Libya was elected as second deputy of the African Union’s presidency for 2022 during the union’s 35th summit in Addis Ababa, according to the statement by the Libyan Foreign Ministry on Saturday.
The state-owned Libyan National Oil Corporation (NOC) announced on Friday that the country’s daily oil production has dropped by 100,000 barrels per day due to its inability to maintain oil tanks damaged by armed conflicts.
Mohamed al-Menfi, Chairman of Libya’s Presidential Council, held talks on Friday with Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita on the sidelines of African Union Summit in Ethiopia.
Jose Sabadell, the Head of the European Union’s Mission in Libya, and Khalifa Haftar, the General Commander of the Libyan National Army (LNA), had met in Benghazi for talks on the security situation in the country, Sabadell stated via Twitter on Saturday.
The Spokesperson for the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Farhan Haq, said that no specific name has been proposed to replace the former UN envoy to Libya, Jan Kubis, who resigned two months ago, noting that the most important task now is to achieve elections in Libya.
New Libyan ambassadors appointed to work in the UK, Iraq and Gambia took the legal oath before the chairman of the Presidential Council Mohamed al-Menfi.
Libyan Foreign Minister Najla Mangoush met with her Tunisian counterpart Othman Jerandi on the sidelines of the 40th session of the Executive Council of the African Union.
UN Special Adviser on Libya, Stephanie Williams, met with eastern-based members of the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum (LPDF) and members of the house of Representatives (HoR) in Benghazi, where they discussed status of LPDF and HoR Roadmap Committee.
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The Libyan National Center for Disease Control (NCDC) announced the registration of 3,656 new cases of COVID-19, 9 deaths and 1264 cases of recovery, during the last 24 hours.
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