Countries like Libya and Yemen have and continue to face civil wars. On September 30th, Libya-based Medsky Airways launched a twice-weekly service between Tripoli’s Mitiga International Airport (MJI) and Rome’s Fiumicino Airport (FCO). As such, most aircraft flying into Libyan airports are from domestic carriers Afriqiyah Airways, Buraq Air, Air Libya, Libyan Wings, and Libyan Airlines, among others. However, All is not lost, as Yemen has another major international airport that has continued to operate without a major interruption for over five years. Photo: Daniel Mena | AeroXplorerAden International Airport (ADE), serving the port city of Aden, is the oldest airport on the Arabian peninsula.

Commenting on the receipt of these election laws, UNSMIL said ‘‘these solutions must be consensual and implementable.’’Why did UNSMIL say consensual and implementable’’? This is why the UNSMIL statement says the election laws must be consensual. Eventually, they started going through the motions of drafting a constitution and drafting election laws. Election laws designed to failAnother favourite trick of the HoR is enacting unsound election laws. International community complicit in election delaysLibyans hope the international community stop being complicit with their corrupt political elite in delaying democratic elections.

Essentially, this means ‘lowering standards’ to get more member states on board…The member states you mention – especially Italy – seem to have considerable influence over the direction of the EU’s migration policy. Our feeling is definitely that: yes, member states are increasingly moving towards the right, in terms of their approach to human rights. Well… part of the problem is definitely that religion, in itself, has historically always tended to clash with human rights. Because ultimately - and this is the whole idea of having ‘human rights’, to begin with - we're living together in a community. How do you propose dealing with an emergency like that, from a human rights perspective?

The United Nations Support Mission in Libya reported last Friday that it had received on 5 October an official memorandum from the office of Speaker of the House of Representatives Ageela Saleh that included the approved electoral laws. Commenting, UNSMIL said it ‘‘respects the Libyan sovereign institutions and the national ownership of political solutions. However, to ensure a smooth electoral process and sustainable peace and stability in Libya, it emphasizes that these solutions must be consensual and implementable. The Mission is committed to working with all stakeholders to reaching a compromise, including on the formation of a unified government. In consultation with relevant stakeholders, the Mission will assess the implementability of the laws and share the findings with the Libyan people.’’

Profile PalladiumThe UK has increased its financial support to the response to both the floods in Libya and the earthquake in Morocco, allocating a package worth up to £10 million. Now, the UK has increased its financial support to the response to both the floods in Libya and the earthquake in Morocco, allocating a package worth up to £10 million. The UK is also deploying an emergency medical team led by health and sanitation experts from NGO UK-MED to conduct rapid medical assessments in disaster-affected areas. Commenting via the firm’s LinkedIn, Palladium stated, “We are proud to help deliver the UK Government's response to the humanitarian crises in Libya and Morocco, which have been affected by devastating floods. The UK's Humanitarian Emergency Response Operations and Stabilisation (HEROS) Programme is managed by Palladium.”Founded in 2015, Palladium is a London-headquartered consultancy, focused primarily on digital change management.

Rockets are fired towards Israel from the northern Gaza Strip, as seen from Ashkelon, southern Israel October 7, 2023. More than 230 Gazans were also killed when Israel responded with one of its most devastating days of retaliatory strikes. Bodies of Israeli civilians were strewn across the streets of Sderot in southern Israel, near Gaza, surrounded by broken glass. Israeli troops clashed with Hamas fighters throughout the night in some parts of southern Israel. Gaza has been devastated by four wars and countless skirmishes between Hamas and Israel since the militants seized control of the strip in 2007.

The Minister of Economy and Trade, Mohamed Al-Hwej, held a meeting with the Chairman and members of the Preparatory Committee for the First Investment Partnership Conference 2024: “Libya’s Future, Opportunities and Investment”. The event is organized by the Libyan (state) Company for the Management of Participation Projects with the Private Sector. The map of the projects targeted to be presented at the conference were also reviewed. Variety of investment projectsThe Minister pointed out the importance of including the “Benghazi-Chad” transit trade route project, and the infrastructure development projects for airports in Tripoli, Benghazi, Sebha, and Misrata. He also highlighted ports, solar energy projects, and oil refineries to develop and diversify the economy.

