Libya NOC: One dead, one injured in explosion at Zueitina oilfield
The Libyan National Oil Corporation (NOC) expressed Thursday its regret over the death of one person and injury of another in an explosion at the Nitrogen Unit of Well A55 of the Zueitina Oil Company’s al-Intisar Field. The Corporation explained, in a statement , that the deceased person belongs to al-Nisr Company, which was carrying out work on the A55 well of the Zueitina Company. NOC said that the fire was immediately put out and the well was well-secured, but unfortunately one of the contractor’s workers died and another was transferred to the hospital in a stable condition. The Corporation confirmed that its Chairman, Farhat Bengdara, issued directives to form a committee to independently investigate the causes of the incident, take all security and safety measures, take care of the procedures for transporting and burying the deceased, and take urgent measures to treat the injured at the company’s expense.
Source:Libya Today
August 25, 2022 11:32 UTC
Russia-backed forces down U.S 'MQ-9 reaper' drone in Libya? Probe on I Details
Russia-backed forces down U.S 'MQ-9 reaper' drone in Libya? Probe on I DetailsAn unmanned aerial vehicle of US Air Force crashed in the vicinity of Benghazi in Libya. This has prompted an investigation by U.S. Africa Command. The drone which was likely a MQ-9 Reaper extended range was shot down Libyan militias, who are known to have good ties with Russian paramilitary organisation - The Wagner group. Watch this video to know more.
Source:Libya Today
August 25, 2022 11:03 UTC
Fr Luke Seguna granted bail, barred from visiting Marsaxlokk
Luke Seguna, the 39-year-old parish priest of Marsaxlokk charged with fraud and money laundering, was granted bail after a marathon court session on Thursday. A representative from APS said that Fr Seguna has two accounts in his name, and exhibited a list of cheques deposited. Parishioners trusted Fr Seguna with their donationsThe next witness is Marsaxlokk resident Darren Desira, owner of construction company Desira Enterprises. Recognising the accused in the dock, he said he knew him as the Marsaxlokk parish priest and eventually befriended him. The details of the transfer specified that Fr Seguna was the beneficiary, with the purpose specified as “church donation”.
Source:Libya Today
August 25, 2022 10:34 UTC
Eni aims to increase investments in Libya to increase gas production
Eni confirms the path of Libya, where it aims to increase investments to increase gas production. Yesterday the news came that the president of the Libyan National Oil Corporation (NOC), Farhat Omar Bengdara, flew to Rome to meet the CEO of Eni, Claudio Descalzi, and discuss the activities of the Six-legged Dog in Libya and the projects strategic. The CEO of Eni and the president of NOC also discussed the implementation in the country of projects related to renewables. Claudio Descalzi welcomed NOC’s plan to increase the country’s daily production up to 2 million barrels of oil per day, reads the note from Eni, and confirmed Eni’s support in achieving this goal, in reciprocal advantage of the parties. Eni has been present in Libya since 1959 and operates in a joint venture with the Libyan state company NOC.
Source:Libya Today
August 25, 2022 07:12 UTC
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Source:Libya Today
August 24, 2022 21:25 UTC
35 new people test positive for Coronavirus in Libya
35 new people tested positive for COVID-19, marking 20 percent of the infection rate, according to a Wednesday report by the National Center for Disease Control in Libya (NCDC). The center also said 146 have recovered during the same reporting period. The total recorded COVID-19 cases in Libya have exceeded more than 50,000 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 6,436 people. Over two million people received one dose of the vaccination, while more than one million others were vaccinated with two doses.
Source:Libya Today
August 24, 2022 18:48 UTC
Dbeibeh accuses Bashagha of making “threats to ignite war”
Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, the outgoing prime minister of the Government of National Unity, today accused his parliament-appointed rival Fathi Bashagha of “sending repeated messages and threats to ignite war and target civilians”. This comes few hours after Bashagha released a letter addressed to Dbeibeh, in which he urged the latter to peacefully give up power. Although Bashagha did not explicitly threaten violence in his letter, the communique, the first of its kind between the two rival premiers, arrived amid growing military tensions in Tripoli. ”Spare yourself sending repeated messages and threats to ignite war and target civilians,” Dbeibeh said in brief statement via Twitter after addressing Bashagha as “former interior minister”, which is the last post the latter held in public office before he was named premier by parliament. Their time is over,” he said before adding that he did not respond to Bashagha in a formal letter because he is “busy serving the Libyan people”.
Source:Libya Today
August 24, 2022 18:48 UTC
Bashagha sends letter to Dbeibeh urging peaceful power transfer
Libya’s Prime Minister-designate Fathi Bashagha urged his outgoing rival Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh to peacefully handover power to him amid growing military tensions in Tripoli. The capital is torn between armed groups loyal to Bashagha, who was selected by the House of Representatives to lead the country as interim premier last February, and groups which support Dbeibeh, who refuses to relinquish power and remains recognized as the country’s leader by the international community. In a letter addressing Dbeibeh as “former prime minister”, Bashagha called on him to “comply with the decisions of the legislative authority of the Libyan state, which is the same authority that gave you the vote of confidence“. Bashagha appealed for Dbeibeh to “incline to peace with dignity and honor, and plant in this homeland the seeds of peace and respect”. He described his letter as an “honest patriotic invitation” which he hopes that Dbeibeh would respond to it with “high sense of patriotism” to put the country’s interests above all else, according to Bashagha.
