’s regime. In an article on 23 July 2021, the Mirror had identified him as the Prime Minister of Libya “under Colonel Gaddafi” and claimed that he had bought a passport of the microstate Vanuatu to distance himself from that past. He had no association whatsoever with Gaddafi’s odious regime.”READ: France-UK campaign to oust Gaddafi from Libya a disaster, says spy chief

October 13, 2023 19:29 UTC

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October 13, 2023 17:29 UTC

Whilst the catastrophic flooding that last month struck the eastern Libyan city of Derna has failed to bring together the country’s rival governments (MEES, 13 October), the one move towards national unity of recent times was August’s announcement that the Central Bank of Libya has been re-unified for the first time in almost a decade. With the Tripoli-based central bank the sole repository of the country’s lifeblood oil export earnings, which in turn have constituted almost all of state revenue, it is safe to presume that the unification deal guarantees that the country’s rival eastern authorities receive part of the spoils. (CONTINUED - 673 WORDS)

October 13, 2023 15:49 UTC

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October 13, 2023 11:13 UTC

The Attorney General’s Office announced Wednesday that the investigating authority has ordered the pretrial detention of two former General Managers and the official in charge of the Documentary Credits Department at Sahara Bank. They are charged with collecting illegal material benefits that occurred within the Sahara Bank. The investigator ascertained the intention of the aforementioned bank officials to enable thirteen companies to benefit from foreign exchange equivalent to LD 70 million by deliberately executing documentary credits in 2015 and beyond, for the benefit of companies not registered in the commercial registry. These letters of credit for imports (‘‘fake LCs’’) did not supply the goods they pretended to, allowing the beneficiaries to sell the hard currency at inflated prices on the black market. The investigator concluded by ordering the defendants to be detained pending the case.

October 13, 2023 09:42 UTC

A Libyan delegation of 70 business leaders visited the Americas Food & Beverage Show in Miami from 18 to 20 September. AmCham Libya, which supported the visit, said the Libyan delegation was one of the largest foreign delegations at the event. Visiting delegations, including the Libyan Business Council (LBC), had the opportunity to meet with representatives from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The Libyan Businessmen Council (LBC) sent a delegation of approximately 50 people to the Miami Show. Mirasco hosts Libyan delegationU.S. food company, Mirasco, who will shortly be exporting beef livers to Libya, hosted a reception to honour the Libyan delegates to the Americas Food and Beverage Show.

October 13, 2023 08:46 UTC

The Swiss Ambassador to Libya, Joseph Ringli, has surrendered to the Libyan Ministry of Foreign Affairs a list of items, including antiquities belonging to the North African country, which were seized inside Switzerland, Libya Observer reports. According to the report, this was announced in a government statement quoting the Director of the Antiquities Department, Muhammad Faraj. The report says Faraj confirmed that appointments have been set with the Libyan embassy in Bern to hand over the artifacts in an official ceremony, in preparation for transferring them to Tripoli. The Deputy Head of the Presidential Council, Abdullah Al-Lafi, reviewed earlier with the Swiss Ambassador the international and local efforts related to the humanitarian situation in Derna, and the rest of the cities of eastern Libya affected by floods, according to the media office of the Presidential Council, the report added. READ: Libya Amazighs reject recent election laws, demand fairness

October 13, 2023 04:46 UTC