Libya records 168 new cases of COVID-19
The National Center for Disease Control in Libya (NCDC) reported on Sunday that 168 people tested positive for COVID-19, marking 40 percent of the infection rate. The total recorded COVID-19 cases in Libya have reached more than 500,000 since the start of the pandemic, while over 490,000 of which have recovered, according to the NCDC. The virus has claimed the lives of 6,431 people in total. Over two million people received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, while over one million were fully vaccinated with two doses.
Source:Libya Today
July 25, 2022 19:31 UTC
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AFP Copyright: AFPSupporters of the Tunisian president, Kais Saied, have been celebrating his apparent victory in a referendum on a new constitution which tightens his grip on power. Hundreds took to the streets in Tunis after an exit poll indicated that more than 90% of those who voted backed the president's plans. But turnout was low - about one in four voters took part. The opposition staged a boycott, accusing Mr Saied of taking Tunisia back towards autocracy. Correspondents say the president's popularity appears to have waned since he suspended parliament and sacked the government a year ago.
Source:Libya Today
July 25, 2022 19:06 UTC
Libya Boosts Oil Production to More Than 1 Million Barrels a Day, a Milestone for the ... - Latest Tweet by Bloomberg
Libya boosts oil production to more than 1 million barrels a day, a milestone for the North African country where output had more than halved since mid-April https://t.co/VnUsCqAKRR— Bloomberg (@business) July 25, 2022(SocialLY brings you all the latest breaking news, viral trends and information from social media world, including Twitter, Instagram and Youtube. The above post is embeded directly from the user's social media account and LatestLY Staff may not have modified or edited the content body. The views and facts appearing in the social media post do not reflect the opinions of LatestLY, also LatestLY does not assume any responsibility or liability for the same.)
Source:Libya Today
July 25, 2022 18:08 UTC
Japanese embassy to resume work from Tripoli soon
The Japanese embassy is to resume its work from Tripoli soon. The revelation came during yesterday’s meeting between Libya’s Foreign Minister, Najla Mangoush, and the Japanese Chargé d’Affaires, Masaki Amadera in Tripoli. The Libyan Foreign Ministry reported that Amadera expressed his happiness that the logistical arrangements necessary to resume his work from Tripoli in ”the coming period” are near completion. Amadera stressed the strengthening of cooperation and strategic partnership between the two countries, especially in the technological and economic field with Libya, and invited Minister Mangoush to participate in the 8th Tokyo International Conference on Development, which will be hosted by Tunisia on 27-28 August. The Japanese Chargé d’Affaires stressed the importance of Libya’s participation in this conference, in light of their efforts to strengthen the African Japanese partnership, and to achieve the aspirations of the African peoples for stability and prosperity.
Source:Libya Today
July 25, 2022 16:49 UTC
5+5 JMC to meet in Benghazi on Wednesday, report
The Chief of Staff of forces loyal to the Government of National Unity, Mohamed Haddad, will travel to Benghazi on Wednesday, July 27, to meet his counterpart of the Libyan National Army (LNA), Abdelrazek Nadori, according to Italian news agency Nova. Citing unnamed Libyan sources, Nova reported the two senior military officers will hold an extended meeting in the presence of the members of the 5 + 5 Joint Military Committee from the east and west of the country. According to LNA’s media office, Nadori and the army officers representing LNA in the committee convened a meeting today, July 25, to discuss preparations for the upcoming visit by Hadda and his delegation. The meeting in Benghazi will be the fourth meeting of the military committee. It comes just a week after both sides met in Tripoli to carry forward the efforts of military unification.
Source:Libya Today
July 25, 2022 16:16 UTC
Trade exchange bet. Egypt, Somalia records 67.5M in 2021
CAIRO - 25 July 2022: Trade exchange between Egypt and Somalia increased by 2.6 percent, recording 67.5 million in 2021, compared to $65.8 million in 2020, according to the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS). It added that Egypt’s exports to Somalia increased 10.2 percent during 2021, recording $66.3 million, compared to $60.1 million in 2020. The CAPMAS indicated, in a statement, Monday, that the value of Egyptian imports from Somalia amounted to $1.3 million in 2021, compared to $5.7 million in 2020, marking a decrease of 77.9 percent.
Source:Libya Today
July 25, 2022 16:05 UTC
PM urges private sector to benefit from investment opportunities in light of growing ties with UAE
CAIRO - 25 July 2022: The private sector should make use of promising investment opportunities that are provided in light of the growing Egyptian-UAE relations, especially after the signing of the Integrated Industrial Partnership Initiative signed with the UAE and Jordan, said Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli on Monday. Jaber pointed to large attention from brotherly countries to the initiative's details to join it. Jaber said Abu Dhabi Holding Company allocated $10 billion to work on the initiative's project, noting it is keen to invest in a number of sectors here, especially in the gas field. The UAE minister referred to the directives of UAE President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan to help Egypt to render the UN climate conference, COP27, successful. Meanwhile, Petroleum Minister Tarek Al Molla, who attended the meeting, welcomed the UAE investments in the Egyptian oil sector, reviewing a number of investment opportunities in Egypt.
