UTA leads delegation on Libya-Nigeria economic cooperation – The Sun Nigeria
By Sunday AniAn international humanitarian organisation affiliated to the United Nations, the United Towns Agency (UTA), has taken steps to strengthen bilateral economic cooperation between Nigeria and Libya, as well as ensure the attainment of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) between the two countries. Addressing a press conference recently, the visiting UTA Secretary General, Eya Essif, said several meetings between Nigerian Foreign Affairs officials, traditional rulers, women football league and Libyan delegation have been scheduled in this regard. The UTA Country Director in Nigeria, Abigail Amalaha, enumerated the various humanitarian programmes and achievements of the organisation in the last one year, and assured the visit of Essif would further spur her and her team to achieve more. She said UTA would collaborate with various ministries and agencies to achieve the SDGs and tackle the humanitarian crisis and poverty in some parts of the country. The UTA office in Abuja was officially inaugurated by Essif, Chairman of UTA Board of Trustees, Usman Nga Kupi (Emir of Abuja); Abubakar Jimoh, and other board members.
Source:Libya Today
November 15, 2023 02:11 UTC
Libya Turns Away Oil Tanker, Citing Prior Israel Shipment
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Source:Libya Today
November 15, 2023 01:34 UTC
Railway Workers Union President Backs President Sisi in Labor Gathering
Abdelfattah Fikry, the Head of the General Union of Workers in Egypt's Railways, announced his participation in a massive labor conference to support President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi. The conference aimed to convey a message on behalf of the workers in Egypt's railways, the subway, and affiliated companies. The message, titled "Look Around," expresses love, gratitude, and reciprocation, extending appreciation for the transformative moment of the June 30 revolution when Abdel Fattah El-Sisi bravely stood against a terrorist group threatening the nation. During his speech at the conference, Fikry urged attendees to reflect on neighboring countries in the Arab world that were once lucrative destinations for Egyptian labor, such as Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon. Fikry emphasized that Egypt, under the wise leadership of President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, has been protected and reclaimed from the grasp of menacing terrorist groups.
Source:Libya Today
November 14, 2023 21:01 UTC
Rescue ship saves 128 migrants off Libya
The Ocean Viking rescue vessel has picked up 128 stranded migrants in three operations off the coast of Libya, the Marseille-based SOS Mediterranee, which runs the ship, said Saturday. On Friday night, the Ocean Viking carried out two rescues following alerts received on a migrant alert phone number, both in “the Libyan search and rescue region”. The Ocean Viking rescue vesselFour hours later, 34 other migrants were rescued in similar circumstances. Several of those picked up had severe fuel burns, with one collapsing after boarding Ocean Viking, the NGO. Then on Saturday afternoon, following a distress signal relayed by a fishing vessel, the Ocean Viking rescued 61 more people, including three women and two children, from a wooden boat in distress in international waters off Libya.
Source:Libya Today
November 14, 2023 14:28 UTC
Moroccan Consul confirms imminent return of flights with Libya and ending need for visas
According to eastern based Libyan government (unrecognised by most of the international community), the Consul General of Morocco, Saeed Benkirane, said flights between Libya and Morocco will return ‘‘as soon as possible’’. Benkirane is also reported as saying that visas on the Libyan side will be lifted as soon as the reasons for imposing them are removed. The eastern based government also claimed that the Moroccan Consul General praised the state of security and stability witnessed by the city of Benghazi and all cities and regions under the control of the Libyan government and the (Khalifa Hafter’s) Libyan Arab Armed Forces. He is also reported to have stressed the support of the Moroccan authorities for the government and the Libyan people in all fields, and that they are ready to stand with them in everything that guarantees their interests. Benkirane was meeting with the eastern Libyan government’s Minister of African Affairs, Issa Abdelmajid, in his office in Benghazi on Sunday.
