On Mat 31, 2022, the Arabian Gulf Oil Company, posted footage of the oil spill and said an attempt to stop it was under way. A broken pipeline in Libya is releasing thousands of barrels of oil into the desert every day. The damage comes at a time of political impasse that had crippled the country's oil industry. The country has since become divided between rival governments, and many of the country's oil fields and facilities have been forced to close. The country's eastern-based rival parliament in February named Fathi Bashagha, a former interior minister and air force pilot, as prime minister.

Source: The North Africa Journal June 02, 2022 11:15 UTC