It said Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah - an ally of the security agency's chief - is now responsible for Bumatari's safety. The alleged abduction took place on Tuesday, according to Libyan media, and the minister's whereabouts remain unknown. “Our main demand is the release of the minister,” the tribal leader said, who spoke on the phone from the eastern city of Benghazi on Friday. The three other sites purported to have stopped production are the El-Feel field, the Ibn Tufal field, and the 108 field, he said. Last year, local tribal leaders briefly shut down the Sharara field amid a stand-off between the two rival governments.

Source: Libya Today July 14, 2023 20:53 UTC