Libya's electricity company says there's gas supply shortage, NOC responds
The General Electricity Company of Libya (GECOL) said the grid had lost 480 megawatts at Zueitina, Sarir and North Benghazi power plants due to the shortage of gas supplies, saying it bears no responsibility for this as it hasn't received sufficient gas supplies to operate all units with their maximum capacity because "phase 2" of Al-Farigh Field of Al-Waha Oil Company is halted. NOC said the halt of Al-Farigh Field's "phase 2" was for less than 12 hours and we made up for the lost gas supplies by operating Al-Sahel Field. "Such halts are normal and tackling these issues come through coordination with relevant authorities to provide alternative fuel for power generation. We thank Al-Farigh Field workers for doing maintenance in no time." The NOC said.
Source:Libya Observer
September 06, 2022 22:31 UTC
Egypt withdraws from Arab League meeting amid Libya presidency row
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Source:Libya Today
September 06, 2022 22:28 UTC
The most expensive and cheapest countries on Earth for petrol
1 of 21 Attribution: Justin McManusFill up your car this month, because in a few weeks, Australia will go from cheaper than average to pricier than average - compared to the rest of the world. A litre of Octane 95 will cost you $1.62 a litre in Australia, cheaper than the global average of $1.96, according to price aggregator globalpetrolprices.com. But there's other countries where you could fill up your car with only a few silver coins. But here are the countries where petrol is most expensive and the cheapest.
Source:Libya Today
September 06, 2022 22:13 UTC
Forgiveness ‘through tears’: widow of Christian slain in Libya shares struggle
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. Something that Jesus always offers is forgiveness, and even on a bigger degree is forgiving your enemies.”When her commitment to forgiveness falters, Anita copes by questioning God instead of the attackers. I’m praying sometimes, not even knowing what words to use, but it’s just through tears, like wanting him back. It wasn’t that none of that was there, but they don’t know they did this against Anita Smith.”She continues to reap a harvest from her public forgiveness, Anita said.
Source:Libya Today
September 06, 2022 20:57 UTC
Liz Truss: Potential new chief of staff is a lobbyist for Libya
Mark Fullbrook, co-director of Truss’ campaign, is a likely shoo-in for the new PM’s chief of staff position, reports the Guardian. Fullbrook has been lobbying the UK government on behalf of the Libyan parliament through his company Fullbrook Strategies. In June 2022, the UK reopened their embassy in Tripoli, eight years after an escalation in the Libyan conflict forced it to close in 2014. [Fullbrook should] come clean on all his financial interests and clients over the last year before he gets into Downing Street. A spokesperson for the Truss campaign says: “All commercial clients of Fullbrook Strategies Ltd are declared on the UK Lobbying Register.
Source:Libya Today
September 06, 2022 20:48 UTC
Commenting on withdrawal from Arab League session, Egypt says Dabaiba government’s legitimate mandate had expired
Egyptian Foreign Ministry said Tuesday that its withdrawal from the Arab League session came after the Foreign Minister of the Libyan outgoing government, Najla Mangoush, assumed the presidency of the session. The Egyptian Ministry added in statements to Al Arabiya TV that its position on the Libyan government headed by Abdel Hamid Dabaiba is that its legitimate mandate had expired. The Ministry explained that Cairo “has reservations about recognizing the government of Abdel Hamid Dabaiba, whose legitimacy had expired.”Cairo also called on international parties to recognize the Libyan government headed by Fathi Bashagha, which was approved by the House of Representatives (HoR). It is noteworthy that no official statement was issued by the Egyptian Foreign Ministry on this issue so far. The Egyptian delegation headed by Foreign Minister, Sameh Shoukry, withdrew from the 158th session of the Council of the Arab League at foreign ministers level, refusing that Mangoush assumes the session’s presidency.
Source:Libya Today
September 06, 2022 19:54 UTC
Egypt keen to work with Algeria to ensure Arab summit success in enhancing efforts to tackle challenges: Sisi
CAIRO – 6 September 2022: President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi has affirmed Egypt’s keenness to work along with Algeria to ensure the success of the Arab League summit in Algeria in enhancing joint Arab work to tackle the huge challenges facing the Arab world. Lamamra handed Sisi a message from Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune inviting him to partake in the Arab League Summit, Egypt’s Presidential Spokesman Bassam Radi said in a statement. Sisi requested that Lamamra conveys his greetings to his brother President Tebboune, welcoming the Algerian president’s invitation to attend the Arab summit. On 1-2 November, the Arab League will be holding its first annual summit in Algeria in three years after being suspended due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Arab League held its last summit in Tunisia’s capital, Tunis, in March 2019.
Source:Libya Today
September 06, 2022 18:59 UTC
Egyptian FM withdraws from Arab League meeting refusing Libyan FM’s presidency of session
The Egyptian Foreign Minister, Sameh Shoukry, withdrew Tuesday from the 158th session of the Council of Arab League at the level of foreign ministers, rejecting the fact that the Foreign Minister of the Libyan outgoing government, Najla Mangoush, assumed the presidency of the session. Informed sources stated that the Egyptian Foreign Minister demanded Mangoush to apologize for the presidency of the session, but she refused, which prompted him to withdraw. The Egyptian delegation withdrew just before Al-Manqush delivered her speech without issuing any statement about it. The Libyan Government led by Fathi Bashagha had issued a statement Monday rejecting presidency of the 158th session of the Arab League Council at the ministerial level by the outgoing government of Abdul Hamid Dabaiba. “Such measures threaten the stability and unity of the country and represent a bias towards a political party that its mandate has expired and lacks legal legitimacy,” it pointed out.
