UN team of experts meets LAIP’s Libya Oil Company
The Libya Africa Investment Portfolio (LAIP) reported today that its subsidiary, the Libya Oil Joint Company, received, on Sunday, 9 June, a team of experts from the United Nations tasked with discussing some important topics with various Libyan institutions. Overview of Libya OilLAIP reported that its Chairman, Khalifa Al-Shaibani, held a meeting with the UN team, where they reviewed the history of the company’s establishment, the nature of its work, the mechanisms of its management, its role as a company for marketing petroleum products in the Libyan market, as well as the size of its workforce, and the company’s wide geographical spread through a huge network of stations spread in strategic locations throughout the Libyan. These include 307 stations between company owned and privately owned, linked by operating and supply contracts. These provide various services, including the sale and distribution of fuel, the provision of related products of various industrial oils and greases, in addition to the company’s possession of a mobile fleet equipped to transport and distribute oil and gas products on demand.Commitment to the legal legislation and administrative standardsDuring the meeting, the Chairman of Libya Oil Joint Company stressed the company’s commitment to the legal legislation and administrative standards governing institutional work in Libya. He stressed the company’s keenness to organize the distribution of fuel in a way that ensures its smooth provision to citizens throughout the Libyan territory.
Source:Libya Today
June 12, 2024 14:44 UTC
Trade exchange between Egypt, Arab states hit $26B in 2023
CAIRO – 12 June 2024: The Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) released a report Wednesday indicating that the size of trade exchange between Egypt and Equatorial Guinea had hit $26 billion in 2023 where exports and imports recorded $13.6 billion and $12.4 billion, respectively. The top importers are Saudi Arabia with $2.7 billion; the UAE with $2.2 billion; Libya with $1.8 billion; Sudan with $984.4 million; and, Algeria with $850.3 million. The top exports were vegetables and fruits at $1.3 billion; home appliance and machinery at $1.1 billion; pearls, precious stones and jewelry at $1 billion; fuel and mineral oils at $753 million; and, plastics at $712 million.
Source:Libya Today
June 12, 2024 13:08 UTC
US, UN welcome opening voter registration for municipal council elections in Libya
U.S. Special Envoy to Libya, Ambassador Richard Norland, has welcomed the High National Elections Commission’s announcement that voter registration for municipal council elections is now underway. “Successful municipal elections serve as a vital opportunity to demonstrate the viability of Libya’s electoral infrastructure, a way to engage with the Libyan people on the issues most important to them, and a chance for local communities to elect their local leaders,” said Norland. “Successful municipal elections will serve as proof of Libya’s ability to eventually hold national elections, and I encourage continued work toward reaching that goal,” he added. UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) had also welcomed the opening of the voter registration process for the upcoming municipal council elections in 60 municipalities, encouraging “all eligible Libyans, including women & youth, to register to exercise their right to elect the future leadership of their municipalities.”
Source:Libya Today
June 12, 2024 11:31 UTC
UNICEF installs vaccination administration system at hundreds of sites in Libya
TRIPOLI, June 11 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on Tuesday it had installed a vaccination administration system at 624 sites in Libya. UNICEF said in a statement that it installed the Tahseen Platform in partnership with Libya's National Center for Disease Control. "The Tahseen Platform includes a user-friendly interface for tracking vaccinated children and managing vaccine stock in real-time, facilitating seamless registration and documentation of vaccine status. It also integrates vaccination centers with the National Vaccination Program Department and provides detailed reports for monitoring and analysis," the statement noted. Additionally, UNICEF has installed the Remote Temperature Monitoring System at 94 municipality vaccine stock stores to ensure vaccines are stored at best conditions, the statement added.
