In the week from 17 to 23 March 2024, 579 migrants were intercepted and brought back to Libya, a decrease of 29.13 percent compared to the 817 people recovered at sea in the previous week from 10 to 16 March.
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Libya’s Presidential Council, led by Mohammed Al-Menfi, will launch an inquiry this week into “allegations of wholesale mismanagement in the country’s National Oil Corporation”, the scope of which is likely to also cover “the widespread practice of fuel smuggling and its key beneficiaries,” British newspaper The Guardian reports.
Tripoli-based Council of Defense and Security, headed by the two representatives of the Presidential Council, Musa Al-Koni and Abdullah Al-Lafi, discussed the military and security situation in the Western region, according to the Presidential Council.
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov stressed the necessity of holding comprehensive presidential and parliamentary elections in Libya with the broad participation of all political forces, including representatives of the former regime.
Derna’s Court of Appeal has postponed a trial hearing for a number of officials accused of negligence and corruption that allegedly led to the collapse of the city’s dams, which unleashed massive floods that killed at least 4,000 people on September 10.
The World Food Program (WFP) has monitored an increase in the prices of most basic goods, including food commodities in Libya, with significant variations between eastern cities, of the west and south of the country.
Libya’s crude oil production in February reached 33.53 million barrels. This was announced by the Libyan state oil corporation, National Oil Corporation (NOC).
Turkey’s national flag carrier will resume flights to Libya in the coming days after a hiatus of around 10 years, Libya’s Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah announced on Saturday.
Deputy Prime Minister of the outgoing Government of National Unity (GNU) Ramadan Abu Jannah signed a memorandum of understanding on Thursday to enhance cooperation between the Southern Development and Reconstruction Agency and the Qatari Future Peak Company, which specializes in mechanical construction.
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) announced on Friday the discovery of at least 65 migrants’ bodies in a mass grave in Southwest Libya.