Source:Libya Today
September 06, 2022 16:33 UTC
Two French Court of Appeal judgements lift Tunisian company’s seizures of LFB assets
The Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Libyan Foreign Bank (LFB), Mohamed Al-Darrat, said that the bank’s management managed, in early September, to obtain two judgments issued in favour of the LFB by the French Court of Appeal. Crucial to the case was the French Court of Appeal recognizing the independence of the financial and legal personality of the Libyan Foreign Bank from the responsibility and personality of the Libyan state. The case reflects an ongoing trend by foreign entities seeking to recover debts in or to the Libya state/Libyan entities from assets frozen or deposited abroad. The foreign entities argue that all Libyan monies abroad belong to the state. The Libyan side argues that many Libyan entities are independent from the state.
Source:Libya Today
September 06, 2022 16:32 UTC
Egypt exits Arab League meeting, opposing Libyan minister
CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s foreign minister withdrew Tuesday from an Arab League session chaired by the chief diplomat of one of Libya’s two rival governments. The seats of the Egyptian delegation were seen empty as Najla Mangoush, the foreign minister of the Tripoli-based administration, was addressing a meeting for the Arab foreign ministers in Cairo. Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shukry left the meeting room in the Arab League headquarters when Mangoush took her seat to chair the meeting. In a news conference following the meeting, Mangoush attempted to downplay Shukry’s withdrawal, saying that it was “not a crisis but a divergence of views” regarding the legitimacy of Dbeibah’s government. In response, the country’s east-based parliament appointed a rival prime minister, Fathy Bashagha, who has for months sought to install his government in Tripoli.
Source:Libya Today
September 06, 2022 14:55 UTC
Japan protests to Russia over military exercises with China
By MARI YAMAGUCHIJapan has protested to Russia over multinational military exercises being conducted on Russian-held islands claimed by Japan, and is seriously concerned about shooting drills by Russian and Chinese warships off Japan's northern coast, an official said Monday. China’s Ministry of National Defense said in a statement Sunday that China participated in air, ground and naval exercises as part of the exercises. It said a Chinese naval tactical team conducted joint exercises with Russia in the Sea of Japan, including one designed to destroy drifting mines. The Chinese warships had crossed Tsushima Strait in southwestern Japan on Aug. 29, the ministry said. Russia earlier this year announced it has suspended peace talks with Japan to protest Tokyo’s sanctions against Moscow over its war in Ukraine.
Source:Libya Today
September 06, 2022 05:06 UTC
A Russian reporter faces 24 years in prison for revealing a $2 billion arms deal between Moscow and Cairo
A Russian reporter faces 24 years in prison for revealing a $2 billion arms deal between Moscow and CairoCopy LinkThe verdict on whether a Russian journalist will receive a 24-year prison sentence for high treason will be delivered by a court today, MEM reports. At the end of August, a government prosecutor argued that following his release, Safronov should be sentenced to two years of restricted freedom and fined over $8,000. Analysts say there is little evidence against him, and his defence team say the accusations against him are related to his work as a reporter and that he was targeted for revealing plans for a $2 billion arms deal to Egypt. Since President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi’s rise to power in Egypt, human rights groups have slammed the number of countries scrambling to strike arms sales with Cairo. Egypt is one of the most repressive regimes in the world, with around 60,000 political prisoners who are systematically tortured and denied medical care.
Source:Libya Today
September 05, 2022 23:36 UTC
Renewed Clashes In Tripoli Threaten Libyan Oil Production
Renewed clashes broke out over the weekend in oil-rich Libya’s capital as militia forces aligned with the Government of National Unity (GNU) moved to ensure continued control after a failed attempt by the rival eastern-backed prime minister to take Tripoli last week. Fighting took place in the city's western outskirts on Friday and Saturday, Reuters reports. Current interim prime minister Hamid Al-Dbeibah is attempting to shore up control and weed out militias aligned with newly appointed parliamentary-backed prime minister Fathi Bashagha. Dbeibah’s key concern now is gaining control of various armed factions within Tripoli that have not aligned definitively with one side or the other. A week ago, the Libyan National Oil Company (NOC) reported that production had hit 1.22 million bpd.
Source:Libya Today
September 05, 2022 21:35 UTC
Libya's oil output down to 1.163 mln bpd due to power issues - NOC
Storage tanks are seen at Marathon Petroleum's Los Angeles Refinery, which processes domestic & imported crude oil into California Air Resources Board (CARB), gasoline, diesel fuel, and other petroleum products, in Carson, California, U.S., March 11, 2022. REUTERS/Bing GuanReutersLibya’s oil production has decreased to 1.163 million barrels per day (bpd) due to power issues in the Sarir and Mesla oilfields, Libya’s National Oil Corp said on Monday. Earlier this week, oil production in the North African country reached 1.224 million bpd.
Source:Libya Today
September 05, 2022 21:25 UTC
Libya urges joint Arab stance in face of "exceptional" global circumstances
A joint Arab stance is needed to guarantee all rights and legal positions of all member states are maintained, he added. Speaking during the session was also Aly al Halaby, Lebanon’s permanent representative at the AL. He stressed the need for all members to support his country, which is hosting the majority of Syrian refugees – who make up one-sixth of the population in Lebanon. Lebanon has been, despite its limited potentials, acting to secure the needs of those refugees since the start of the Syrian crisis in 2011, Halaby said. “We have been calling on sisterly and friendly countries to support Lebanon … until the Syrian refugees are back to their country,” Halaby told the session.
Source:Libya Today
September 05, 2022 20:14 UTC