News Roundup – Tue, Apr 4, 2017 – The Libya Observer
Gharyan city hosted Monday a meeting for military councils of Nafousa Mountain districts. The attendees issued a statement titled "Yes to the state of institutions and law." They stressed that all parties should be united and to prioritize the service of the citizens before other issues. They also said they won't allow any attack to take place in any Nafousa Mountain area as it would be an attack on all the districts.
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Libyan Football Federation (LFF) has formed two commissions to check the validity of Tobruk, Benghazi, Sirte and Al-Bayda stadiums as well as Tripoli, Misrata, and Al-Zawiya ones before the kickoff of the new Libyan Soccer League season (2016/2017), which is yet to be given a specific date as the LFF meets with football clubs on April 13 in Al-Marij.
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Libyan National Center for Disease Control finished the third phase of the national project that aimed at assessing how valid schools' water supplies are across Libya. the third phase included 45 schools across eastern Libya under the supervision of UNICEF and in line with the General Directorate of Water Resources, Man-Made River System, and Schools Health Department.
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Libyana telecoms station in eastern Mazda (Above Batma Mountain) was damaged and looted as unknown individuals stole the solar power panels and electronic devices in the station, then they broke the doors and windows leading to loss of Libyana coverage in the area and the nearby ones, locals said. They added that most telecoms stations that connect north and south from Mizda to Sahtea have been damaged or stolen.
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Zuwara mayor, Hafith Ben Sasi, met with the UN-proposed government's Minister of Transportation Milad Matoug, to discuss improving the commercial port of the city. They discussed the contract that is signed with an Italian company, whose representatives were present at the meeting to discuss reactivating the contract and resumption of work.
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Central Bank of Libya (CBL) started easing up measures to grant imports consent for bringing in the needed basic goods and foods as well as the needed materials for the factories. CBL assured on Facebook the Libyan nationals that it is working in coordination with the Presidential Council and relevant authorities to make sure the goods and foods are sold in affordable prices in the local markets.
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NOC has lifted the force majeure state at Sharara oilfield after reopening it on Sunday and resuming oil production prior one week of closure.
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Italian Embassy in Libya said the visa to be issued for Libyan nationals in Tripoli will cost 590 dinars including the visa cost, which is 93 dinars. It added on Twitter, that this cost might be increased upon demanding other services. This announcement comes after the embassy decided to resume granting visas for Libyans starting from April 02.
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Salvation Government in Tripoli warned of whom it described as "Sellers of oil outside the law", who are stealing Libyans' oil fortunes and income. In a statement, it said it is using all means possible including military force to thwart any illegal transactions outside the NOC, which is the only legitimate body that can sell Libyans' oil, as per UN resolutions.
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News Roundup - Tue, Apr 4, 2017 - The Libya Observer
- Joint statement by the embassies of France, Italy, Germany, UK and USA on the independence of Libyas Audit Bureau - Libya Herald - March 26th, 2025 [March 26th, 2025]
- Iraq and Libya Stress the Need to Unify Efforts to Support Stability and Security in the Region - ina.iq - March 26th, 2025 [March 26th, 2025]
- Diversifying Libyas economy: Six opportunities through Three Horizons - Libya Herald - March 26th, 2025 [March 26th, 2025]
- LBBC and NOC announce the London Libya Bid Round Roadshow to be held on 7 April - Libya Herald - March 26th, 2025 [March 26th, 2025]
- Former UN envoy Stephanie Williams to publish new book on Libyas post-Gaddafi era - The Libya Observer - March 26th, 2025 [March 26th, 2025]
- I want to feel the pride of playing for Ghana - Richard Boadu on rejecting Libya nationality switch - GhanaWeb - March 26th, 2025 [March 26th, 2025]
- UN raises alarm over wave of 'arbitrary' arrests in Libya - The Times of India - March 26th, 2025 [March 26th, 2025]
- MSC announces price increases in shipping from Far East to Libya - Libya Herald - March 26th, 2025 [March 26th, 2025]
