Italian defense min. lauds Egypt's role in maintaining stability in Middle East, Mediterranean Sea regions
CAIRO - 17 May 2023: Italian Defense Minister Guido Crosetto lauded the key role played by Egypt in maintaining stability in the Middle East and Mediterranean Sea regions. This came during President Abdel Fattah El Sisi's meeting with the Italian minister in the presence of Egyptian Defense Minister Mohamed Zaki, Italian Chief of Defense Staff Adm. Giuseppe Cavo Dragone and Italian Ambassador in Cairo Michele Quaroni. The meeting underlined the importance of unifying efforts to promote mechanisms for confronting trans-border challenges. The Italian side lauded the effective efforts exerted by Egypt in this regard, the spokesman said. The spokesman added that the meeting tackled means of enhancing military cooperation.
Source:Libya Today
May 17, 2023 13:50 UTC
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[WATCH] Compassion and integration: Young students reflect on the enduring migrant crisis debate
In the midst of the forever ongoing migrant crisis debate, a young student Mariah Debattista has emerged as a vocal advocate for compassion, cultural respect, and humanitarian aid. Invited together with three other students, Mariah, a St Aloysius first-year student encapsulating her profound sense of empathy. "I want us to help them, I don't want the Mediterranean Sea, as they say, to be the cemetery of immigrants," Mariah said. Meanwhile, Junior College student Jake Muscat spoke of the complexities of integration, cultural differences, and the importance of international cooperation in addressing such crises. Jake, who is JC Student Council President agreed with host Saviour Balzan that Malta should help immigrants integrate better into society.
Source:Libya Today
May 17, 2023 06:32 UTC
Expertise Consultancy Announces Validated FSA Registration and Full Compliance in Libya Amid Market Changes
Facilities Security AuthorityThe Libyan private security market has recently undergone significant changes, leading to the deregistration of some companies due to non-compliance with the latest regulations. Expertise Consultancy Libya has been registered and verified with the FSA soon after they opened their offices back in October 2022. To this end, Expertise Consultancy has taken steps to validate its FSA registration and maintain full compliance with Libyan authorities. About Expertise Consultancy LibyaExpertise Consultancy is a premier Libya-based provider of private security services, specializing in safeguarding clients and their assets in challenging environments. With a strong focus on compliance, professionalism, and adaptability, Expertise Consultancy delivers tailored security solutions to meet each client's unique needs.
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May 17, 2023 04:54 UTC
Head of Libya’s rival government suspended by parliament
TRIPOLI: Libya´s parliament, in the east of the divided country, on Tuesday suspended Fathi Bashagha as head of an administration challenging the authority of the country´s western-based prime minister. Parliament also announced an investigation into Bashagha. The chamber, backed by military strongman Khalifa Haftar, had picked Bashagha in February last year to lead a government to replace that of Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dbeibah, who sits in Tripoli. “The House of Representatives voted unanimously to suspend the chief of government Fathi Bashagha and open an investigation against him,” said the House spokesman Abdullah Bliheg after a closed-door meeting in Benghazi. Deputies assigned the administration´s finance minister, Oussama Hamad, to act as prime minister while the investigation takes place, Bliheg said.
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May 17, 2023 01:03 UTC
Habitually violent criminal receives four-year prison sentence for injuring woman and stealing her phone
A man with past convictions for violent crimes has once again been jailed, this time for stealing items from a parked car and slightly injuring the woman who owned it. When the woman confronted the thief, he had assaulted her and then fled. Al Maghrbi had been released from prison just months before committing this offence, after serving a sentence for a violent robbery in which he had also held a woman against her will and injured her. Wadea Al Maghrbi was charged the next day, on March 9. In addition to the four-year prison sentence, the court also issued a three-year restraining order in favour of the victim.
Source:Libya Today
May 16, 2023 21:33 UTC
Libyan foreign minister in Kuwait for talks with counterpart
Libyan Foreign Minister Najla Mangoush said Kuwait has been supporting stability and security in Libya, out of the deep-rooted ties between the two countries and their peoples. She met Foreign Minister Sheikh Salem Al-Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, saying that exchanging visits between officials of the two countries deepen the distinguished ties. The Libyan top diplomat said several dossiers of common concern have been discussed during her visit to Kuwait. She voiced her pride for Kuwait’s political and humanitarian stances on Arab, regional and international dossiers.
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May 16, 2023 20:36 UTC
Libyan parliament replaces Prime Minister parallel to Tripoli government
Libya's east-based parliament, which appointed Fathi Bashaga as Prime Minister parallel to Tripoli's Government of National Unity (GNU) in February 2022, today withdrew confidence in him in another controversial vote. MPs appointed Osama Hammad, the current Finance Minister in the parallel government, as the new head of government to tackle Abdelhamid Dbeiba's power in the capital, which keeps the country divided into two administrations. The parliament, based in the eastern part of Libya controlled by Marshal Khalifa Haftar, was last elected in 2014 and has since been chaired by Aguila Saleh. In February 2022 it appointed Bashaga as Prime Minister alongside Abdulhamid Dbeiba, the last consensual transitional executive that was to have held elections in December 2021, which were postponed indefinitely. Dbeiba has continued to represent Libya on international trips, while Bashaga, who appeared to have some support at the beginning of his appointment and tried unsuccessfully to take control of Tripoli, gradually lost visibility.
