In Gaza, OCHA says people continued to flee south. The provision of life-saving assistance to affected civilians in northern Shan – including cash, food and essential relief items – continues wherever possible. Given dropping temperatures, OCHA warns there is an urgent need for warm clothing, winterized shelter, health care and food support. South SudanThe acting Humanitarian Coordinator in South Sudan, Marie-Helene Verney, today condemned a deadly attack on humanitarians in the south-east of the country. The UN and partners have reached some 180,000 people with humanitarian assistance in the past two months – including food, cash assistance and shelter kits.

Italian oilfield services company Saipem has subcontracted compatriot Rosetti Marino to carry out Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) services for part of the $1bn contract it won in August from Eni-led Mellitah Oil & Gas consortium for the Bouri Gas Utilization Project offshore Tripoli (MEES, 18 August). This in turn forms part of a larger $8bn deal signed between Libya’s NOC and Italy’s Eni in January to develop 6tcf of gas on ‘Structures A&E’ for tie-back to its existing facilities as well as the capture of currently-flared gas at Bouri (MEES, 3 February). (CONTINUED - 322 WORDS)

Libya is set for an exploration upturn next year with Austria’s OMV and Algerian state firm Sonatrach following on the heels of Eni and BP in announcing plans to resume exploration in the country next year. On 7 November, Sonatrach’s recently-reinstated CEO Rachid Hachichi (MEES, 6 October) met with Libya’s NOC Chairman Farhat Bengdara in Tripoli, where he announced his company’s plans to make a “strong comeback” in Libya through oil exploration and production operations. He added that Sonatrach plans to open an office in Libya to “closely monitor operations.” (CONTINUED - 230 WORDS)

In videos published by the NGO Refugees in Libya on its X account, three men and two women are violently beaten by human traffickers. The victims, believed to be detained in the town of Bani Walid, can be seen pleading for help. The scenes are thought to take place in Bani Walid, about 200 kilometers south of Tripoli. The Eritrean migrants are depicted being violently beaten on their backs by men armed with sticks – and they are covered in bruises. So… pic.twitter.com/YusJZvpfvh — Refugees In Libya (@RefugeesinLibya) November 5, 2023"The videos were sent to us by the traffickers themselves," said Yambio.

The Attorney General’s Office revealed on Monday that Tripoli Criminal Court ruled that a bank employee be imprisoned for 30 months and fined her 3.6 million dinars, obliging her to return the amount of 1.8 million she had seized from a customer’s bank account. Four other bank employees were also imprisoned for one year due to negligence and failure to report the criminal incident after they learned of its commission. The court ruled to suspend the enforcement of the penalty of two convicts.

Under the patronage of the Minister of Labor and Rehabilitation, Ali Al-Abed Al-Rida, a memorandum of cooperation was signed between the Ministry of Labor, represented by Ali Al-Hadi Al-Magouri, in his capacity as Undersecretary of the Ministry of Labour and Rehabilitation, and the General Authority for Libyan Industrial Zones, represented by the Director-General of the Authority, Adel Al-Masry. The MoU was signed last Wednesday at the headquarters of the General Authority for Industrial Estates in Tripoli and the General Authority for Libyan Industrial Zones said the MoU was within the framework of the importance of supporting youth and contributing to achieving sustainable development goals and advancing the national economy. – Work together to develop the necessary plans to implement labour housing projects within the framework of industrial zones. – Cooperating and working together to establish labour and occupational safety inspection points within industrial zones. 2- Participation between the two parties in holding conferences, seminars, workshops and exhibitions at the local and international levels related to the field of work of the two parties.

In the second, in 1908 Persia, the British have just begun mining oil, and Amy is a sprightly eight-year-old. Hickson sets each of her five acts in a different era, with an evolving oil dependence. The same mother, May (Brook Satchwell) and daughter Amy (Charlotte Friels) inhabit each era, with Amy simultaneously a spinning metaphor for oil. It happens with alcohol, drugs, food, gambling, shopping and even fossil fuels. Act Three is in 1970 England, and Amy is an unruly teen, just as Gaddafi’s Libya is bucking against British oil exploitation.

