The latest annual accounting from Open Doors ranks the top 50 countries where it is most dangerous and difficult to be a Christian. Overall, 15 sub-Saharan countries scored “extremely high” on Open Doors' violence metric. Authoritarian impulses are imported elsewhere, as China and Russia (unranked, but monitored by Open Doors) spread their influence especially in Africa. Open Doors divides this into two subcategories, with 3,329 detained believers representing an increase of 6 percent. Secular intolerance (0 countries), Christian denominational protectionism (0 countries), and Ethno-religious hostility (0 countries): Open Doors tracks these sources of persecution, but none are the main source in any of the 50 countries on the 2024 list.

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Once Russia had pushed through enough, created the requisite buffer zone, it was willing for talks to end the conflict. The West jumped in to support Ukraine, with a strategy to draw Russia into a second Afghanistan. As the US was compelled to do in Afghanistan and Iraq, Israel will have to continue to maintain its forces to administer Gaza. The damage caused to stable nations, Iraq and Libya, by ill-planned western intervention, has been immense. Thus, while the US could pull back from Afghanistan, Libya and Iraq, Russia and Israel will be compelled to remain in situ, despite their objectives being partially met.

“Spending eight years in pre-trial detention makes a mockery of Lebanon’s already strained judicial system,” the group’s Hanan Salah said in a statement. Beirut blamed the disappearances on long-time Libyan strongman Moamer Gaddafi – overthrown and killed in 2011 uprising – and ties between the two countries have been strained ever since. In June, a judicial official had told AFP that the case of Hannibal Gaddafi had been halted as they awaited information from Libyan authorities. In August, Beirut received a letter from Libyan authorities demanding Gaddafi’s release, but a judicial source told AFP that he would not be freed before Tripoli revealed information about Sadr’s disappearance. Source: AFP

UN envoy to Libya Abdoulaye Bathily has discussed the political, economic and security situation with the ambassadors of Egypt, France, Netherlands, Tunisia, Germany, Russia, and the European Union. Bathily said he met with Ambassador Tamer Mostafa of Egypt on Tuesday, where they reviewed current political, security and economic developments in Libya. “I stressed the need for all regional and international partners to engage positively for a political settlement paving the way for elections.”

In a meeting today with the head of the National Oil Corporation (NOC), Farhat Bengdara, Tripoli based Libyan prime minister, Abd Alhamid Aldabaiba, stresses the necessity of continuing the procedures for developing the controversial NC7 Hamada field. The contract to develop the field with a foreign consortium was stopped by the Attorney General’s Office based on a report from the Minister of Oil and Gas. Need to invest to increase productionDuring the meeting, Aldabaiba stressed the necessity of investing in the field of oil and gas with the aim of raising productivity, benefiting from the reserve through exploration and development, and continuing to evaluate priority and economic feasibility while increasing disclosure and transparency in all oil projects. Create global partnerships, need foreign investorsBengdara, in turn, stressed that the NOC has been working to activate development and exploration projects that have been stalled for years without justification, and to create global partnerships with the aim of increasing oil and gas production. He explained that the sector’s projects require large financial flows and need foreign investors to ensure their implementation according to the approved timetables.

The Libya Energy and Economy Summit 2024 being held at the Rixos Hotel in the capital Tripoli concluded this week. However, Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Al-Dabaiba’s government had to halt this due to objections from legislative and oversight bodies in Libya as well as the Ministry of Oil and Gas. Absence of Senior FiguresIn addition to the absence of key energy summit partners – Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, TotalEnergies CEO Patrick Pouyanné, and Eni CEO Claudio Descalzi – Central Bank Governor Sadiq Al-Kabir and Audit Bureau President Khaled Shakshak were also not present at the summit. The National Oil Corporation appeared to be in the position of spectator regarding this division. Stopping the Sharara field has led to Libya losing a quarter of its revenue from oil exports and could damage equipment and stations at the field.

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The Libya Energy and Economy Summit brought together government officials, industry executives and experts for two days of talks on jumpstarting the country’s stalled energy sector. Officials outlined plans to launch new licensing rounds for oil and gas exploration rights by the end of 2024 – the first such offering to international firms since 2007. Just last week, the country’s largest oil field at Sharara was shuttered by protests, costing 300,000 barrels per day. Bringing more stability to the oil and gas industry will be crucial for Libya’s economic dreams overall. Officials called for finding a mechanism to free up some of those assets specifically for reinvestment into the oil industry.

Prime Minister Robert Abela and his Italian counterpart Giorgia Meloni pulled out of the Libya Energy & Economic Summit over the weekend, both of whom were due to give keynote speeches to the audience of energy and fossil-fuel stakeholders. The Shift contacted the prime minister’s spokesperson, Edward Montebello, who said the Minister for Energy, Miriam Dalli, attended and “the PM had other engagements.”Abela was scheduled to participate in the launch ceremony, giving a keynote speech alongside Meloni and Libyan Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh. The summit was billed publicly as focussing on renewable energies, with the Maltese government set to discuss trade and commercial ties and explore the feasibility of a proposed renewable energy interconnector project. This would establish a solar photovoltaic park in Libya that would supply Malta with energy. However, the agenda was packed full of representatives from fossil fuel and energy producers, including PetroGas, Eni, Tamoil, Total Energies, and Repsol.

