A son of ousted Libyan strongman Moammar Gadhafi filed papers to run in December’s presidential race, a move likely to further complicate a vote meant to cap a decade of conflict in the OPEC nation. Held by a Libyan militia for six years, he was released in 2017. Current production is about 1.3 million barrels per day, the oil minister said this month, with plans to boost that in the near term. Registrations for Libya’s presidential election close on Nov. 22, with a preliminary list of candidates to be published 48 hours after, al-Manea said. Authorities will decide on whether aspiring candidates meet the conditions and can be cleared to run in the vote.

Source: The North Africa Journal November 15, 2021 00:44 UTC