The Libyan Government of National Unity will provide 50 million US dollars as part of international relief efforts for the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. “We remain convinced that the Palestinian people are at grave risk of genocide,” the group of experts, made up of seven U.N. special rapporteurs, said in a statement. “The situation in Gaza has reached a catastrophic tipping point,” the U.N. experts said, adding that Gazans had been left with scarce water, medicine, fuel and essential supplies while facing health hazards. The experts also pointed to Israel allies, which they said “bear responsibility and must act now to prevent its disastrous course of action”. “We call on Israel and its allies to agree to an immediate ceasefire,” the U.N. experts said.

Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh is considering plans to scrap fossil fuel subsidy in attempt to stop smuggling. Speaking during a cabinet meeting in Gharyan today, Dbeibeh affirmed that ending fuel subsidization is the only way to end smuggling and disrupt the black market. Public sector wages and salaries and food and fuel subsidies constitute more than half of the spending in the Libyan state budget. Earlier this week, Farhat Bengdara, Chairman of the National Oil Corporation (NOC), unveiled staggering annual fuel costs, exceeding $8 billion for electricity stations and around $4 billion for various other uses. In a meeting with Dbeibeh on November 8, Bengdara, pointed out that there is no mechanism that determines the need levels for gasoline and diesel.

The Chairman of Libya’s High Council of State and the Speaker of the House of Representatives agreed Wednesday to continue consultations on the country’s political crisis. Mohamed Takala and Aguila Saleh met in the Egyptian capital Cairo, according to a statement from the High Council of State’s media office. On June 3, it was announced that the committee members had approved laws that would pave the way for elections in Libya. On June 9, a statement was issued by the committee for determining election laws in Libya saying the draft election laws had been unanimously approved by the members, declared as final, and that future elections would be conducted in accordance with these laws. The High Council of State had announced that the election laws approved by the committee had been submitted to the Special Representative of the UN Secretary General to Libya, Abdoulaye Bathily.

Last 12 months on Earth were the hottest ever recorded, analysis findsThe 12 months ending in October were the hottest ever recorded on Earth and likely the planet’s hottest 12-month period ever recorded, according to a report from the nonprofit science research group Climate Central

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The Libyan dinar recovered some of its value in the black/parallel market against the major hard currencies Wednesday after steady losses over the last week. One popular exchange site quoted a low of LD 6.27 Tuesday, before recovering to LD 5.61 to the dollar Wednesday. The sharp fall in the dinar exchange rate has caused much consternation on traditional and social media as programmes lined up analysts to explain the causes of the dinar loss. The Central Bank of Libya released its October statistics bulletin this week which showed demand for foreign exchange rising. He said the lack of a general strategy for banks contributed to the sudden rise in the price of the dollar.

Another batch of stranded 161 Nigerians have been repatriated back from Tripoli, Libya. They arrived the country through the cargo section of Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. The Nigerians were flown into the country aboard Al Buraq Air with registration number 5A-DMG and flight number BRQ189/07.TSINK.MJI which touched down at the Cargo Wing of the airport about 11 pm on Tuesday. The flight departed Tripoli, Libya at about 1722 hours. On ground to receive them at the Lagos airport were officials of NAPTIP, Refugee Commission and Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN).

Expertise France Libya reported Monday that the team appointed by the Tripoli based Libyan Ministry of Economy and Trade to work on the Libyan Free Zone Strategy, led by the Ministry’s Undersecretary for Free Zones, Nuri Al-Gatati, visited in Morocco the Tangier Free Zone, the Industrial Zone, the Logistics Zone for Shipping Services, and several factories and companies. The visit came on the sidelines of the Moroccan-Libyan Business Forum, which concluded its activities on 3 November in Tangiers. The ministry’s team was accompanied by members of Expertise France in Libya. Learning from the Moroccan experienceExpertise France Libya said the visit aims to support the team by learning from the Moroccan experience in the field of free zones in terms of legislation, tax and customs exemptions, geographical features, infrastructure, etc. This visit, Expertise France Libya explained, comes within the framework of the efforts made by the Ministry of Economy and Trade to prepare a national strategy for free zones in Libya to expand trade, improve the investment climate, and support growth and economic diversification.