Ossama Hamad, the prime minister of the Libyan parliament-backed government, has declared Derna a disaster zone after heavy rainfall and floods destroyed much of the city.
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At least 20 people were confirmed dead so far, while the fate of dozens others remain unknown as they went missing, after Mediterranean Storm Daniel unleashed extreme floods across the eastern coastal line of Libya yesterday.
Libyan Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh met today in Doha with Qatar Emir Tamim Al-Thani to discuss bilateral cooperation and regional issues of common interest, as announced by Dbeibeh’s media office.
The Libyan Foreign Ministry on Saturday welcomed the inclusion of the African Union (AU) as a permanent member of the Group of Twenty (G20) at this year’s G20 Summit.
President of the Libyan Presidential Council (LPC), Mohamed Al-Menfi, offered condolences to King Mohammed VI of Morocco, the government and the brotherly Moroccan people for the victims of the painful earthquake, stressing his confidence that Morocco will overcome the effects of this disaster.
Prime Minister of the Libyan Parliament-backed government, Osama Hammad, issued Saturday a decision considering Sunday and Monday, 10-11 September, as a holiday in all educational and other public institutions, due to weather conditions.
The governor of the Central Bank of Libya (CBL), Al Siddiq al Kabir, and the French ambassador to Tripoli, Mustafa Maharaj, discussed today efforts to unify the banking sector in the country.
The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) envoy Abdoulaye Bathily met with Libyan political, security and civil society figures…
The British diplomat Martin Longden has been appointed as UK’s ambassador to Libya in succession to Caroline Hurndall, who will be transferring to another Diplomatic Service appointment, according to the British Foreign Ministry (Foreign and Commonwealth Office).
UN envoy to Libya Abdoulaye Bathily said he met on Tuesday with the outgoing Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dbeibeh.