Italy's FM meets with Egyptian officials on migration, Libya
CAIRO (AP) — Italy’s chief diplomat held talks Sunday with Egyptian and Arab League officials in Cairo that focused on regional security and the conflict in neighboring Libya, as well as sensitive bilateral issues. “I asked for and received assurances for strong cooperation on the Regeni and Zaki cases,” Tajani wrote on Twitter. The Regeni case roiled Cairo’s relations with Rome, with Regeni’s family and Italian authorities accusing Egyptian security forces of torturing and killing him. “The Regeni trial is blocked. But in 2022 Egyptian migrants were among the top nationalities arriving to European shores mainly by traveling first through neighboring Libya before taking perilous sea voyages.
Source:Libya Today
January 22, 2023 19:27 UTC
Chief diplomats boycott Libya-hosted Arab League meeting
CAIRO (AP) — A handful of Arab chief diplomats have met in the Libyan capital in a gathering boycotted by powerful foreign ministers who argued that the mandate of the Tripoli-based government has ended. Five of the 22 member states of the Arab League sent their foreign ministers to the periodic, consultative meeting Sunday. They included the chief diplomats of neighboring Algeria and Tunisia, local media reported. The foreign ministers of Gulf monarchies Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates also did not attend. You can review our Community Guidelines by clicking hereIf you would like to share a story idea, please submit it here.
Source:Libya Today
January 22, 2023 19:02 UTC
Egypt's exports of engineering industries rise to $3.8B in 2022
CAIRO - 22 January 2023: The Engineering Export Council of Egypt has reported a 10 percent increase in the exports of engineering industries in 2022 to reach $3.836 billion against $3.497 billion in 2021. The monthly report of the EEC stated that the most prominent sectors whose exports increased in 2022 compared to the same period in 2021 are cables which achieved an increase of 25.6 percent, car components increased by 13.8 percent, home appliances recorded an increase of 0.8 percent, and electrical and electronic industries registered an increase of 18.4 percent. The most important importers of Egypt’s engineering products are the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Czech Republic, Spain, Italy, Malta, and Netherlands in Europe, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Kuwait, Jordan, Lebanon, and Oman in Asia, Algeria, Morocco, Libya, Kenya, Ghana, and Côte d’Ivoire in Africa, and USA, Argentina, and Brazil in the Americas.
Source:Libya Today
January 22, 2023 17:27 UTC
Arab states boycott regional meet in divided Libya's capital
The snub underlines Arab divisions over the Tripoli-based government, whose legitimacy is contested by a rival administration in the war-scarred country's east. Regional heavyweights Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates were not represented at all at the gathering -- a preparatory session ahead of a foreign ministers' meeting in Cairo. Four members sent lower-ranking ministers or ambassadors while Arab League chief Ahmed Aboul Gheit was also absent. Najla al-Mangoush, foreign minister in the Tripoli-based administration, condemned what she called "attempts by certain sides to crush Libyans' desire to transform Arab solidarity into a reality". The resulting power grab gave rise to myriad home-grown militias and prompted interventions by Arab powers as well as Turkey, Russia and Western states.
Source:Libya Today
January 22, 2023 17:06 UTC
Libya Arab League Meeting
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Source:Libya Today
January 22, 2023 16:19 UTC
Meeting Dbeibeh, Jerandi stress Tunisia support for Libya to assume its regional, Arab position
Libyan outgoing Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh received on Sunday Tunisian Foreign Minister Othman Jerandi, who conveyed greetings of Tunisian President Qais Saeed and his keenness to promote stability in Libya and its return to its normal role, according to Dbeibeh’s Media Office. Jerandi renewed his support for Libya’s efforts to assume its regional and Arab position, stressing that his participation in the preparatory meeting of Arab foreign ministers comes within Tunisia’s support for the role of the Foreign Ministry in playing its active role in affirming Libya’s Arab role despite the circumstances and challenges, the Office said in a statement.
Source:Libya Today
January 22, 2023 15:56 UTC
'We have a lot of regrets' - Libya coach Martins
Libya coach Corentin Martins says his side leaves the 2022 TotalEnergies African Nations Championship (CHAN) with a lot of regrets, despite their consolatory win against Ethiopia. Libya came from behind to beat the Walia Ibex of Ethiopia 3-1 in Annaba on Saturday to finish their Group A campaign. The win was not enough for Corentin Martins' side to reach the quarter-finals because they suffered defeats in the other two group games. Libya won the TotalEnergies African Nations championship in 2014, and finished fourth in Morocco 2018. Leaving Algeria 2022 in the group stage, means the Mediterranean Knights have failed to go pass this stage for the third time in five editions.
