News

Libya to host meeting for ICESCO for the first time since 1982

The Libyan National Commission for Education, Culture and Science signed an agreement with the Islamic World Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ICESCO) to host the 45th session of the Executive Council of ICESCO, scheduled to be held in January 2025 in Tripoli.

Economy

Libya offers new round of bidding for oil and gas exploration

‎The Minister of Oil and Gas of the Government of National Unity, Khalifa Abdul Sadiq, confirmed the ministry's intention to conduct a new round of bidding for oil and natural gas exploration, the first since 2011, with plans to implement oil projects worth $17 billion, and raise oil production to two million barrels per day by 2028.

Sports

Libya's Derna to host Africa Minifootball Cup

The African Minifootball Confederation (AMC) announced the date of the draw ceremony for the Africa Minifootball Cup of Nations, which will be hosted by Libya next year, setting December 16, 2024 as the date for the draw in Derna. 

The draw ceremony is scheduled to be attended by many international figures and a number of officials from the International Federation of Minifootball, as well as all the presidents of the federations in the African countries, according to the official page of the AMC.

Variety

"Libya Clean" exhibition to be launched on November 9

The Ministry of Local Governing of the Government of National Unity announced the launching of the second edition of the "Libya Clean" exhibition for the environment and cleaning services on November 9, saying it will continue for four days.

This came during a meeting organized by the General Administration of Environmental Sanitation Affairs at the Ministry on Saturday to officially announce the date of the exhibition's launching in the presence of a number of sponsoring and participating entities and companies.

Education

Misrata University declared winner of Start Cup Competition in Turkey

Misrata University achieved an international achievement by winning first place in the Start Cup Competition with the (SANAA) project in Turkey.

The international competition was held at Istanbul Aydin University in Turkey, as part of the programmes of the Union of Mediterranean Universities with the aim of enhancing academic and research cooperation between universities in the region.

Health

UNICEF supports vaccination campaign in Libya

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has trained 90 volunteers to support the vaccination campaign in Libya, in cooperation with the National Center for Disease Control (NCDC).

The training, which included volunteers from civil society organizations, the Libyan Red Crescent, and the Scout Movement, aims to qualify these volunteers to support and implement the vaccination campaign in three major cities in Libya: Tripoli, Benghazi, and Misrata. 

Opinions

After the Central Bank crisis, what is the possible role of the Presidential Council?

Is the Central Bank crisis over? It seems so, because an agreement was reached under the auspices of the acting Head of the United Nations Mission in Libya, Stephanie Koury, and was signed by the representatives of the House of Representatives and the High Council of State, after agreeing on the new governor and his deputy.

The Presidential Council succeeded in achieving a long-awaited change, or more precisely, succeeded in pushing the two houses to activate a task that is part of their responsibilities, which is to select and assign competent and capable figures to sovereign positions according to the political agreement.

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