The Governor of the Central Bank of Libya (CBL), Saddek El-Kaber, has called on the Attorney General, Sideeg Al-Sour, to stop the continuous drain on the Libyan state of overseas health costs which create obligations on the Libyan state in violation of the public debt law. The CBL Governor called on the Attorney General to ensure that these health allocations reach those who deserve them. The news was publicised by several local Libyan media sources last Wednesday claiming they were based on a leaked September letter from the former to the latter. It said this indicates suspicion of inflated expenditures and a defect in spending mechanisms. Need clear mechanism, standardsAt the conclusion, the CBL called for measures to be taken to clarify the situation in light of the absence of a specific mechanism or clear standard for determining the type of treatment or its beneficiaries abroad, not to mention the mismanagement of deposits allocated for treatment by referring them to embassies.

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(MENAFN- Emirates News Agency (WAM))DUBAI, 6th October, 2023 (WAM) -- Dr. Anwar Gargash, Diplomatic Adviser to the UAE President, today met with Abdoulaye Bathily, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Libya. During the meeting, the two sides discussed the latest developments and updates related to Libya and the UN's efforts to find a political solution to end the Libyan crisis. The meeting also discussed the challenges faced by Libyans in Derna and the humanitarian and environmental fallout of the hurricane that hit the city. Bathily commended the humanitarian support provided by the UAE to address the disaster in Derna, which he witnessed during his visit to the city. Bathily reviewed the results of his regional visits and efforts in that regard.

The soundness of Libya’s civil registry and the right to Libyan nationality is a very contentious subject. Since the February 2011 revolution that ended the 42-year Qaddafi regime, there have been accusations that the civil registry has been corrupted for personal or political gain. He would not offer an estimated figure but said that they are nowhere near the one million fake National ID Numbers alleged. In April 2017, the acting head of the Tripoli Civil Registry Authority (CRA), Khalid Bibas, was seized and held for two days. They said it was trying to use him to gain access to the country’s civil registry database.

TRIPOLI, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- The International Organization for Migration (IOM) on Saturday urged to immediately scale up donor funding to accelerate recovery efforts in eastern Libya, which was hard hit by deadly floods last month. The IOM said in a statement that it made the call in order to meet the organization's estimated need for 22-million-U.S. dollar funding to accelerate early recovery efforts in Libya's flood-hit areas, noting that "roughly 30 percent of the required funding has been secured." The organization also called on all relevant international partners and Libyan authorities to facilitate the formation of a unified national mechanism to direct the recovery and reconstruction efforts, as well as to ensure transparency and accountability based on an objective assessment of the situation and needs on the ground. The IOM added that shelter, water, sanitation, and mental health and psychosocial support continue to be the priority needs in these areas. On Sept. 10, Mediterranean storm Daniel triggered Libya's worst floods in decades, killing thousands of people and causing widespread damage to the area's infrastructure.

Storm Daniel: Urgent Funding Scale-Up Needed Four Weeks After Libya DisasterMore than 80 IOM staff are responding to humanitarian needs in Libya in the wake of Storm Daniel, which claimed the lives of more than 4,300 lives people including 429 migrant workers. Photo: IOM/Libya Ahmed AbughulaIOM is appealing for additional donor support to its efforts to assist the tens of thousands of people displaced by Storm Daniel. “There are massive humanitarian needs in the areas devastated by the storm,” said IOM Director General Amy Pope. Storm Daniel caused catastrophic flooding when it struck northeast Libya on 10 September; 4,333 people are reported dead and approximately 8,540 others missing. IOM teams including 84 national and international staff are providing multi-sector assistance in close partnership with the other UN partners and the Libyan Red Crescent.

Nabil Fékir is as selfless on a football field as off it. As part of an auction organized this Friday by the French streamer AmineMaTué on Twitchin support of the victims of the recent earthquake which struck Morocco and Libya, the French international was indeed the author of a moving gesture. On his Twitter account, Fékir announced that he would donate his 2018 world champion ring, offered at the time on the initiative of Paul Pogba and Antoine Griezmann to the Blues. Made up of three carats of white diamond, the jewel was sold for €42,500 during the event. A sum which will be donated to the association seed in order to finance various projects in the two battered countries.

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy arrives for his appeal trial on charges of corruption and influence peddling, at Paris courthouse, France, December 5, 2022. Sarkozy, due to go on trial in 2025 over the accusations he illegally accepted the Libyan funds, has always denied wrongdoing. In the latest investigation, Sarkozy is accused of interfering with a witness and criminal association with a view to committing fraud, a spokesperson for prosecutors said. Sarkozy had been questioned by a judge since Tuesday in a probe launched in May 2021, after French-Lebanese businessman Ziad Takieddine gave media interviews retracting an earlier account that he had delivered Libyan funds to help Sarkozy. Sarkozy, who remains an important figure in French politics although he no longer holds any elected post, has always denied the accusations.