Category: North Africa

Russia said it welcomed a contested deal that would allow Libya to resume oil exports halted by a blockade at the start of the year, with revenue distributed across the Continue Reading

A member of the Libyan National Army stands on a military vehicle at one of their sites in west of Sirte, Libya Libyan commander Khalifa Haftar announced on Friday he Continue Reading

Libya: A New Twist to Haftar’s Power Play Turkey would like the world to think that the resignation of the eastern government this week signifies the weakening of General Haftar. Continue Reading

Libya’s National Oil Corporation (NOC) is conditioning lifting the force majeure on the country’s oil exports on the demilitarization of all oil facilities and export terminals, NOC’s chairman Mustafa Sanalla Continue Reading

Two rival groups in Libya — the UN-backed Government of National Accord and the self-styled Libyan National Army — have agreed to reopen key oil ports, signaling the possible restart Continue Reading

Libya’s state-owned National Oil Corp. reiterated on Sept. 18 that it will not lift force majeure on crude exports from the blockaded oil terminals unless these facilities are demilitarized. Receive Continue Reading

Protesters angry over the area’s crippling electricity shortages, set fire to tires on Thursday, Sept. 10, 2020 in Benghazi, Libya. Libya’s east-based parliament has convened an emergency meeting to address Continue Reading

An interim government in eastern Libya resigned on Sunday amid street protests that erupted across the divided country over dire living conditions, officials said. Prime Minister Abdallah al-Thani submitted the resignation Continue Reading

Libyan strongman General Khalifa Haftar has pledged to reopen the country’s oil ports this weekend, the U.S. embassy in the North African country said in a statement on Saturday. “The Continue Reading