JUNGMIN HAM RMO PHOTO AdvertisementCANMORE – In the leadup to Remembrance Day, the Canmore Legion recognized and added to its existing cenotaph. “This memorial will serve as a permanent reminder of the brave men and women from our community who defended our values on foreign soil,” said Joanna McCallum, a volunteer at the Canmore Legion. According to the Canadian Armed Forces, there are currently just under 2,000 personnel deployed in Latvia and Kosovo on NATO missions. The Afghanistan War had more than 40,000 Canadians overseas, with 158 soldiers and seven civilians killed. McCallum said the Canmore Legion contacted the Royal Canadian Legion’s Alberta-Northwest Territory command at the beginning of 2024 to add the three involvements to the cenotaph, with financial support coming from the Poppy Fund.
Source:Libya Today
November 06, 2024 19:02 UTC
Particularly the bilateral trade and economic potential on both sides has not been fully explored. The diverse economies of North African countries and Pakistan provides an opportunity to take full advantage of economic trade, and economic potential on both sides. Pakistan has vast opportunities and potential in the investment, trade, import, and export areas with North African countries. The North African region has not received comprehensive attention, and nor have other African regions. This lack of political will has led to weak political interaction which is affecting the level of trade and economic cooperation and has become a challenge.
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November 06, 2024 18:44 UTC
TRIPOLI, Nov. 6 (Xinhua) -- The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Wednesday that 166 migrants had recently been deported from Libya to Nigeria, their home country. "This week, IOM facilitated the safe, voluntary humanitarian return of 166 migrants from Sabha, Libya, to Lagos, Nigeria, with support from the delegation of the European Union to Libya," IOM Libya said in a statement on the social media platform X. Among the migrants were five families and four unaccompanied and separated children, the UN agency said, noting that it "remains committed to ensuring safe and dignified migration for all." The migrants were deported through IOM's Voluntary Humanitarian Return program, under which services are designed to provide tailored support to stranded and vulnerable migrants who request assistance to return to their countries of origin. So far this year, a total of 19,295 migrants have been intercepted and returned, while 568 migrants died and 783 others went missing off the Libyan coast, the IOM said earlier.
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November 06, 2024 17:15 UTC
Beleaguered North African oil producer Libya is set to announce within months its first oil and gas exploration bid round since the civil war began in 2011, Libyan Oil Minister Khalifa Abdul Sadiq told Bloomberg in an interview. As a result of the conflict, oil production in Libya has often suffered in recent years, to the point of OPEC exempting the North African producer from the OPEC+ production quota agreements. In August and September this year, Libya’s oil production was decimated after the country’s two rival administrations locked horns over the appointment of a new central bank governor. Since the central bank handles Libya’s oil revenues, both governments wanted their own man at the top position. Oil production resumed in early October and has now exceeded pre-crisis levels and hit 1.3 million barrels per day (bpd), the highest in years, Libya’s oil minister told Bloomberg.
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November 06, 2024 11:01 UTC
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November 06, 2024 07:23 UTC
Libya’s state National Oil Corporation (NOC) announced yesterday that according to its plan, Libyan fields continue to gradually increase their daily oil and gas production with steady steps. It reported that crude oil and condensate production had increased yesterday to a total of 1,364,438 barrels per day (bpd) of crude oil and 208,000 barrels of gas equivalent.Nafusa Oil’s North Hamada oil field exceeds 10,000 bpdToday, the NOC announced that the production of the North Hamada oil field, which belongs to the Nafusa Oil Operations Company and is in the contracting area 47 in the Ghadames basin, exceeded the 10,000 barrels per day barrier. Sirte Oil completes drilling of E120 development wellLast Saturday (2 November) the NOC had announced that Sirte Oil and Gas Production and Processing Company successfully completed the drilling of development well E120 in the contractual area 20 in the Raquba field. This, it said, comes as part of the first phase of development drilling, which aims to install the Qarqaf reservoir north of Raquba at a depth of 5,400 feet, based on the results of recent reservoir studies in the field.The NOC said the evaluations of the well on Friday showed promising results with a normal flow rate of 900 barrels of oil per day on the volume of the gorge “64/44”. Waha Oil reaches 335,000 bpdFinally, and also on Saturday (2 November), the NOC publicly expressed its appreciation to Waha Oil Company for reaching a production rate of more than 335,000 bpd – a number that Waha had not achieved for years, the NOC noted.The NOC noted that these developments are in line with its goal to increase its crude oil production as a key component of its long-term energy strategy in line with its ambitious plan to increase oil and gas production.
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November 05, 2024 23:27 UTC
The Misrata-based state Libyan Iron and Steel Company (LISCO) revealed today that its new factory for the production of domestic gas cylinders will go into operation ‘‘by the end of this year’’. It will be recalled, as revealed by Libya Herald, that LISCO had revealed in August this year that it would start manufacturing domestic gas cylinders ‘‘in January or February of 2025’’. The new date for the start of the new gas cylinder factory came out of a LISCO meeting today ‘‘in preparation for the actual start of the operational trials of the gas cylinder plant” LISCO reported. The problem is the scrap value of the subsidised cylinders is worth more than their value as a working gas cylinder. LISCO to start manufacturing domestic gas cylinders at the start of 2025 (libyaherald.com)Committee for Localising Oil Fields Equipment conducts meetings, seeking to reduce Libya’s LD 2 to 3 bn oil spare parts import bill (libyaherald.com)
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November 05, 2024 19:44 UTC
Libya is planning its first tender for energy exploration contracts since 2011’s civil war, as the OPEC member looks to bring back oil majors spooked by years of instability and production shutdowns. Authorities will offer onshore and offshore blocks in a bid round either at the end of this year or in early 2025, Oil Minister Khalifa Abdul Sadeq said Tuesday in an interview at the Adipec energy conference in Abu Dhabi.
