His disappearance has been a bone of contention between Lebanon, Libya, and Iran ever since. Despite the fall of Muammar Gaddafi’s regime in 2011, the case remains unsolved, with Lebanon and Iran urging Libya to probe into Sadr’s case. Hannibal has been detained in Lebanon since 2015 on charges of withholding information about Sadr’s case. Lebanese judicial officials have consistently maintained that Hannibal Gaddafi will not be released until Tripoli provides information about Sadr’s disappearance. Meanwhile, in 2016, Sadr’s family filed a lawsuit against Hannibal Gaddafi for his alleged involvement in the disappearance, adding another layer to the complex narrative.

The Libya Air Ambulance Service announced last Saturday, 13 January, that its Beechcraft King Air 200C had returned to Tripoli’s Mitiga airport on Friday 12 January from Malta. The aircraft had been absent for over seven years after being sent to Malta in 2016 for maintenance. Complications, including the failure by the Libyan government to pay its maintenance debts, led to its lengthy delay. Libyan Air Ambulance’s King Air B350 returns from maintenance in Turkey (libyaherald.com)Libyan Air Ambulance receives first purchased Bell 505 helicopter – remaining two to be delivered in instalments (libyaherald.com)Libyan Air Ambulance Service contracts to buy three new Bell helicopters (libyaherald.com)UNSMIL concerned by landing refusal for medical evacuation air ambulance to Sebha (libyaherald.com)Attorney General orders arrest of head of Mini Football Association, head of Air Ambulance Service, and a Co-Pilot – launches investigation into footballers’ malaria affair (libyaherald.com)Air Ambulance to continue servicing all Libyan cities (libyaherald.com)Air ambulance receives new plane, purchases three helicopters and establishes new maintenance centre (libyaherald.com)Libyan Air Ambulance resumes post-Corona service transporting 80 patients to Tunisia (libyaherald.com)Mitiga Air Ambulance flights deliberately targeted by Hafter: Tripoli Transport Ministry (libyaherald.com)Air Ambulance Service conducts 144 flights for 490 emergency cases since April (libyaherald.com)Air Ambulance Cessna returns from Malta after delayed maintenance (libyaherald.com)Tripoli launches air ambulance service for general public – with online booking (libyaherald.com)Air ambulance crash-lands near Zuwara (libyaherald.com)

Awad Al-Badri, the Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energies of the eastern based Libyan (unrecognised by most of the international community), met in Benghazi with the management of the Turkish company Cora Energy last Monday. Cora specialises in designing, supplying, and installing solar power stations using photovoltaic panels. He introduced ‘‘the ambitious national programme for localizing solar power stations across Libya, explaining the vision and goals of the project. The meeting aligns with the eastern ministry’s plan to transition to the use of renewable energies. The eastern government reported that Cora Energy provided a concise visual presentation about its general activities and past projects executed worldwide.

The alleged theft of €25,000 in cash and cheques from a construction company landed one of its employees behind bars on Wednesday. Inspector Shawn Pawney, prosecuting together with lawyer Tilden Tabone from the Office of the Attorney General, told the court that Nori had been employed as a construction worker with the company which operates in the construction, engineering and hospitality sectors. Lawyer Adriano Spiteri, defence counsel to Nori, requested bail. He stressed that Nori had a fixed address and that there was no risk of him tampering with evidence. A prosecution request for a protection order in favour of the company’s three directors was also upheld by the court.

The latest annual accounting from Open Doors ranks the top 50 countries where it is most dangerous and difficult to be a Christian. Overall, 15 sub-Saharan countries scored “extremely high” on Open Doors' violence metric. Authoritarian impulses are imported elsewhere, as China and Russia (unranked, but monitored by Open Doors) spread their influence especially in Africa. Open Doors divides this into two subcategories, with 3,329 detained believers representing an increase of 6 percent. Secular intolerance (0 countries), Christian denominational protectionism (0 countries), and Ethno-religious hostility (0 countries): Open Doors tracks these sources of persecution, but none are the main source in any of the 50 countries on the 2024 list.

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Once Russia had pushed through enough, created the requisite buffer zone, it was willing for talks to end the conflict. The West jumped in to support Ukraine, with a strategy to draw Russia into a second Afghanistan. As the US was compelled to do in Afghanistan and Iraq, Israel will have to continue to maintain its forces to administer Gaza. The damage caused to stable nations, Iraq and Libya, by ill-planned western intervention, has been immense. Thus, while the US could pull back from Afghanistan, Libya and Iraq, Russia and Israel will be compelled to remain in situ, despite their objectives being partially met.