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Today, Al-Khadra Hospital reported that after a 10-year hiatus, its orthopaedic department successfully performed an operation on a three-year-old child suffering from a dislocated hip joint. It said this is considered one of the delicate operations that is usually only performed in the private sector in Libya. ‘’Localisation of Healthcare’’ policyThe resumption of operations by the state sector that have long been halted is part of the Tripoli based Libyan government’s ‘‘Localisation of Healthcare’’ policy. This is an attempt to resume the local provision of healthcare by the state that have long been halted, instead of sending patients abroad at the state’s expense, or forcing Libyans to pay for the care privately. German and Turkish teams support TAVI heart operations at Tripoli’s Al-Khadra Hospital (libyaherald.com)Al-Khadra Hospital opens its kidney clinic (libyaherald.com)After a nine-year hiatus, Al-Khadra Hospital restarts cruciate ligament reconstruction operations (libyaherald.com)CBL Governor calls on Attorney General to stop continuous drain of inflated and mismanaged overseas state health costs (libyaherald.com)After a ten-year hiatus, Al-Khadra hospital’s Eye Clinic reopens (libyaherald.com)After a ten-year stoppage, Al-Khadra hospital resumes keyhole knee surgery (libyaherald.com)After a 10-year hiatus: Al-Hadba Al-Khadra General Hospital resumes artificial joints operations (libyaherald.com)At the ‘‘localisation of healthcare’’ conference Aldabaiba inaugurates several new services (libyaherald.com)Conference on Localisation of Medical Treatment – Tripoli 12 to 13 June (libyaherald.com)First ever brain and nerve surgery conducted in Al-Khadra Hospital: Health Ministry (libyaherald.com)Tripoli’s Al-Khadra Hospital succeeds in implanting an aortic valve using latest TAVI technology (libyaherald.com)Operations Department of Tripoli Eye Hospital reopened after 13-year closure (libyaherald.com)Visiting Italian medical team touring Libyan hospitals across the country (libyaherald.com)Visiting Egyptian eye surgeon conducts 20 cornea operations in Beida (libyaherald.com)Visiting Jordanian specialists perform 18 infertility and delayed childbearing operations in Zintan Hospital (libyaherald.com)Tripoli Eye Hospital unprecedented medical convoy to south to conduct 40 corneal transplants (libyaherald.com)Health Ministry to launch the 2023-2028 national strategy and 2023 sector plan (libyaherald.com)Libya discusses cooperation with Jordan on localizing autism treatment (libyaherald.com)Libyan Turkish Hospital in Misrata opens: to set new healthcare standard in Libya (libyaherald.com)National Centre for Health System Reform (NCHSR) holds workshop on developing the Libyan health system (libyaherald.com)Serraj government’s catastrophic failure to reform Libya’s healthcare: Analysis (libyaherald.com)Tripoli University Hospital struggling with no budget and huge debts – continuing through private donations | (libyaherald.com)Tripoli University Hospital’s Orthopaedic Department launches remote educational service | (libyaherald.com)Italian company signs contract to maintain infrastructure of Tripoli University Hospital | (libyaherald.com)Libya to recruit 150 Filipino first phase nurses for Tripoli University Hospital | (libyaherald.com)Tripoli University Hospital to recruit 850 foreign nurses | (libyaherald.com)Tripoli Medical Centre converted into a independent university hospital under direct control of PC | (libyaherald.com)New head of TMC appointed – part of continued health reform programme | (libyaherald.com)Austrian medical services company Vamed signs maintenance contract with Tripoli Medical Centre | (libyaherald.com)Serraj spells out reforms needed by Libyan healthcare system | (libyaherald.com)

The Embassy of Japan in Libya announced today that it has resumed its work on Libyan soil effective today. Visas will continue to be issued elsewhere in the meantime until the embassy expands its premises. In its statement, it said that ‘‘with tireless support from our Libyan counterparts and Japan’s strong commitment, the Embassy has finally achieved its aim to resume Japan’s diplomatic activities in Libya after its evacuation in 2014’’. ‘‘Since the establishment of diplomatic relation between Libya and Japan in 1957, the two countries have developed a solid bilateral cooperation in various areas of mutual interests. VISA applications shall be processed at the embassies or consulate general of Japan in Tunisia, Egypt or Istanbul.”

Oil prices lost more than 1% on Monday as the Middle East conflict’s limited impact on crude output prompted profit taking after oil benchmarks gained 2% last week. The conflict has also held up at least four liquefied natural gas tankers travelling in the area. “The realisation that oil supply has not been adversely impacted is leading last week’s bulls to take profit, with the move down somewhat exacerbated by a slightly stronger dollar,” said Tamas Varga of oil broker PVM. On Sunday the Houthi militia threatened a “strong and effective response” after the United States carried out another strike overnight. The economic situation also remains gloomy somewhat and the European Central Bank (ECB) last weekend warned against cutting interest rates too fast.

Libya to roll out licensing rounds for domestic and international tendersSpeakers participating during a finance panel at the Libya Energy & Economic Summit (LEES) shared that the country’s planned licensing rounds – for domestic companies as well as an international tender – will be launched soon, in line with national targets to more than double oil productionLibya is well positioned to rebuild its economy on the back of hydrocarbons and enhanced local participation. The country is ready to welcome foreign investment, with the government recently implementing a series of legislative reforms while advancing infrastructure development and the deployment of renewable energy. Ahmed Gaddah, Partner at Eltumi Partners, stated that, “Libya has great potential, and we have local capacity with Libyan insurers and contractors." Meanwhile, for the local economy, oil and gas is integral, representing the key to bolstering energy access, industrialisation and long-term gross domestic product growth. Abundant renewable energy potential has already begun to attract foreign players, while the government remains committed to steering an energy transition through low-carbon solutions.