'Heartbroken' grandparents want grandchildren home after father 'takes them to Libya'
Play Brightcove videoThe grandparents of three missing school children - who are thought to be with their father in Libya - have said they are "heartbroken" and just want them home. Phil and Lynne Daley say they are prepared to travel to the North African country with their daughter to bring their grandchildren home, more than a month after they disappeared. (From left) Aasayah Algehani, six, Maimunah Algehani, four, and Khalid Algehani, eight, are all missing. But, Ms Dailey raised the alarm when she went to pick up her children and found nobody was at home. She says they may have travelled to Tunisia before crossing, Ms Daley believes, into Libya - where her former partner has family.
Source:Libya Today
August 19, 2022 21:20 UTC
The five ships that led Australia to war
HISTORYThe Scrap Iron FlotillaMike CarltonWilliam Heinemann, $34.99When Australians look in the rear-vision mirror of history to the Second World War, much of what we see are the horrors and heroics of the conflict in the Asia Pacific. Darwin, Broome, Kokoda, Borneo, Burma – after the fall of Singapore, Australia’s hopes and fears all lay to our immediate north. But we had been at war with Germany for two years before any of that began, when Robert Menzies made the announcement on September 3 at 9.15pm, Sydney time, that, as a consequence of Britain declaring war on Germany after the invasion of Poland, “Australia is also at war”. Lieutenant Commander Rodney Rhoades (left), captain of the Vendetta, with Hector “Hec” Waller, captain of the Stuart and overall commander of The Scrap Iron Flotilla. Less than an hour after Menzies’ broadcast, this British Admiralty telegram was forwarded to all Australian ships: “Commence Hostilities At Once With Germany.”
Source:Libya Today
August 19, 2022 06:01 UTC
V’ball: Nigeria, Libya clash in African tourney quarter finals
Nigeria play Libya in the quarter-finals of the ongoing 2022 African U-21 Men’s Nations Volleyball Championship in Tunisia on Friday (today), despite losing to the hosts in their final group game on Wednesday. The result means Nigeria finished second in their group, two points behind Tunisia. If you look critically at the minor scores, Nigeria were leading before Tunisia came from behind to win the first and third set,” Mohammed said. We cannot afford to make mistakes in the quarter-finals because it means we are out of the title race. Nigeria played against the crowd, they came out to support their team and Tunisia won.”
Source:Libya Today
August 19, 2022 03:21 UTC
Libyan Supreme Court reactivates constitutional circuit court
The Chief Justice of the Libyan Supreme Court, Mohammed Al-Hafi, announced Thursday the reactivation of the constitutional circuit court which has been suspended since 2016. Al-Hafi said in a video statement that the Supreme Court's General Assembly decided unanimously to reopen the constitutional circuit court, saying it promises all Libyans that it would remain unbiased and stick to the rule of law. Politicians, jurists, and political parties have called for years to reactivate the constitutional circuit court so that it can decide on the authorities of current bodies, especially after some of them took advantage of each other and exploited certain political bodies due to the absence of the constitutional circuit court. Those bodies bypassed their constitutional duties and legislated laws to serve certain parties without considering the governing constitutional rules. The constitutional circuit court of the Supreme Court adjudicates cases and appeals of constitutional and legal aspects.
Source:Libya Observer
August 19, 2022 01:34 UTC
The AP Interview: Refugee head sees lesson in Ukraine crisis
But he added: “Declarations that I have heard from some politicians saying the Ukrainians are real refugees ... and the others are not real refugees. There are also currently 6.6 million Ukrainians displaced within the country, according to the International Organization for Migration. Around 2 million Ukrainians have ended up in Russia, whether they chose to or not. An AP investigation earlier this year revealed that many were forced to head there and subjected to human rights abuses along the way. Follow the AP’s coverage of global migration at https://apnews.com/hub/migration and Russia's war in Ukraine at https://apnews.com/hub/russia-ukraine
Source:Libya Today
August 19, 2022 01:34 UTC
Attorney General reviews cases and investigations in lengthy press conference
The Attorney General, Sideeg Al-Sour, reviewed a huge number of cases and investigations during a one-and-a-half-hour press conference in Tripoli yesterday. National ID NumbersThere have been many claims in the media and in public clashes between the Central Bank of Libya over the years that the National ID Number database is flawed. False NID Numbers can be used to open bank accounts, obtain state-sector salaries, obtain passports, register on the electoral register, and obtain state allowances. 8.37 million registered as Libyan citizensThe data on the Civil Registry Authority system showed that there were 1,733,000 Libyan families and 8,370,000 Libyan citizens. 48,000 false National ID numbers issued to non-LibyansThe investigations discovered 48,000 false National ID numbers issued to non-Libyans.
Source:Libya Today
August 19, 2022 01:24 UTC
Egypt offers award on combating climate change impacts in Africa
CAIRO – 18 August 2022: A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency (EEAA), the Industrial Modernization Center (IMC) and the association for sustainable quality of living (Estidama) to give an award on fight the impacts of climate change in Africa. She added that this agreement also aims to achieve a real integration of the dimension of climate change in various development sectors, and to encourage community participation, especially in light of Egypt's readiness to host the next climate conference COP27. It works on presenting to a distinctive Egyptian model based on the involvement of all spectrums through a comprehensive national dialogue, which provides an opportunity to highlight the presentation of different visions and innovations, Fouad added. The Minister added that the results of the award will be announced and the winners to be honored during the events the COP27 Conference in Sharm el Sheikh due on November 6-18. The awards categories include technologies that address climate change impacts, mitigation and adaptation projects by women-led green medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), green large startups, green finance for banks and investors, climate education for youth in universities, Research centers and non-profit institutions, Fouad said.