Source:Libya Today
May 16, 2023 19:16 UTC
How Should We Then Live Among Muslims? Four Arab Christian Views
Yet CT asked four Arab Christian leaders with deep roots in the region to make an attempt. Yet each represents a space on the spectrum of strategies on how to best live as a Christian in a Muslim society. The history of the Middle East demonstrates that Muslims, Christians, and Jews all belong existentially, historically, culturally, anthropologically, sociologically, and religiously to the same life setting. We do what we can within this space to faithfully live out our Christian mission, engaging in indirect evangelization. We pray this demonstrates not only our clear intention to live in peace, but also the truth and substance of our Christian faith.
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May 16, 2023 18:42 UTC
Libya's parliament suspends its appointed PM Bashagha
Libya's parliament has suspended its appointed prime minister, Fathi Bashagha, and referred him to an investigation, parliament Speaker Abdullah Bliheg says. Parliament appointed Finance Minister Osama Hammad as acting prime minister. Before the parliament session, Bashagha tried to delegate his powers to his deputy. In February last year, the eastern-based parliament appointed Bashagha as the new head of government even though Abdul-Hamid Dbeibeh holds this office. Since then, Bashagha tried and failed to enter Tripoli and his cabinet has been based in the city of Sirte.
Source:Libya Today
May 16, 2023 17:47 UTC
Libya Parliament removes PM Fathi Bashagha
Libya’s parliament voted to remove the prime minister who heads the divided nation’s eastern government, injecting a fresh dose of intrigue and uncertainty into the OPEC member’s chaotic political scene. A majority of lawmakers based in the country’s east approved removing Fathi Bashagha from office and referring him for investigation, parliament spokesman Abdulla Belheiq said Tuesday in a text message. Belheiq didn’t elaborate on the reasons for Bashagha’s removal or what prompted the decision to refer him for investigation. Home to Africa’s largest oil reserves, Libya has lurched from one crisis to the next since the 2011 civil war and overthrow of long-time strongman Moammar Al Qaddafi. Parliament’s step removes a sometime-ally of eastern-based military chief Khalifa Haftar, who fought a 2019-2020 campaign to seize the capital from a previous government and tried to run for president in 2021.
Source:Libya Today
May 16, 2023 17:27 UTC
Libyan parliament suspends its prime minister Fathi Bashagha
Libya's parliament, in the east of the divided country, on Tuesday suspended Fathi Bashagha as head of an administration challenging the authority of the country's western-based prime minister. Former Libyan prime minister Fathi Bashagha(Reuters)Parliament also announced an investigation into Bashagha. The chamber, backed by military strongman Khalifa Haftar, had picked Bashagha in February last year to lead a government to replace that of Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dbeibah, who sits in Tripoli. "The House of Representatives voted unanimously to suspend the chief of government Fathi Bashagha and open an investigation against him," said the House spokesman Abdullah Bliheg after a closed-door meeting in Benghazi. Deputies assigned the administration's finance minister, Oussama Hamad, to act as prime minister while the investigation takes place, Bliheg said.
Source:Libya Today
May 16, 2023 17:22 UTC
“Political absurdity”: Al-Mishri slams parliament’s decision to oust Bashagha
Khaled Al-Mishri, chairman of Libya’s High Council of State, criticized the parliament’s decision on Tuesday to to replace Fathi Bashagha as prime minister, slamming the move as a “political absurdity” in a statement via Twitter. The House of Representatives voted to oust Bashagha after he failed to take office in Tripoli where the incumbent Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh has refused to cede power. Al-Mishri, whose council has been in talks with the parliament to establish a legal framework for holding the long-delayed national elections, described today’s vote as “suspicious”. “The House of Representatives continues its political absurdity,” he said via Twitter. He wrote to the parliament earlier on Tuesday saying he was handing his duties over to his deputy Ali Qatrani, without saying whether or when he planned to resume them.
Source:Libya Today
May 16, 2023 17:02 UTC
Libya Parliament Ousts PM It Chose as Challenger to Tripoli Rule
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May 16, 2023 15:29 UTC
Libya’s 6+6 joint committee to meet in Morocco for talks on electoral laws
The 6+6 committee, formed jointly by Libya’s House of Representative and High Council for the preparation of electoral laws, will meet in Morocco within a week to continue talks on drafting legislations governing the national elections planned at the end of this year, according to a report by Italian news agency Nova. The committee held its first meeting on April 5th at the seat of Parliament in the city of Tripoli, while a second meeting was also held in Libya at the beginning of May. During the last meeting, there was “a convergence of views among the members of the committee”, said the official spokesman of the House of Representatives, Abdullah Blihaq, adding that a “working mechanism was also agreed upon”.
Source:Libya Today
May 16, 2023 15:17 UTC
Libya parliament replaces its appointed PM, spokesperson says
BENGHAZI, Libya: One of Libya’s rival administrations voted on Tuesday to suspend its prime minister, who has been placed under investigation, the parliament’s spokesperson said. Fathi Bashagha was the prime minister of Libya’s eastern-based parliament, known as the House of Representatives, which operates in Tobruk. The House of Representatives finance minister, Osama Hamada, has taken over Bashagha’s duties, spokesperson Abdullah Belhaiq said. Bashagha, a former interior minister and air force pilot, was appointed prime minister by the House of Representatives in February 2022. Libya’s western government is based in the capital Tripoli and is headed by Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah.
Source:Libya Today
May 16, 2023 13:47 UTC