Source:Libya Today
July 25, 2022 15:24 UTC
Libyan rival leaders 'determined' to avoid violence
Both groups involved in the Tripoli fighting are nominally loyal to Dbeibah's GNU, appointed last year as part of a United Nations-backed peace process. Dbeibah has refused to cede power to Bashagha, named prime minister after he made a pact with Haftar. On Feb. 10, the Libyan House of Representatives named former Interior Minister Fathi Bashagha to form a new government. Incumbent Prime Minister Dbeibah, however, rejected parliament's move, saying that he will hand over power only to an elected government. The U.N. said it still recognizes Dbeibah as Libya's interim prime minister.
Source:Libya Today
July 25, 2022 12:59 UTC
Tripoli Chamber to lead a business delegation to Barcelona in September
The Tripoli Chamber of Commerce announced today that it is to lead a business delegation to Barcelona in September. This comes as part of its framework of cooperation with regional chambers of commerce. It also announced that on the side-lines of this visit, a meeting will be organized on 19 September at the Barcelona Chamber of Commerce and Industry, during which a cooperation agreement will be signed between the two chambers, and a direct meeting will be held between Libyan business leaders and their Spanish counterparts in all disciplines.
Source:Libya Today
July 25, 2022 11:38 UTC
Libya will soon be the EU's biggest problem
National governments, NGOs, and multinational organisations are striving to manage urban sprawl, stabilise rural areas, and create economic opportunity. Nor is there any prospect of African cities sustaining double-to triple-digit growth rates year after year. Demographic growth rates may have peaked a decade ago, but net growth is simply overwhelming. Its processes have failed to achieve results in Libya, as they have failed elsewhere time and again. Their choice — the former Interior Minister Fatih Bashagha — understands the dangers posed by illegal migration and is on record as working to resolve the problem.
Source:Libya Today
July 25, 2022 10:33 UTC
As I See It: We had a functioning republic
We had a functioning republic until March 16, 2016. We had a functioning republic until March 16, 2016. That date Barack Obama nominated highly qualified Judge Merrick Garland for the Supreme Court and Sen. Mitch McConnell; the Senate Majority Leader effectively vetoed it. That was the first big crack in converting our republic to a theocracy. Majority Leader is not a Constitutionally prescribed position like Speaker of the House.
Source:Libya Today
July 25, 2022 08:24 UTC
The Sunday Read: ‘The Books About Sex That Every Family Should Read’
How do you teach your child about sex? It’s a perennial question that has spawned hundreds of illustrated books meant to demystify sexual intercourse. But for the Canadian author Cory Silverberg, there was something lacking. Silverberg, who uses they/them pronouns, felt that books on sex aimed at children often omitted mention of intimacy in the context of disability or gender nonconformity. They wanted to tell a story of how babies are made that would apply to all kinds of children, whether they were conceived the traditional way or through reproductive technologies, whether they live with adoptive or biological parents, and no matter their family configuration.
Source:Libya Today
July 24, 2022 22:19 UTC
Bashagha: Popular movement supporting Libyan government gives hope of prevailing national spirit
The Libyan Prime Minister, Fathi Bashagha, said Sunday that the great popular movement in support of the Libyan government in the East, South and West gives us hope that “the brave national spirit will triumph over the gang of corruption that thought it could buy home with “haram” money.”Bashagha explained that the Western Region Forum clearly indicates the aspiration of the honorable Libyan people for the establishment of a civil and democratic state. The Libyan government stressed the need to communicate with everyone and in all parts of the country, so that it can implement its goals of holding presidential and legislative elections as soon as possible. The Minister of Interior of the Libyan government, Issam Abu Zariba, and the Minister of Health, Othman Abdel-Jalil, and the Minister of Civil Aviation, Hisham Abu Shekiwat, participated in the Zawiya forum. The Minister of Sports, Abdel Salam Ghuwaila, Minister of State for Women’s Affairs, Intisar Abboud, and Minister of State for Displaced and Missing Persons, Ali Kaddour, also participated in the forum.
Source:Libya Today
July 24, 2022 17:47 UTC
Over 1,000 migrants arrive in Italy in hours: NGO, authorities
ROME: More than a thousand migrants arrived in Italy within a few hours while hundreds of others, rescued by humanitarian vessels, were waiting for a port to receive them, NGOs and authorities said Sunday. Between January 1 and July 22, 34,000 people arrived in Italy by sea compared with 25,500 during the same period in 2021 and 10,900 in 2020, Italy’s interior ministry said. The authorities also recovered five bodies of migrants who had died in so far undetermined circumstances. Offshore NGOs continued to recover hundreds of migrants in distress in the Mediterranean. The Central Mediterranean migration route is the most dangerous in the world.
Source:Libya Today
July 24, 2022 17:21 UTC
Russian-African Summit to be held mid-2023: Lavrov announces while on visit to Egypt
Minister Lavrov announced that he is holding a tour in Africa to coordinate a Russian-African Summit that is scheduled for mid-2023. However, the minister regretted that the sanctions against Russia cripple pushing forward its economic cooperation with African states. As for talks with President Sisi, the Russian minister said that they were fruitful. "We discussed the role of Egypt in Africa and the Middle East, particularly in achieving a settlement to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict," Lavrov added. In that context, Minister Shokry said that Egypt reiterates the importance of reaching a diplomatic resolution to the Ukrainian crisis.
Source:Libya Today
July 24, 2022 16:08 UTC