- Libya, France discuss strengthening bilateral ties and economic cooperation - The Libya Observer - March 26th, 2025 [March 26th, 2025]
- Al-Haddad discusses security cooperation with British Military Attach - The Libya Observer - March 26th, 2025 [March 26th, 2025]
- Ministry of Health warns of circulation of counterfeit cancer drug in Libya - The Libya Observer - March 26th, 2025 [March 26th, 2025]
- The illicit oil trade that is keeping Libya divided - Financial Times - March 22nd, 2025 [March 22nd, 2025]
- The UN has opened up Libya to foreign meddling and foreign fighters - Middle East Monitor - March 22nd, 2025 [March 22nd, 2025]
- Russia, North Korea, Venezuela, Haiti, Iran, Myanmar, Sudan, Syria, Ukraine, and Libya face Australia Do Not Travel Warning: What It Mean for the... - March 22nd, 2025 [March 22nd, 2025]
- Libya: Escalating Hate Speech, Xenophobia, and Violence - World Organisation Against Torture - March 22nd, 2025 [March 22nd, 2025]
- South Sudan Joins Yemen, Venezuela, Russia, Libya, Ukraine, Central African Republic, and Haiti on US Do Not Travel List What The New Advisory Means... - March 11th, 2025 [March 11th, 2025]
- Libya Is the Forgotten Wasteland of the International Order - Democracy for the Arab World Now - March 11th, 2025 [March 11th, 2025]
- The UN is responsible for the division in Libya - Atalayar EN - March 11th, 2025 [March 11th, 2025]
- Economy Minister Hwej says Libyas corruption is exaggerated by the media and those who talk about it are conducting a war against the nation - Libya... - March 11th, 2025 [March 11th, 2025]
- Libya-China Ties Strengthen as Online Visa Applications Launch for Libyans Starting This March - Travel And Tour World - March 11th, 2025 [March 11th, 2025]
- USAID informs partners in North Africa of its withdrawal from all joint projects - The Libya Observer - March 11th, 2025 [March 11th, 2025]
- Libya denies reports of plans to resettle immigrants within country - Social News XYZ - March 11th, 2025 [March 11th, 2025]
- Human traffickers seized in two operations south of Kufra - The Libya Observer - March 11th, 2025 [March 11th, 2025]
- Libya announces first bidding round for oil exploration in 17 years - Reuters - March 5th, 2025 [March 5th, 2025]
- Russias Libya Push Should Alarm The U.S. And Europe - The National Interest Online - March 5th, 2025 [March 5th, 2025]
- Around 112 migrants rescued off the coast of Libya reach Tuscany in Central Italy - Euronews - March 1st, 2025 [March 1st, 2025]
- Flights with Qatar to resume in October - Libya Herald - March 1st, 2025 [March 1st, 2025]
- France affirms its support for the SRSG for Libya - France ONU - March 1st, 2025 [March 1st, 2025]
- French President Macron receives Haftar in Paris with an eye on eastern Libya - The Arab Weekly - March 1st, 2025 [March 1st, 2025]
- UN envoy to Libya: Ramadan is opportunity for reconciliation - The Libya Observer - March 1st, 2025 [March 1st, 2025]
- UNICEF Reaffirms its Commitment to Vulnerable Children and Families in Southeastern Libya During Mission to Kufra [EN/AR] - ReliefWeb - March 1st, 2025 [March 1st, 2025]
- Al-Lafi urges for media cooperation between Africa and Turkey - The Libya Observer - March 1st, 2025 [March 1st, 2025]
- Bodies of 12 Pakistanis who died when their boat sank off Libya repatriated to Pakistan - Yahoo - March 1st, 2025 [March 1st, 2025]
- Julyana Free Zone to receive 60 commercial and oil vessels in February 2025 - Libya Herald - March 1st, 2025 [March 1st, 2025]
- Campaigner for migrants in Libya targeted in spyware attack - The Guardian - February 16th, 2025 [February 16th, 2025]
- Bodies of migrants recovered in Libya, authorities say - BBC.com - February 16th, 2025 [February 16th, 2025]
- Two mass graves of migrants uncovered in Libya - UN News - February 16th, 2025 [February 16th, 2025]
- 2 mass graves with bodies of nearly 50 migrants found in southeastern Libya - The Associated Press - February 16th, 2025 [February 16th, 2025]
- Libya: Migrants Face Violence and Exclusion From Healthcare - Genocide Watch - February 16th, 2025 [February 16th, 2025]
- Libya finds two mass graves with bodies of nearly 50 migrants, refugees - Al Jazeera English - February 16th, 2025 [February 16th, 2025]
- At least 16 Pakistani nationals dead and ten missing after migrant boat sinks off Libya - InfoMigrants - February 16th, 2025 [February 16th, 2025]
- Mass Graves of Migrants Discovered in Libya as Crackdown on Smuggling Intensifies - OCCRP - February 16th, 2025 [February 16th, 2025]
- EU EXTERNAL PARTNERS: Egypt urged to stop abusing people on the move Two mass graves uncovered in Libya Tunisian authorities accused of state... - February 16th, 2025 [February 16th, 2025]
- Mass graves holding bodies of migrants discovered in Libya - Semafor - February 16th, 2025 [February 16th, 2025]