Source:Libya Today
November 14, 2023 13:28 UTC
Libya, CDC Africa discuss cooperation to enhance capabilities of national health system – The North Africa Post
Libya is seeking cooperation with African Union Center for Disease Control (CDC) in many fields including primary health care services, strengthen mental health services, as well as supporting response to epidemics and health emergencies, ‘Libya Observer’ reports citing the Libyan Foreign ministry. The North African country’s Health minister Ramadan Abu Janah met Monday November 13 with a CDC delegation. The talks touched on cooperation to enhance the capabilities of Libya’s national health system. The two sides also reviewed current cooperation programs and future prospects between the two parties in many fields, most notably primary health care services, strengthen mental health services, as well as supporting response to epidemics and health emergencies. The African Union health agency strengthens the capacity and capability of Africa’s public health institutions as well as partnerships to detect and respond quickly and effectively to disease threats and outbreaks, based on data-driven interventions and programs.
Source:Libya Today
November 14, 2023 12:02 UTC
Ex-leader David Cameron makes shock return to UK government as Sunak rolls the dice with a shakeup
It’s rare for a non-lawmaker to take a senior government post, and it has been half a century since a former prime minister held a Cabinet job. The government said Cameron had been appointed to Parliament’s unelected upper chamber, the House of Lords, alongside his new job. “I know it’s not usual for a prime minister to come back in this way,” the now-Lord Cameron acknowledged. As prime minister, he backed a NATO-led military intervention in Libya in 2011 that toppled Moammar Gadhafi and deepened that country’s chaos. In 2013, he tried and failed to gain Parliament’s backing for U.K. airstrikes against President Bashar al-Assad’s forces in Syria.
Source:Libya Today
November 14, 2023 11:23 UTC
Sonatrach Working to Resume Libya Operations
Sonatrach Group is in the process of restarting activity in Libya having decided to lift a force majeure on operations in the North African country. A delegation from the Algerian state-owned oil and gas company met with representatives of Libya’s National Oil Corp. (NOC) in Tripoli. Oil and gas operations in Libya have been hit by recurring blockades. World Bank estimated the Libyan economy had shrunk by 1.2 percent last year due to a blockade of oil production during the first semester. Targeted to come onstream 2026, the project has two structures with a combined gas production of up to 750 million standard cubic feet of gas per day.
Source:Libya Today
November 14, 2023 09:04 UTC
Minister of Oil and Gas Aoun meets German Chargé d’Affaires to expand cooperation in oil and gas and economic activities
The Tripoli based Libyan Minister of Oil and Gas, Mohamed Aoun, received at his Tripoli headquarters on Sunday Sven Krauspe, the German Chargé d’Affaires, Deputy Head of the Mission in Libya. The meeting was attended by the Ministry’s Director General of Technical Affairs and the Technical Advisor. 25 of 1955 in Libya, and it succeeded more in oil production in the seventies after developing major discoveries in Sirte Basin. Germany interestedAl-Tarhouni reported that the German Chargé d’Affaires thanked the Ministry of Oil and its efforts to develop the sector and build strong relationships and effective partnerships with Libya’s partners in the oil and gas sector. He expressed his interest in the proposed projects, especially in the field of oil and gas, to develop the production capacity of oil and gas to supply Europe with what it needs in light of global conditions.
Source:Libya Today
November 14, 2023 08:01 UTC
Tunisia : French courts uphold Libyan government's appeal in Siba Plast case
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Source:Libya Today
November 14, 2023 07:40 UTC
Economy Minister Hwej reviews Libya investment opportunities with Maghreb Investment Bank
The Tripoli based Libyan Minister of Economy and Trade, Mohamed Al-Hwej, met the Chairman and members of the Board of the Maghreb Bank for Investment and Foreign Trade on Sunday at the Ministry’s Tripoli headquarters. In an exclusive interview with Libya Herald, the Director of the Media Office at the Ministry of Economy, Fawzi Wadi, said that the meeting reviewed the basics of cooperation between the Ministry and its affiliated entities with the Maghreb Investment Bank and investment opportunities in the economic sectors in Libya. Presenting Libyan investment projects to international institutionsWadi indicated that this meeting comes within the Ministry of Economy’s plan to hold continuous meetings with regional and international institutions and financing bodies to present investment projects that the Libyan state supports in establishing. This investment map is to enable financing institutions to choose the appropriate investment projects that it can finance with mechanisms that suit it and with the active participation of the private sector, which is represented by the Chambers of Commerce. The aim of these meetings is presenting investment projects intended to be implemented in various sectors and working to provide possible facilities to create a real investment partnership that contributes to achieving the plan of economic diversification.
