Libyan govt says more than 600 projects completed

17 july 2025 - 13:04:11 MA/BBA 370 Views Panafrican News Agency Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 658 projects have been fully implemented, while 801 others are still underway in several vital sectors, including education, health and public...

Libya strongly condemns Israeli strikes against Syria

17 july 2025 - 12:20:58 MA/BBA 42 Views Panafrican News Agency Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has strongly condemned the “brutal attacks” carried out by Israeli forces on Syrian...

Libyan Ports Company signs contract in Germany for 154-ton Liebherr container crane for Khoms Port

Libya Asserts Mediterranean Maritime Claims at UN, Rejects Greece-Egypt Accord

Libya has officially submitted its claim on the outer limits of its continental shelf in the Mediterranean to the UN. The declaration, made via a note verbale on May 27, 2025, was circulated as an official document of the 79th UN General Assembly...

Libya submits new note verbale to UN extending continental shelf claims to Crete

Libya has submitted another note verbale to the United Nations, this time enclosing a map outlining the “outer limits of the continental shelf in the Mediterranean Sea,” and extending its claims up to the island of Crete. The note, dated May 27,...

Libya files UN complaint over Greek maritime zones

FOREIGN AFFAIRS One of the maps attached by the Libyan government to its diplomatic note against Greece. The Libyan government in Tripoli has lodged a diplomatic protest with the United Nations, objecting to Greece’s delineation of its Exclusive...

Why did Libya turn away the European leaders in migration talks?

The goal was to hammer out fresh agreements in Libya to curb migrant departures before the summer, thus forestalling a situation that, as Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi warned last Tuesday morning, “risks worsening with the warm season.” For...

Iraqi embassy secures release of citizen detained in Libya for illegal migration

The Chargé d’Affaires at the Iraqi Embassy in Libya, Ahmed Al-Sahhaf, announced the successful release of an Iraqi citizen who had been detained by Libyan authorities for entering the country illegally. According to a statement posted on the...

Libya, Romania discuss closer ties in Tripoli meeting

Foreign Minister, Al-Taher Al-Baour, met with Romania’s Ambassador to Libya, Nicolae Marin, in Tripoli on Wednesday to discuss strengthening bilateral relations. Talks focused on expanding cooperation across various sectors and exchanging views on...

12,338 migrants intercepted at sea and returned to Libya up to 12 July: IOM

In its Libya Weekly Central Mediterranean Update published last Monday 14 July, the UN’s IOM reported that, up to 12 July, a total of 12,338 migrants were intercepted at sea and returned to Libya. Of this total, 10,653 were men, 1,136 were women...

Russian aircraft spotted flying from Libya’s Kufra to RSF-controlled areas in Sudan

Two Russian cargo planes were recently tracked flying from Kufra Airport in southeastern Libya to areas controlled by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Sudan, according to satellite images from the European Copernicus Program reported by Italy’s...

UN Mission, Acting Education Minister review strengthening educational cooperation in Libya

Acting Minister of Education, Ali Al-Abed, held a meeting on Tuesday with Aeneas Chuma, the Resident Representative and Humanitarian Coordinator of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), to discuss ways to strengthen cooperation in...

Libya and Spanish embassy discuss creation of National Drugs Observatory

16 july 2025 - 12:33:49 MA/BBA 569 Views Panafrican News Agency Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Director of the Security Planning Department at the Libyan Ministry of the Interior of the Tripoli-based Government of National Unity, Brigadier General...

Libya Frees 104 Migrants, Arrests Human Traffickers in Torture-for-Ransom Case

Libyan authorities have arrested at least five suspected human traffickers and freed 104 migrants who were held in airless underground chambers on a farm in Ajdabiya, where mass graves had been discovered earlier this year. Some of the victims...

Libyan Export Promotion Centre changes to become Libyan Export Development Authority – new logo adopted

LIbya's eastern-based Prime Minister launches major projects

14 july 2025 - 11:37:47 MA/BBA 683 Views Panafrican News Agency Benghazi, Libya (PANA) -The Prime Minister of Libya's rival government appointed by the eastern-based parliament, Osama Hamad, has reaffirmed his government's commitment to pursuing...

Libyan PM reaffirms commitment to cooperate with UNSMIL to achieve settlement of political crisis

14 july 2025 - 11:47:17 MA/BBA 775 Views Panafrican News Agency Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Prime Minister of the Tripoli-based Government of National Unity (GNU), Abdulhamid Al Dbaiba , has reiterated his commitment to cooperate with the...

Libyan PM hails AfCFTA as 'a continental breakthrough' despite challenges

13 july 2025 - 18:55:26 MA/BBA 1 065 Views Panafrican News Agency Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) represents a historic step forward that strengthens economic integration and opens up new horizons for...

Libyan Airlines teeters as fleet shrinks, staff protest

Libyan Airlines (LN, Tripoli Mitiga) lost up to 80% of its fleet after 19 of its 24 aircraft were destroyed during the so-called "battle of Tripoli International airport" in July-August 2014 during the second Libyan civil war and has received...

EU criticised for enabling human rights violations of refugees

Libya currently remains deeply divided and unstable amid ongoing political deadlock and militia violence. In 2021, the indefinite postponement of national elections led to clashes between the UN-recognized Government of National Unity and the...