- Bodies of migrants recovered in southeast Libya, attorney general says - Reuters.com - February 16th, 2025 [February 16th, 2025]
- Bodies of dozens of migrants found in two mass graves in Libya - Euronews - February 16th, 2025 [February 16th, 2025]
- Pakistan's PM grieves over deaths of migrants from his country in a boat sinking near Libya - ABC News - February 16th, 2025 [February 16th, 2025]
- Libya 8th most corrupt state in the world according to the latest index for 2024 - Libya Herald - February 16th, 2025 [February 16th, 2025]
- 12 youth hostels inaugurated as part of GNU's "Return of Life" project - The Libya Observer - February 16th, 2025 [February 16th, 2025]
- Moscow denies bombing sites in southern Libya - The Libya Observer - February 16th, 2025 [February 16th, 2025]
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- Indian embassy in Libya facilitates return of 18 Indian nationals - The Tribune India - February 7th, 2025 [February 7th, 2025]
- Libya: Almost 30 migrant bodies retrieved in one day - InfoMigrants - February 7th, 2025 [February 7th, 2025]
- Italy justice minister defends decision to release alleged war criminal to Libya - JURIST - February 7th, 2025 [February 7th, 2025]
- Libya and Morocco sign MoU on fisheries and aquaculture - Libya Herald - February 7th, 2025 [February 7th, 2025]
- Libya prepares 4,000 tons of aid to ship to Gaza - Yahoo! Voices - February 7th, 2025 [February 7th, 2025]
- The Ministry of Economy hosts a workshop on the General Framework of Green Investment in Libya - Libya Herald - February 7th, 2025 [February 7th, 2025]
- Brega imports large quantities of domestic gas cylinders - being distributed in time for Ramadan - Libya Herald - February 7th, 2025 [February 7th, 2025]
- Bodies of 29 migrants recovered in Libya - The National - February 7th, 2025 [February 7th, 2025]
- At Sarkozy's trial, the improbable story of Bashir Saleh's exfiltration from Libya - Le Monde - February 5th, 2025 [February 5th, 2025]
- UNSMIL says Advisory Committee is neither decision-making nor dialogue body - The Libya Observer - February 5th, 2025 [February 5th, 2025]
- CBL, HoR discuss 2025 budget, spending controls - The Libya Observer - February 5th, 2025 [February 5th, 2025]
- Finlands Ambassador to Libya seeks stronger cooperation and investment opportunities - The Libya Observer - February 5th, 2025 [February 5th, 2025]
- Critic of Italy-Libya migration pact told he was target of Israeli spyware - The Guardian - February 3rd, 2025 [February 3rd, 2025]
- After more than ten years, Libya settles debts and recovers ships from Malta - Libya Herald - February 3rd, 2025 [February 3rd, 2025]
- Presidency Council head Menfi calls for referendum by Libyan people on contentious points of draft constitution - Libya Herald - February 3rd, 2025 [February 3rd, 2025]
- Foreign Minister in Tunisia to discuss strengthening economic partnership - The Libya Observer - February 3rd, 2025 [February 3rd, 2025]
- Libya to host window 2 qualifiers of AfroBasket 2025 - The Libya Observer - February 3rd, 2025 [February 3rd, 2025]
- Italys Meloni says she is being investigated over release of Libya suspect - Al Jazeera English - February 1st, 2025 [February 1st, 2025]
- Italy, Libya, and the Failure of State Cooperation with the International Criminal Court in the Elmasry Arrest Case - Just Security - February 1st, 2025 [February 1st, 2025]
- Libya expresses condolences for victims of Washington plane-helicopter collision - The Libya Observer - February 1st, 2025 [February 1st, 2025]
- Ethiopian woman freed after brutal captivity in Libya warns migrants to stay home - Hiiraan Online - February 1st, 2025 [February 1st, 2025]
- Libyan and Tunisian dates companies meet in Sebha to explore international export cooperation - Libya Herald - February 1st, 2025 [February 1st, 2025]
- Nicolas Sarkozy Goes on Trial on Charges of Illegal Campaign Funding From Libya - The New York Times - January 11th, 2025 [January 11th, 2025]
- Libya is now the launchpad for Russias renewed ambitions - Arab News - January 11th, 2025 [January 11th, 2025]
- France's Sarkozy tells trial he never received campaign funding from Libya - Euronews - January 11th, 2025 [January 11th, 2025]
- The Unintended Consequences of US Intervention in Libya - The Daily Economy - January 11th, 2025 [January 11th, 2025]
- Libya: Weak Core, Strong Core, for the end of Disorder in the Maghreb - Morocco World News - January 11th, 2025 [January 11th, 2025]
- Lessons from Iraq, Libya, and Syria: Resistance, Betrayal, and Collapse - CounterPunch - January 11th, 2025 [January 11th, 2025]
- Sudan Situation: Sudanese Refugees and Asylum-Seekers in Libya (as of 05 Jan 2025) - ReliefWeb - January 11th, 2025 [January 11th, 2025]