“Spending eight years in pre-trial detention makes a mockery of Lebanon’s already strained judicial system,” the group’s Hanan Salah said in a statement. Beirut blamed the disappearances on long-time Libyan strongman Moamer Gaddafi – overthrown and killed in 2011 uprising – and ties between the two countries have been strained ever since. In June, a judicial official had told AFP that the case of Hannibal Gaddafi had been halted as they awaited information from Libyan authorities. In August, Beirut received a letter from Libyan authorities demanding Gaddafi’s release, but a judicial source told AFP that he would not be freed before Tripoli revealed information about Sadr’s disappearance. Source: AFP

UN envoy to Libya Abdoulaye Bathily has discussed the political, economic and security situation with the ambassadors of Egypt, France, Netherlands, Tunisia, Germany, Russia, and the European Union. Bathily said he met with Ambassador Tamer Mostafa of Egypt on Tuesday, where they reviewed current political, security and economic developments in Libya. “I stressed the need for all regional and international partners to engage positively for a political settlement paving the way for elections.”

In a meeting today with the head of the National Oil Corporation (NOC), Farhat Bengdara, Tripoli based Libyan prime minister, Abd Alhamid Aldabaiba, stresses the necessity of continuing the procedures for developing the controversial NC7 Hamada field. The contract to develop the field with a foreign consortium was stopped by the Attorney General’s Office based on a report from the Minister of Oil and Gas. Need to invest to increase productionDuring the meeting, Aldabaiba stressed the necessity of investing in the field of oil and gas with the aim of raising productivity, benefiting from the reserve through exploration and development, and continuing to evaluate priority and economic feasibility while increasing disclosure and transparency in all oil projects. Create global partnerships, need foreign investorsBengdara, in turn, stressed that the NOC has been working to activate development and exploration projects that have been stalled for years without justification, and to create global partnerships with the aim of increasing oil and gas production. He explained that the sector’s projects require large financial flows and need foreign investors to ensure their implementation according to the approved timetables.

The Libya Energy and Economy Summit 2024 being held at the Rixos Hotel in the capital Tripoli concluded this week. However, Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Al-Dabaiba’s government had to halt this due to objections from legislative and oversight bodies in Libya as well as the Ministry of Oil and Gas. Absence of Senior FiguresIn addition to the absence of key energy summit partners – Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, TotalEnergies CEO Patrick Pouyanné, and Eni CEO Claudio Descalzi – Central Bank Governor Sadiq Al-Kabir and Audit Bureau President Khaled Shakshak were also not present at the summit. The National Oil Corporation appeared to be in the position of spectator regarding this division. Stopping the Sharara field has led to Libya losing a quarter of its revenue from oil exports and could damage equipment and stations at the field.

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The Libya Energy and Economy Summit brought together government officials, industry executives and experts for two days of talks on jumpstarting the country’s stalled energy sector. Officials outlined plans to launch new licensing rounds for oil and gas exploration rights by the end of 2024 – the first such offering to international firms since 2007. Just last week, the country’s largest oil field at Sharara was shuttered by protests, costing 300,000 barrels per day. Bringing more stability to the oil and gas industry will be crucial for Libya’s economic dreams overall. Officials called for finding a mechanism to free up some of those assets specifically for reinvestment into the oil industry.

Prime Minister Robert Abela and his Italian counterpart Giorgia Meloni pulled out of the Libya Energy & Economic Summit over the weekend, both of whom were due to give keynote speeches to the audience of energy and fossil-fuel stakeholders. The Shift contacted the prime minister’s spokesperson, Edward Montebello, who said the Minister for Energy, Miriam Dalli, attended and “the PM had other engagements.”Abela was scheduled to participate in the launch ceremony, giving a keynote speech alongside Meloni and Libyan Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh. The summit was billed publicly as focussing on renewable energies, with the Maltese government set to discuss trade and commercial ties and explore the feasibility of a proposed renewable energy interconnector project. This would establish a solar photovoltaic park in Libya that would supply Malta with energy. However, the agenda was packed full of representatives from fossil fuel and energy producers, including PetroGas, Eni, Tamoil, Total Energies, and Repsol.

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