Egypt plans to increase the capacity of its power grid interconnection with Libya to 2,000 MW, according to Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy Mohamed Shaker.
The Belgian judiciary wants the chairman of Libya’s sovereign wealth fund arrested on charges of corruption and embezzlement, Belgian magazine De Tijd reported.
Stephanie Williams, the U.N. Envoy to Libya, met with a number of female members of the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum (LPDF) in Tripoli yesterday to discuss “the challenges facing the electoral process”, according to a statement by Williams.
Several candidates who entered parliamentary elections staged a protest on Monday in front of the headquarters of the High National Election Commission (HNEC) in Tripoli to voice their rejection of the commission’s failure to hold elections on time.
The National Center for Disease Control in Libya (NCDC) reported on Monday that 518 people tested positive for COVID-19, marking 10 percent of the infection rate. The NCDC said that 8 others died of the virus, while 837 have recovered during the same reporting period.
The U.N. Envoy to Libya, Stephanie Williams, and the U.N. Mission Coordinator, Raisedon Zenenga, held a “fruitful meeting” on Sundaywith the Algerian Ambassador Slimane Chenine, to discuss recent developments in Libya, Williams said.
Aguila Saleh, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, will return to his post in today’s parliamentary session after stepping down three months ago, revealed Abdel Hadi Al-Saghir, a Libyan MP.
Deputy Prime Minister Hussein Al-Qatrani said he will meet on Sunday with the premier Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh in Tripoli following a dispute between the two over the government’s performance.
Libya on Saturday registered 592 new COVID-19 cases, 11 deaths and 625 recoveries from the disease, according to the Libyan National Center for Disease Control.
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