Source:Libya Today
August 18, 2022 21:56 UTC
Bengdara, Oun review oil and gas sector's future work mechanisms
The Chairman of the Libyan National Oil Corporation (NOC) Farhat Bengdara discussed in a meeting, attended by the NOC board of directors and other sector employees, with the Minister of Oil and Gas, Mohammed Oun, the mechanisms for the future work of the oil sector. NOC said the meeting had discussed providing better services for consumers and handling the issues of medical insurance, training programs and salary increases for the sector employees. The meeting also reviewed technical issues related to the oil and gas sector, including preserving the reservoirs to ensure safe production and other operations.
Source:Libya Observer
August 18, 2022 21:11 UTC
Italy to treat another 3 injured in Libya’s Bent Bayya explosion
The Libyan Air Ambulance flight with three injured Libyans on board landed on Thursday at the Italian military airport of Pisa, announced the Italian Foreign Ministry. All three are victims of the deadly fuel tanker explosion in the southern Libyan town of Bent Bayya, which took place earlier this month. With a new MedEvac mission promoted by the @DPCgov, three severely wounded in the explosion in Bent Behya #Libya have been transferred today from Benghazi 🇱🇾 to receive urgent medical treatment. pic.twitter.com/z5u6dmYCa7 — Italy in Libya (@ItalyinLibya) August 18, 2022The patients arrived to Italy from Benghazi, and will be “transferred and assisted by the health services of the Piedmont, Liguria and Veneto regions,” the Italian ministry said. On August 6, Italy had taken in four other Libyan patients who have been wounded in the same incident, including an 11-year-old boy with second and third degree burns.
Source:Libya Today
August 18, 2022 20:23 UTC
Libya records 34 new cases of COVID-19
The National Center for Disease Control in Libya (NCDC) reported on Thursday that 34 people tested positive for COVID-19, marking 15 percent of the infection rate. 94 people recovered in the same reporting period. 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 6,436 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
August 18, 2022 18:41 UTC
Libyan Supreme Court reactivates Constitutional Chamber
Libya’s Supreme Court will reactivate its Constitutional Chamber, announced the court’s Chief Justice, Counselor Mohamed Al-Hafi, on Thursday. “The General Assembly of the Supreme Court decides to reopen the constitutional chamber, which pledges to the Libyans that it will not take sides with any of the parties and that it will raise the status of the country and the established constitutional principles and rules,” Al-Hafi. The Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court is the body authorized to adjudicate cases and appeals of a constitutional and legal aspect. Its work has been suspended since 2016. It also specializes in adjudicating cases and disputes over laws, legislation and decisions issued by the executive and legislative authorities, as well as any violation or challenge to the constitutional declaration, according to the law of its establishment.
Source:Libya Today
August 18, 2022 17:04 UTC
NEMA receives 174 stranded Nigerians from Libya
The National Emergency Management Agency(NEMA) today welcomed a fresh batch of 174 Nigerians from Libya at the cargo wing of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport. According to Mustapha Habib Ahmed the director general of NEMA, the returnees who were stranded in the North African country were brought back aboard Al Buraq Air Boeing 737- 800. ‘‘This year alone, today’s flight makes the 12th recorded in Lagos that has brought returnees back,’’ Farinloye said. He said that a total of 2,044 Nigerians have been assisted back to the country through Lagos since the beginning of 2022. “We admonished the returnees on the need to realise that there’s no better country than Nigeria,’’ Farinloye told returnees.
Source:Libya Today
August 18, 2022 15:38 UTC
Is MQTT becoming the de facto standard of Industry 4.0? The impact of IoT on industrial automation protocols
Date Available On Demand Duration 1 hourAlthough industrial control systems have switched from analog to digital many decades ago, the problem of having multiple proprietary protocols preventing these systems from properly integrating with each other still persists to this day. OPC UA was conceived with the purpose to address this problem, but its success was only partial, and it’s still not as pervasive and adopted as it should be. MQTT is changing that scenario quickly, with smart sensors, cameras, and now even PLCs natively implementing this old but revamped protocol and edge computing is one of the vectors behind this transformation. This presentation will explore how MQTT has been helping system integrators to overcome the challenges of hybrid integrations for Industry 4.0 projects that include OPC UA and other protocols. Speakers:Evaldo H. Oliveria – Director of Business DevelopmentEvaldo is the Director of Business Development for FairCom Corporation, a high-performance database technology company which provides a complete line of data management tools and an engineering-level solution for high-speed data indexing and extraction.
Source:Libya Today
August 18, 2022 15:09 UTC
Supreme Court to reactivate the Constitutional Circuit
In a unanimous vote, the General Assembly of the Supreme Court decided today to reactivate the Constitutional Circuit to consider and decide on appeals. The decision, announced by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Counsellor Mohamed Al-Hafi, stated that the court “promises to Libyans that it will not take sides with any of the parties and will raise the status of the country and the established constitutional principles and rules.”The constitutional court has ceased looking into constitutional cases for nearly six years. Its last decision was in 2014 when it ruled some elements of the Constitutional Declaration that led to the election of the 2014 House of Representatives were unconstitutional. This contributed to the split in Libya and the re-emergence of the rump of the General National Congress and its current unelected child, the High State Council. The announcement may have monumental consequences on Libya’s politics, if Libya’s political streams, and most importantly its militias, abide by the constitutional court’s decisions.
Source:Libya Today
August 18, 2022 13:48 UTC