Representatives of China, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Russia and the United States held a meeting on Thursday in the German capital to discuss the Libyan crisis, revealed the Presidential Council. The two-day meeting kicked-off Thursday evening and will continue on Friday, according to a statement by the council following a meeting between its deputy chairman Moussa Al-Koni and Italian Ambassador Giuseppe Buccino Grimaldi. According to the Presidential Council’s statement, European, international and Arab parties will “possible exits that would allow an end to the current stalemate in Libya.”Al-Koni and Grimaldi also discussed the upcoming “Rome Med – Mediterranean Dialogue”, which is an annual high-level conference on Mediterranean geopolitics promoted by the Italian Foreign Ministry. The Presidential Council said it will represent Libya at the conference’s 8th edition in December.

The National Center for Disease Control in Libya (NCDC) reported on Thursday that 3 people tested positive for COVID-19, marking 2 percent of the infection rate. 64 people recovered in the same reporting period. The total recorded COVID-19 cases in Libya have reached more than 500,000 since the start of the pandemic, while over 490,000 of which have recovered, according to the NCDC. The virus has claimed the lives of 6,437 people in total. Over two million people received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, while over one million were fully vaccinated with two doses.

This development is a fresh diplomatic setback and ushers in a new chapter of power struggle in a country ravaged by a decadelong instability. Abdul Hamid Dbeibah was selected as prime minister and was supposed to assume power up to December 2021. In February, the Libyan parliament appointed Fathi Bashagha as the new prime minister after withdrawing confidence from Dbeibah. The latter remains the UN-recognized prime minister, and he insists that he will only hand over power after elections. Acting as the country's legitimate prime minister, Dbeibah said forces seeking to oust him are implementing foreign plans in Libya.

Oil prices increased Thursday after their biggest decline Wednesday by close to 6 percent, down to its lowest level in nearly 9 months, specifically since January 2022. Oil prices rose during trading Thursday within the range of 1 percent, before reducing part of that rise. Brent crude futures rose 63 cents, or 0.7 percent, to $88.63 a barrel, after closing at their lowest level since early February in the previous session. US crude futures rose 70 cents, or 0.9 percent, to $82.64 a barrel. Prices received a boost from Russian President Vladimir Putin’s threat to halt the country’s oil and gas exports if European buyers impose price ceilings.

Africa: Niger reports first ever case of dengue feverNewsDesk @bactiman63The Ministry of Health of Niger has reported the first ever case of dengue in Niger, according to the World Health Organization. The patient is a 47-year-old male from Niger who arrived from Cuba on 13 August 2022. He tested positive for COVID-19 and dengue in June 2022 in Cuba. The sample taken and sent to the Centre de Recherche Médicale et Sanitaire (CERMES) on 8 August 2022 tested positive for dengue. A second sample was sent to the Institut Pasteur in Dakar for confirmation and also returned positive for dengue on 24 August 2022.

This Wednesday, Varjo completed a Series D funding round that secured the mixed reality (MR) technology firm with $40 million to establish an “industrial Metaverse” service. Varjo is using its secured capital to boost its XR research and development (R&D) services, namely Reality Cloud. Additionally, the firm is building an industry 4.0 Metaverse solution based on its XR technology portfolio. Varjo’s Reality Cloud solution enables MR headset operators to stream XR applications, experiences, and content without needing powerful computing hardware. Amazon Web Services and NVIDIA graphic processing units also power Varjo Reality Cloud service, which massively reduces local computing requirements.

The Libyan Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah said in a meeting with Greater Tripoli elders that the main goal of his government is holding parliamentary and presidential elections, reiterating his rejection of seizing power by weapons and conspiracies. Dbeibah said elections are a national right and his government will work to achieve them despite difficulties and challenges, confirming that they have formed committees to assess damage to compensate those who suffered the damages in the recent clashes in Tripoli. He also reiterated the need to remove military camps and security posts inside Tripoli municipalities and activate the role of police stations as well as security apparatuses. The meeting was attended by the Ministers of Local Governing, and Housing and Construction as well as Deputy Minister of Sports.

Today, the World Health Organization (WHO), with support from the International Humanitarian City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, airlifted the first of three shipments of emergency medical supplies to Benghazi airport in Libya. The supplies will help health facilities respond to health needs across the country, particularly in the south where the situation continues to deteriorate. The shipment comprises more than 23 tonnes of medicines and medical supplies such as personal protective equipment, emergency health kits, burns kits, anaesthetics, and essential medicines and supplies to diagnose and treat patients with tuberculosis. The Head of Mission and WHO Representative in Libya, Ms Elizabeth Hoff, welcomed this support, saying, “This shipment is the first of several emergency airlifts to arrive in the next few weeks. It will help enable WHO to reach the most vulnerable people in the country with essential medical assistance.”