Source:Libya Today
June 11, 2024 22:46 UTC
Dbeibah details government spending, criticizes HoR and HCS
The Libyan Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah revealed that government revenues from January to May 2024 amounted to more than 43 billion dinars, while public spending exceeded 32 billion dinars. Dbeibah also indicated that his government had granted 500 seats to the families of those affected by the Daniel Storm and ensuing floods that struck Derna and some areas of Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar. Responding to the item of constructing a road linking Misrata and Tarhouna, Dbeibah announced his intention to assign a number of ministries and agencies immediately after Eid Al-Adha vacation to discuss the needs of the city of Tarhouna, which suffered from wars and killings. Dbeibah indicated that his government would pay great attention to Tarhouna in the coming period, deciding at the same time to hold the next two Cabinet meetings there. He also criticized the lack of interest of the HoR and the HCS in resolving the issues of the kidnapping of some members, "and the issue of counterfeiting the Libyan currency outside the country", calling for taking the consequences of parallel spending away from the citizens.
Source:Libya Observer
June 11, 2024 16:19 UTC
Exclusive-Migrant expulsions from Tunisia to Libya fuel extortion, abuse -UN briefing
Exclusive-Migrant expulsions from Tunisia to Libya fuel extortion, abuse -UN briefingBy David LewisNAIROBI (Reuters) – Tunisian border guards have rounded up migrants and passed them to counterparts in Libya where they have faced forced labour, extortion, torture and killing, according to a confidential U.N. human rights briefing seen by Reuters. Tarek Lamloun, a Libyan human rights expert, said such transfers had taken place as recently as early May. “Collective expulsions from Tunisia to Libya and the associated arbitrary detention of migrants are fuelling extortion rackets and cycles of abuse, which are already widespread human rights issues in Libya,” the U.N. briefing said. Libyan officials were demanding thousands of dollars in exchange for releasing some migrants, according to the briefing. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on June 4 the decline was “above all” due to help from Tunisia and Libya.
Source:Libya Today
June 11, 2024 16:07 UTC
Libya's El Sharara oilfield won't reopen until occupiers leave - NOC
FILE PHOTO: Chairman of Libya's state oil firm NOC Mustafa Sanalla talks to journalists at the beginning of an OPEC meeting in Vienna, Austria December 6, 2018. "The armed group attempting to hold NOC and Libya's economic recovery to ransom must leave the field before NOC will consider restarting production," NOC Chairman Mustafa Sanalla told a Chatham House conference in London. OPEC member Libya is now producing just below 1 million bpd, Sanalla said, below average production in 2018 of 1.1 million bpd. Libya's oil industry has faced disruption since unrest began, with rival power centres in the west and east. "It is my concern that a sequence of events has been set in motion with unknowable consequences for Libya, and NOC," he said.
Source:Libya Today
June 11, 2024 16:05 UTC
Libya: National Oil Corporation announces plan to drill 121 new wells
La National Oil Corporation (Noc), Libya's state hydrocarbon body, today announced a plan to drill 121 new wells to explore and exploit natural oil and gas resources in 2024. The Noc is carrying out various projects to increase oil production in the OPEC oil cartel member country from the current 1,250 million barrels per day to 1,4 million barrels per day by the end of 2024, and then rise to 2 million barrels starting in 2025. Last week, a subsidiary of Noc – Al Waha Oil Company – managed to increase its production by 40 thousand barrels per day, from October 2022. The country, in fact, imported around 14,5 million tonnes of crude oil, down by 3,3 percent compared to the same period of 2023. As regards gas, at these rates the overall annual production would be around 13 million cubic metres.
Source:Libya Today
June 11, 2024 15:29 UTC
Libya: delays in oil sector salaries for May and June
The Tripoli-based Government of National Unity (GUN) has transferred May salaries for various sectors, including the oil sector, to the Central Bank of Libya. Furthermore, there were 4,4 billion Libyan dinars (approximately 836 million euros) in outstanding financial deals for the National Oil Corporation and 2,5 billion Libyan dinars (approximately 475 million euros) for the General Electricity Company. The taxes collected amounted to 121 million Libyan dinars (around 23 million euros). Customs revenue was 123 million Libyan dinars (around 23,4 million euros), communications revenue was 11 million Libyan dinars (around 2 million euros) and revenue from the sale of fuel in the local market totaled 32 million Libyan dinars (approximately 6,1 million euros). Other revenues, which include refunds, passport taxes, car tax, fines and other taxes, reached 639 million Libyan dinars (around 121,4 million euros).
