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US-Libya Military Cooperation Discussed in Tripoli

Libya and the United States held talks on military cooperation in Tripoli on Thursday during which the US said it “will continue to seek to strengthen the capacity of professional security forces from across Libya and support Libyan efforts to unify security institutions,” the American Charge d’Affaires Jeremy Berndt wrote on his official X platform.

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UN Criticized for Negligence of Sudanese Refugees in Kufra

The United Nations and its agents operating in southeast Libya have been strongly criticized for negligence and lack of cooperation with the local authorities in the municipality of Kufra that have been facing the influx of hundreds of thousands of Sudanese refugees, a humanitarian crisis which gets worse by the day.

Speaking at a meeting with a high-level UN delegation led by UNSMIL Officer-in-Charge Stephanie Koury, the Mayor of Kufra, Abdulrahman Aqoub, said, “the United Nations has not fulfilled its obligations in the Sudanese refugees’ crisis.”

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Libya’s Transitional Architecture is Crumbling, Koury Tells UNSC

Briefing the UN Security Council on Monday, DSRSG Stephanie Kouri sounded the alarm and told its gathering 15 members and their advisors “Libya’s transitional architecture is crumbling under the weight of political polarization and the lack of a clear project for a permanent system of governance.”

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Malta Lifts Restrictions on 1,800 Libyan Bank Accounts

The Libyan Foreign Ministry announced Wednesday that Malta will be lifting restrictions imposed on 1,800 bank accounts belonging to Libyan citizens and firms in the Maltese Islands. However, neither the Libyan nor the Maltese officials made it clear as about when would be the exact date of the lifting these restrictions.

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Derna Receives First Commercial Ship after Catastrophe

The Libyan city of Derna that was devastated more than a year ago by Storm Daniel celebrated Friday the entering of the first commercial ship to its newly reopened seaport after being repaired from huge damages caused by the storm.

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Libya: Driving Courses on Sahara Desert Sand Dunes

Trainees listening to instructions before they hit the sand dunes. (MTORDT photo by Ashraf Gumati)

For a vast country such as Libya that spans over more than two million square kilometers, driving in the Sahara Desert and its huge sand dunes is both a surviving skill and an entertaining hoppy.

To help interested people get grasp of how to drive in the desert and move "smoothly" across its great sand dunes, Maghadet Team for Organizing Rallies and Desert Tours (MTORDT) has undertaken the task to make you do just that.

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NOC to Oil Companies: Expand Investments in Libya

The National Oil Corporation (NOC) called on foreign oil companies working in Libya that there is now a great opportunity to expand their operations in the country and it would be of a great mutual interest to do so.

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Agila, Koury Agree Libya Needs Unified Government

There is considerable need for a unified government in Libya that can move towards organizing presidential and parliamentary elections as soon as possible, both the Speaker of Parliament Agila Saleh and UNSMIL’s Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General (DSRSG) Stephanie Koury confirmed during a meeting on Monday in al-Qubba city in eastern Libya.

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Libya’s Central Bank to Print 30B LYD in New Banknotes

The Central Bank of Libya (CBL) has signed a contract to print what is worth 30 billion Libyan dinars worth of new banknotes as part of its efforts to solve the problem of cash shortages in Libya banks for many years.

In a statement issued on Sunday, the CBL said the new banknotes would be gradually replacing the old ones starting in January 2025. Observers say that this plan is aimed at withdrawing some of the huge amounts of money that are being stored outside the banking system.

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NOC, GTG to Introduce Renewable Energy to Oil Fields

As part of its plan to modernize the oil sector infrastructure, Libya National Oil Corporation (NOC) is now introducing, with help from partner foreign companies, renewable energy technologies to meet its electricity need in oil fields that are spread all over the Libyan desert.

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Political Situation in Libya Reviewed in Tripoli

The current political situation in Libya was the focus of a meeting today at the Foreign Minister’s office in Tripoli. The meeting discussed the strategy of the Government of National Unity (GNU) with regard to holding general national elections and ending the transitional phase in Libya that has continued since 2011.

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EUPAM: We Contribute to Libya’s Stability, Prosperity

"We are committed to strengthening Libya’s border management systems and contributing to the country’s overall stability and prosperity," said the European Borders Assistance Mission in Libya (EUPAM) in a press release on Monday.

It said that the Libyan Customs Authority (LCA) concluded a successful Risk Management Training program that marked a significant milestone in enhancing border security and trade facilitation.

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Norland: We Support 'Credible' Roadmap for National Elections

"I underscored full US support for UNSMIL's vital role in facilitating the political process to lead to unifying governance and a credible roadmap for successful national elections," the US Special Envoy Ambassador Richard Norland said on Monday after meeting with Mr. Agila Saleh, the speaker of the Libyan House of Representatives.

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Dbeibeh: GNU Supports the Youth, Criticizes IM

The Government of National Unity (GNU) is committed to supporting the youth in all regions of Libya and holds high their role in the country’s development and its bright future, PM Abdulhamid Dbeibeh told a gathering in Misurata city on Saturday. He also criticized his Interior Minister for latest controversial statements.

"The government is implementing initiatives to enhance the youths' capabilities and enable them to participate effectively in many sectors," he told the over 600 young people who came from various parts of Libya.

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Libya to Attend MED Dialogues 2024 in Rome

Libya has been invited to take part in the Mediterranean Dialogue conference due to take place in Rome between 25 and 27 November 2024. The Italian government organizes the conference, which constitutes the tenth edition in a series that began in 2015.

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The US Embassy in Libya announced, Thursday, that it has linked 7 startups from southern Libya with investors in Tripoli through the US Agency for International Development (USAID) in cooperation with the Libyan organization “Supernova”.

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UNSMIL Brings Together CSOs, Institutions to Discuss Challenges

In its efforts to solve dire problems in Libya, the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) organized a meeting, in Tripoli, on Monday that brought together representatives from civil society organizations (CSOs) and Libyan institutions along with their international counterparts to discuss challenges and opportunities.