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November 05, 2024 17:28 UTC
WASHINGTON WATCHThe Middle East conflict and this year’s US presidential election are impacting one another in important ways. As a result, there’s little hope that, whoever wins, there will be any significant change in US policy toward the Middle East region. They are also disinclined to see the USA militarily involved in conflicts in the Middle East and the world. But the extent of the complex tensions roiling the Middle East region would require him to make some accommodation. It’s clear that while there is change afoot in both US politics and in the dynamics unfolding across the Middle East, new thinking and creative leadership is needed.
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November 05, 2024 16:56 UTC
UN on Monday reported that 16 people, including children, have died in Libya since the beginning of the year due to explosions from landmines and unexploded remnants of war. Over 444 million square meters in Libya need to be cleared of war remnants and landmines, warning that the cleanup process could take up to 15 years, said Fatima Zurik, head of the UN Mine Action Service (UNMAS) in Libya. Since the fall of Muammar Gaddafi's regime in 2011, conflicts among various armed groups have contaminated large areas with mines and war remnants. The landmines and munitions, which occasionally explode, continue to claim the lives of innocent people. Oil-rich Libya has remained in turmoil since 2011, when longtime ruler Gaddafi was ousted after four decades in power.
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November 05, 2024 06:32 UTC
OPEC oil production rebounded from its lowest this year thanks to Libya resolving, even if temporarily, a political crisis over control of the Central Bank, Reuters has reported. Libyan output has fully recovered after the country’s eastern-based government and Tripoli-based National Oil Corp (NOC) announced last week the reopening of all oilfields and export terminals. According to a Reuters survey, OPEC output clocked in at 26.33 million barrels per day in October, good for a 195,000 bpd increase from September's clip. Both Libya and Venezuela are exempt from OPEC+ production cut agreements. According to Reuters, Iraq cut output to 3.98 million bpd due to a drop in production in northern Iraq as well as lower domestic consumption.
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November 04, 2024 20:41 UTC
The Libyan general Khalifa Haftar, Commander in Chief of the Libyan National Army (LNA) based in eastern Libya, today inaugurated in Benghazi the second edition of Libya Build Benghazi, an event dedicated to the building and construction sector, with a strong presence of Italian companies ready to contribute to the reconstruction of the areas devastated by the floods that hit eastern Libya on 11 September 2023, causing around 6.000 deaths and destroying large areas of the city of Derna. Also present are excellent Italian companies such as Modenese Arredamenti di Lusso and Renco, active in the oil & gas and infrastructure sector. After the Italian-Libyan Business Forum in Tripoli, which brought over 100 representatives of Italian companies and institutions to the Libyan capital last week, the presence of Italians at Libya Build confirms the interest of the Italian business system in the reconstruction of Libya, particularly in the construction sector. The event today sees the participation of Nicola Colicchi, president of the Italian-Libyan Chamber of Commerce, while the arrival of the Italian ambassador to Libya, Gianluca Alberini, is expected tomorrow, demonstrating Italy's strong interest in consolidating economic and diplomatic relations with the North African country. Read also other news on Nova NewsClick here and receive updates on WhatsAppFollow us on the social channels of Nova News on Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, Telegram
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November 04, 2024 19:22 UTC
In just its third year of operation, the U.S.-funded Cyprus Centre for Land, Open Seas and Port Security (CYCLOPS) has far exceeded expectations. On Monday, a group of Cypriot and Egyptian officials started a two-day seminar on maritime cybersecurity led by the U.S.-based Sandia National Laboratories. “There’s such a huge interest by different agencies of the U.S. and the U.N. too, because they have seen the value of utilizing CYCLOPS because of its proximity to their neighboring countries,” Chrysiliou said. The center's managers want to procure an expansive virtual reality system enabling officials to safely train on biological, chemical and radiological agents. It’s still early days for the center to count on headline-grabbing cases where WMD materials have been seized at any given border.
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November 04, 2024 16:47 UTC
Abu-Obe urged citizens to remain calm and assured them that the Ministry is closely monitoring the situation to ensure the safety and well-being of Nigerians in Libya. Another local blog, Libya News Today 1, also called on the government to apprehend undocumented Nigerian workers, proposing a $500 fine and appropriate taxation. This confirmation came amidst rising tensions between Nigeria and Libya, after Nigerian football players were stranded at an airport in Libya for about 18 hours. He said, “The arrests started on Sunday night in some areas in Tedora. They just don’t care, which doesn’t happen in other countries.”He linked the arrests to the recent face-off between the countries, especially following the CAF ruling which favoured Nigeria and imposed a fine against Libya.
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November 04, 2024 10:24 UTC
Aftermath of the recent ruling by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) Disciplinary Board against the Libya Football Federation (LFF), members of the Nigerian community have reported mass arrests and fines imposed on them in Libya. This may not be unconnected to the verdict delivered by the Confederation of African Football, (CAF), in response to the complaint lodged by the Nigeria Football Federation, (NFF), over the treatment meted out to the Super Eagles in Libya. “The fine that Libya is accused of will be paid by Nigerian citizens who live in Libya. The Libyan government will pay the Nigerian government from their citizens’ money,” the post said. Meanwhile, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has reaffirmed the government’s commitment to protecting its citizens in Libya.
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November 04, 2024 05:35 UTC