Source:Libya Today
November 14, 2023 07:35 UTC
Ex-PM Cameron makes shock return to UK government
Political watchers also saw the appointment of Cameron and the dismissal of Braverman as Sunak positioning himself to fight the next election on more centrist ground. Cameron quit as prime minister in 2016 after losing the Brexit referendum, standing down as an MP that year, before later becoming mired in a lobbying scandal that was seen as tarnishing his reputation. Cameron became mired in scandal in 2021, after lobbying the UK government for finance group Greensill Capital, which later collapsed. "Of course I have disagreed with some individual decisions, but politics is a team enterprise," he said, praising Sunak as a "good prime minister." Polling in September suggested 45 percent of UK adults felt unfavorably towards Cameron, while only around a quarter held a favorable view.
Source:Libya Today
November 13, 2023 21:58 UTC
Nigeria displaces Libya and Angola as Africa’s top oil producer
Nigeria has ousted Libya, and Angola to regain its position as Africa’s top crude oil producer for October. The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) disclosed this in its monthly oil market report released on Monday. The oil production figures aside from condensate production from the top four oil producers in Africa were stated below:· Nigeria – 1.35 million barrels per day· Libya – 1.18 million barrels per day· Angola – 1.14 million barrels per day· Algeria – 961,000 barrels per dayAccording to secondary sources, total OPEC-13 crude oil production averaged 27.90 million barrels per day in October, higher by 80 thousand barrels per day month-on-month. Crude oil output increased mainly in Angola, Iran, and Nigeria, while production in Libya, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait decreased. Also, the OPEC report shed light on Nigeria’s escalating inflationary pressure, primarily stemming from the removal of petrol subsidies and the devaluation of the naira.
Source:Libya Today
November 13, 2023 18:55 UTC
Almost 2500 new companies registered by SECP in October
This surge brings the total number of registered companies to an impressive 205,456, with a cumulative capitalization of PKR 4.24 billion for the newly incorporated entities. A breakdown of the registered companies reveals that 56% opted for the private limited company structure, while 41% chose to register as single-member companies. The remaining 3% diversified into public unlisted companies, not-for-profit associations, trade organizations, limited liability partnerships (LLPs), and foreign companies. A total of 2,281 companies used the SECP eService for registration with FBR, while 61 companies secured registration with the Employees Old Age Benefit Institute (EOBI). Additionally, 27 companies obtained registration with PESSI/SESSI, and 34 companies completed the registration process with the excise and taxation departments.
Source:Libya Today
November 13, 2023 17:59 UTC
Ex-Prime Minister David Cameron makes shock return to UK government as foreign secretary
LONDON (AP) — Former British Prime Minister David Cameron made an unexpected return to high office on Monday, becoming foreign secretary in a major shakeup of the Conservative government that also saw the firing of divisive Home Secretary Suella Braverman. She was replaced by James Cleverly, who had been foreign secretary. It's rare for a non-lawmaker to take a senior government post, and it has been decades since a former prime minister held a Cabinet job. As prime minister he backed NATO-led military intervention in Libya in 2011 that toppled Moammar Gadhafi and deepened that country's chaos. “It’s difficult to believe that this is going to impress voters, whether they are convinced Brexiteers who despise David Cameron for being a remainer, or convinced remainers who despise David Cameron for holding and losing a referendum," he said.
Source:Libya Today
November 13, 2023 14:37 UTC