Source:Libya Today
August 24, 2022 16:22 UTC
Migrants Face Abuse In Libya After EU-backed Interceptions
Tripoli, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 24th Aug, 2022 ) :Godwin risked everything for a better life in Europe, but he was detained and ransomed in Libya by European Union-backed authorities accused of "extreme abuse" against captured migrants. Godwin said he was so reluctant to avoid going back to Libya that he considered throwing himself into the sea. But he was detained and dragged back to Libya, where he was only released after his family paid a 550 euro ransom. That chimes with a report in October by United Nations experts, who said acts of "murder, enslavement, torture, imprisonment (and) rape" against detained migrants in Libya may amount to crimes against humanity. Alarm Phone, a group running a hotline for migrants needing rescue, this month accused Malta of failing to launch operations to rescue migrants in danger, "despite their obligations to do so" under international law.
Source:Libya Today
August 24, 2022 10:05 UTC
Libyan police track down high school exams losers
Libyan police track down high school exams losersPost questions and answers on social mediaCairo: «Middle East»The security services in Libya have arrested some students involved in leaking high school questions and answers, during the past two days, after a directive from the Attorney General, Counselor Siddiq Al-Sour. The final exams for the certificate of completion of secondary education were launched in Libya last Sunday, in western Libya, under the leadership of the Ministry of Education of the temporary “national unity” government. About 113 thousand students attended all departments. Parents monitored the leakage of questions and answers from some materials on social media, forcing the Ministry of Education to inform the Public Prosecutor of the incident. Today, the Public Prosecutor’s Office announced that the police forces working in the Information and Security Follow-up Office at the Ministry of Interior were able to identify student exam committees, which witnessed incidents of breaching the confidentiality of exams within their scope, and published exam questions with their answers on social media platforms.
Source:Libya Today
August 24, 2022 06:07 UTC
Italy’s Meloni slams energy policy as campaign heats up
Italy’s Meloni slams energy policy as campaign heats upBy TRISHA THOMAS and FRANCES D'EMILIO - Associated PressDomenico Stinellis - staff, AP Right-wing party Brothers of Italy's leader Giorgia Meloni addresses a rally as she starts her political campaign ahead of Sept. 25 general elections, in Ancona, Italy, Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022. Domenico Stinellis - staff, AP Right-wing party Brothers of Italy's leader Giorgia Meloni addresses a rally as she starts her political campaign ahead of Sept. 25 general elections, in Ancona, Italy, Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022. Domenico Stinellis - staff, AP Right-wing party Brothers of Italy's leader Giorgia Meloni addresses a rally as she starts her political campaign ahead of Sept. 25 general elections, in Ancona, Italy, Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022. Domenico Stinellis - staff, AP People stage a protest as Right-wing party Brothers of Italy's leader Giorgia Meloni addresses a rally as she starts her political campaign ahead of Sept. 25 general elections, in Ancona, Italy, Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022. Meloni’s main rival in opinion polls in the last several weeks is Democratic Party leader Enrico Letta, a former center-left premier.
Source:Libya Today
August 24, 2022 01:58 UTC
UN warns over Libya threats
The Abraham Accords are a series of agreements that have resulted in the establishment of diplomatic relations between Israel and four Arab countries. Assistant Editor-in-Chief of Arab News Noor Nugali and the EU special representative for the Middle East Peace Process Sven Koopmans. (Supplied)“It is everyone’s hope that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict gets resolved and that a Palestinian state comes into full existence and is recognized. (File/AFP)Saudi Arabia and several other states want to see the Arab Peace Initiative implemented before they agree to consider formal normalization with Israel. I think it may be the same day that some European countries recognize a Palestinian state.
Source:Libya Today
August 24, 2022 01:00 UTC
UN urges 'immediate de-escalation' in Libya
August 23, 2022 — Tripoli (AFP)The United Nations on Tuesday voiced "deep concern" over growing tensions between rival Libyan forces, calling for "immediate" moves to calm the situation. Libya has been ravaged by repeated conflicts since the 2011 revolt that overthrew dictator Moamer Kadhafi. In its statement on Tuesday, UNSMIL warned that "the current political stalemate ... cannot be resolved through armed confrontation." It called for an "immediate de-escalation" said that "the use of force by any party is not acceptable" and would not lead to international recognition. Last month, the most deadly clashes between rival groups in Tripoli since 2020 left 16 people dead including a child.
Source:Libya Today
August 23, 2022 23:27 UTC
Libya: UN Cautions Against Use Of Force To Resolve Political Crisis
The Mission called for “immediate de-escalation” and reiterated that the use of force by any party is “not acceptable” and “will not lead to an outcome that secures recognition by the international community.”Libya has in recent times been confronted in stalemate after the eastern-based parliament swore in a new prime minister despite the incumbent in Tripoli refusing to cede power, leading to a standoff with armed factions backing each side. Rival forces have engaged in arm confrontation in the capital, Tripoli, raising the prospect of wider clashes and a return to sustained warfare after two years of comparative peace. In Tripoli, Abdulhamid al-Dbeibah was installed last year through a UN-backed process to head the new Government of National Unity and oversee an election that was scheduled to be held last December. After the election process collapsed, leading to rival factions refusing to agree on the rules, the eastern-based parliament said Dbeibah’s term had expired and it appointed Fathi Bashagha to lead a new government. However, Dbeibah and some major factions in northwest Libya have rejected the parliament’s right to replace him and he has said he will only quit after national elections.
Source:Libya Today
August 23, 2022 22:40 UTC
US 'General Atomics MQ9 Reaper' drone shot down in Libya
This drone was targeted by the Russian air defense system "Buk-M2" and two missiles, according to the reports. A source in the Libyan Army also said that this drone was a reconnaissance one and its mission is not known yet. MP/FNA14010601000793
Source:Libya Today
August 23, 2022 21:51 UTC