Source:Libya Today
June 11, 2024 09:10 UTC
The unseen enemy: organised crime networks exploiting Malta’s geography
Malta’s attractiveness to tourists makes it a target for organised crime groups (OCGs), particularly those focusing on theft and scams. “Organised crime groups target tourism-heavy areas,” Bondin said. They exploit opportunities.”Crime goes where there’s opportunity and valuablesApart from tourist-targeted crimes, many organised crime groups in Malta tend to engage in theft. There have been improvements, but I think we can do better to fight organised crime at a national level,” he said. Ultimately, both officers stressed the importance of international cooperation in combating organised crime.
Source:Libya Today
June 11, 2024 08:48 UTC
'Jesus Christ Be With Me': The Courageous Story Behind the 21 Coptic Martyrs of Libya
On this deeply moving episode of "The Catholic Talk Show," Ryan Scheel, Ryan DellaCrosse, and Father Matt King discuss the incredible courage of the 21 Coptic Martyrs of Libya with "Son Of The 11th Hour" film director Raouf Zaki. The 21 Coptic Martyrs of Libya were a group of simple laborers, mostly in their twenties, who traveled to Libya to support their families back in Egypt. Zaki says "The pope canonized them because their last words were 'Jesus Christ be with me.’”What gave these young men the strength to refuse to renounce their faith? Zaki tells how one of the martyrs, a farmer, would "sing the Psalms late at night, even in captivity, inspiring others despite the torture." Watch below 👇21 Coptic Martyrs of Libya, pray for us!
Source:Libya Today
June 11, 2024 00:19 UTC
Rescue charity finds another body off Libya
A day earlier, Doctors Without Borders had recovered the bodies 11 migrants from the Mediterranean Sea in the same region. The rescue ship claimed to have saved over 160 people. Sea Watch, a non-profit organization, announced on the social media platform X on Saturday that their plane had spotted a corpse. MSF's Geo Barents rescue and search vessel rescued 146 migrants over two missions and found another 20 on a separate boat. Italy has also tightened up on rescue ship operations, saying that they encourage people to go to Europe.
Source:Libya Today
June 10, 2024 21:39 UTC
Libyan Post signs deal with Italian counterpart to modernize services
Libya's Telecommunications Holding Company has announced the signing of an agreement between Libyan Post and its Italian counterpart to enhance Libyan postal services. The announcement was made during a visit by a Libyan delegation led by the Chairman of the Telecommunications Holding Company to the Italian Post headquarters. The delegation included members of the Holding Company's board of directors and the Chairman of the Board of Libyan Post. The agreement, aimed at developing postal and logistical services as well as digital financial services, also focuses on building capacities and training human resources at Libyan Post. Several meetings, workshops, and discussions took place during the visit, attended by the commercial and economic attaché at the Italian Embassy in Libya.
Source:Libya Observer
June 10, 2024 20:52 UTC
Pretrial detention for top former Labour Ministry officials in LD 1.347 million fraud
The Attorney General’s Office reported today that Prosecutors have order the detention of former officials responsible for managing administrative and financial affairs, the treasury, the financial department, and the financial control department at the Ministry of Labour.Investigating the seizure of public funds deposited in the account of the Ministry of Labour at the Central Bank of Libya, the investigator inferred that the accused caused serious damage to its funds as a result of behaviour incompatible with their job duties. This was represented in the defendant’s access to bank instruments in which financial values were recorded and ordered to be paid as financial dues to one of the Ministry’s female employees, deliberately falsified the data of the instruments, and then presenting them to the branch of the Jumhouria Bank – Mizdah and seizing LD 1.347 million. As a result, the investigator detained the defendants, pending investigation, and ordered the seizure and bringing of the beneficiary of the seized money.
Source:Libya Today
June 10, 2024 18:16 UTC