Source:Libya Today
January 21, 2023 23:32 UTC
Tunisia to launch a promotional program for exports to Libya
The Tunisian Ministry of Trade announced it would put forth a work charter and national promotional program towards Libya and sub-Saharan Africa during the coming days. The news came during the Tunisian Minister of Trade and Export Development, Kulthum bin Rajab's Friday announcement of the formation of the Tunisia Export Team, as she supervised a working session to follow up the progress of its events. According to a statement by the Tunisian Ministry of Trade, the tasks of the Tunisia Export Team were defined, and the work charter to be adhered to by the various concerned apparatuses, as a reference document, were discussed, in addition to a presentation on the promotional program of the Center for the Promotion of Exports to Libya and Sub-Saharan Africa 2023, by searching for new export opportunities and taking advantage of all opportunities for Tunisian commodities, especially since they are of high quality and have export potential in foreign markets. The participants unanimously agreed on the importance of this initiative and the need for coordination among all parties, and to inform the exporters involved in the presentations and promotional operations of Tunisian products and services abroad. Trade exchanges between Tunisia and Libya increased by 67% in the 11 months of last year, compared to an increase of only 7% between 2010 and 2021, meaning that the improvement in economic relations between the two countries in 11 months amounted to the double of that in 11 years.
Source:Libya Observer
January 21, 2023 19:09 UTC
Former officials at the Customs Authority under arrest for alleged embezzlement
The Public Prosecution has ordered the arrest of two former directors of the Follow-up Department at the Customs Authority on charges of embezzlement. The Deputy Prosecutor launched an investigation into the embezzlement allegations against the two officials authorized to receive the trusts and seized materials at the Customs Authority, the Public Prosecution said in a Facebook statement on Friday. According to the Prosecutor's office, the defendants embezzled hundreds of thousands of foreign exchange after receiving the sums from the relevant authority, indicating that they are now under custody pending developments in the case.
Source:Libya Observer
January 21, 2023 10:35 UTC
Treasury to designate Wagner transnational criminal group
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Treasury Department will impose additional sanctions on the Russian private military company, the Wagner Group, that has been aiding Russia's military in its ongoing invasion of Ukraine. White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby announced Friday that Treasury will designate Wagner as a significant transnational criminal organization in the coming days. The Biden administration first accused North Korea last month of providing infantry rockets and missiles to Russia. Kirby said the next day North Korea loaded those rail cars with shipping containers and the train returned to Russia. “Wagner is becoming a rival power center to the Russian military and other Russian ministries.
Source:Libya Today
January 21, 2023 05:08 UTC
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[BREAKING] Jurors acquit men charged with Sion Grech's murder
A jury has returned resounding not guilty verdicts in the trial of two men who were accused of murdering 20-year-old Sion Grech in 2005. 52-year-old Ismael Habesh from Libya and 55-year-old Faical Mahouachi from Tunisia were indicted for Grech’s murder in 2005. Earlier today, presiding judge Aaron Bugeja concluded his marathon summing-up address, a process which he had started on Wednesday afternoon. At 8pm, nearly two hours after retiring to chambers to decide on Habesh's punishment for handling stolen, the judge returned to the courtroom. Lawyer Simon Micallef Stafrace represented Mahouachi.
Source:Libya Today
January 21, 2023 03:27 UTC
EUBAM and Spain support Libyan police and army with training courses
Three specialized courses at the Specialized Training Institute of the General Directorate of Security Operations of Libya’s Ministry of Interior were concluded on Thursday provided by the European Union Border Assistance Mission in Libya (EUBAM) and the Spanish police. ▪️ The first course was in the field of “Detecting and searching for Explosives” lasting two weeks. The courses were for the benefit of the components of the Ministry of Interior, which is supervised by the Specialized Training Institute in cooperation with the European Union Mission (EUBAM). EUBAM reports that some of the training is also for Libya’s Ministry of Defence. Libya’s Interior Ministry said the courses come within the framework of raising the competencies of the employees of the Ministry of Interior to perform the tasks entrusted to them professionally and professionally.
Source:Libya Herald
January 21, 2023 02:26 UTC
Dbeibah urges Malta to open consulate in Benghazi
The Libyan Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah urged Malta to open a consulate in Benghazi and to open the airspace between Benina and Valletta airports. These remarks came in a meeting on Thursday in Tripoli with a delegation from the Maltese government headed by the Minister of Defense and National Security, Chief of Intelligence and Commander of the Maltese Armed Forces. The meeting saw discussions on the need to implement the results of the meetings of the Maltese government delegation with the designated Minister of Interior, Emad Al-Trabelsi, and the Chief of the General Staff, Mohammed Al-Haddad. The meeting was attended by Al-Haddad, Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs, Director of the Office of the Minister of Defense, and Director of Special Affairs of the Council of Ministers.
Source:Libya Observer
January 20, 2023 21:42 UTC
Eastern Mediterranean, 74 km East of Darnah, Libya, on Friday, Jan 20, 2023 at 2:29 am (GMT +2)
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Source:Libya Today
January 20, 2023 14:10 UTC
Libya vs Ethiopia – Group Stage – Preview & Prediction
THE FACTSWhen is Libya vs Ethiopia on and what time does it start? Libya vs Ethiopia will take place on Saturday 21st January, 2023 – 19:00 (UK)Where is Libya vs Ethiopia taking place? Libya vs Ethiopia will take place at 19 May Stadium in Annaba, AlgeriaWhere can I get tickets for Libya vs Ethiopia? Ticket information for Libya vs Ethiopia can be found on each nation’s official websiteWhat channel is Libya vs Ethiopia on in the UK? Libya vs Ethiopia will not be televised live in the UKWhere can I stream Libya vs Ethiopia in the UK?
Source:Libya Today
January 20, 2023 00:01 UTC