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Minister of Transport of the Government of National Unity, Mohamed Al-Shhoubi, discussed with the Chargé d'Affaires of the German Embassy ways to resume flights between Libya and Germany, after sending an inspection team and reviewing the equipment at Libya's airports. During their meeting in Tripoli, the German diplomat confirmed the imminent reopening of her country's embassy in Libya, according to the ministry’s media office. The meeting was attended by Undersecretary for Air Transport Affairs, Khaled Souissi, Chairman of Civil Aviation Authority, Mohamed Shlebek, and a number of officials from the Ministry of Transport.

Libya: Smugglers’ Abuse Of Egyptian Migrants, Including Children, Calls For Cooperation To Combat Human TraffickingGeneva – The discovery of 287 Egyptian migrants, including more than 90 children, held in a warehouse in eastern Libya should underscore the importance of combating smuggling and human trafficking networks, as well as raise social awareness of the dangers of exploitative migration routes and this type of persecution, Euro-Med Monitor said in a statement. Euro-Med Monitor reviewed shocking testimonies of a large number of migrants who were detained inside the warehouse. The migrants, particularly the children, complained about the inhumane treatment they received inside the warehouse, where they suffered various forms of abuse at the hands of the smugglers. In December 2021, Euro-Med Monitor published a detailed report documenting the grave violations migrants and asylum seekers face in Libya. Libyan authorities must intensify efforts to combat human trafficking and smuggling gangs, provide aid and assistance to migrants who have been victims of such criminal acts, improve official migrant detention facilities, and end all illegal practices against migrants.

The total number of shows participating in the twenty-ninth edition of CIFET in three diversified competitions are 44 plays from all over the world are competing. Regarding the short performances’ competition, (16) theatrical performances -ranging from 15-30 minutes- are participating from various countries and states: Egypt, Libya, the United Arab Emirates, and Switzerland. The jury of this competition houses the artist Mohsen Mansour who served as the head of the jury along with the members: Dr. Asmaa Yahia Al-Taher and decorator Hazem Shebl. The experimental theater competition houses 14 theatrical shows participating from multiple governorates of the Arab Republic of Egypt: Beni Suef, Ismailia, Red Sea, Asyut, Minya, Giza, Cairo, Mansoura, Sharqia, Beheira, and Alexandria. It is noteworthy that the 29th edition of CIFET bears the name of the world-famous playwright Peter Brook.

Before you have politics, you need a political community, a group of people who see their lives as belonging to the same past, present, and future. Perhaps because of the trauma of the past, Libya today is ignoring its history. We can see the next stage of the Libyan revolution as rediscovering Libyan history and reclaiming the history that Qaddafi stole from us. In Libya “The Dead” have been awakened. As Harry Halem’s book makes definitively clear, the story of the Senussi family is indeed the history of Libya.

The three accounts at Bank of Valletta were held in the name of Capital Resources, a company owned by Muatassim Gaddafi, under the name Muatasimbllah Muammar Abuminyar. In a recently-filed reply to that appeal application, lawyer Shazoo Ghaznavi, appointed as special representative of the Libyan State, tackled the grounds for the widow’s appeal. The cash was used to fund Muatassim Gaddafi’s playboy lifestyle, with millions held in his various American Express and Visa credit card accounts. Safia Farkash’s lawyer, Charilos ‘Harris’ Oikonomopoulos, claimed that Muatassim Gaddafi had another heir: his hitherto unknown wife and Dutch model Lisa van Goinga and her son. “These funds were private funds, having nothing to do with the Libyan state.”Oikonomopoulos was assisted by lawyer Louis Cassar Pullicino.

He would teach chemistry at the International School in Benghazi as Anita cared for their infant son, Hosea, and made cross-cultural friendships. Anita extended forgiveness to the murderers just days later in interviews widely broadcast in Arabic in the country where the faith of most encourages retribution over forgiveness. “Something that was very apparent was what do we want the Libyan people to see or know out of this. And I know I won’t have the answers, but a big part of it is obedience,” Anita said. I’m praying sometimes, not even knowing what words to use, but it’s just through tears, like wanting him back.