Five officers, working at the Misurata port costumes, have been arrested over the embezzlement of 25 million Libyan Dinars ($5 million), announced the Public Prosecution Office of the Attorney General in a statement on Saturday.
The Secretary-General of the United Nations has affirmed “his personal interest and commitment” to end the crisis in Libya, said Taher El-Sonni, the country’s Ambassador to the UN.
The two leaders of Libya’s eastern and western military forces discussed the unification of the country’s army during a bilateral meeting in Sirte today, said a representative for the Libyan National Army (LNA).
The Libyan presidential elections, originally set for December 24 last year, were postponed due to “conflicting candidacies”, revealed Richard Norland, the U.S. Special Envoy and Ambassador to Libya.
General Abdel-Razek Al-Nadori, the General Commander of the Libyan National Army (LNA), and General Mohammed Al-Hadad, the leader of military forces in west of Libya, met for the second time in Sirte today to discuss unification of the country’s military institution as well as removal of foreign forces, Al-Enwan newspaper reported.
Head of the Internal Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives (HoR), Suleiman al-Harari, expressed his deep concern over the escalation of hate campaigns and political incitement, especially against HoR and its members.
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Libyan oil output is 729,000 barrels per day, the National Oil Corporation (NOC) media office said on Thursday, down from a high of more than 1.3 million bpd last year.
The National Center for Disease Control in Libya (NCDC) reported on Thursday that 643 people tested positive for COVID-19, marking 11 percent of the infection rate. The NCDC said that 15 others died of the virus, while 532 have recovered during the same reporting period.
Oil prices rose sharply on Thursday, extending a rally from the previous session, on escalating unrest in OPEC+ oil producer Kazakhstan and supply outages in Libya, Reuters reported.
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The Central Bank of Libya (CBL) has published the government expenditures for 2021, which amounted to $24.5 billion (85.8 billion Libyan dinars), contradicting with the numbers published by the Government of National Unity (GNU), headed by Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh.
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