Libya Security Sector Reform Talks Resume as UN Pushes Military Unification
Libya France Economic Cooperation Expands Amid Major Energy and Investment Deals
Economy
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Libya Shipwreck Rescue in Misrata Highlights Storm Chaos and Governance Strains
In late January, a Libyan freighter sailing into Misrata port scrambled to save its fellow mariners. A commercial cargo ship...
Libya Central Bank Certificates of Deposit Aim to Absorb Excess Liquidity and Stabilize the Dinar
The Central Bank of Libya (CBL) has invited commercial banks to subscribe to a fresh issue of Shariah-compliant certificates of...
IMF Warns Libya Dinar Exchange Rate Gap Is Widening Amid Political Division and Fiscal Imbalance
In mid-November 2025, a team from the International Monetary Fund met with Libyan officials (in Tunis) and issued a stark...
Energy
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Eni Libya Gas Project at Bahr Essalam to Boost Output and End Flaring by 2026
Italy’s state-backed energy company Eni announced it will start operating a new gas compression unit at the offshore Bahr Essalam...
Waha Oil Corruption Investigation Deepens as Libyan Prosecutors Detain Senior Executives
Libya’s Public Prosecution has ordered the detention of two senior Waha Oil Company executives amid allegations of overspending millions of...
Bouri Gas Field Development in Libya Advances with New Italian Contracts
The offshore platform at Libya’s Bouri field is being overhauled to capture natural gas that was once flared as waste....
Politics
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English Education Reform in Libya Gains Momentum with U.S. Support
In Tripoli on January 13, officials from Libya’s education ministry sat down with the U.S. Embassy’s cultural attaché to discuss...
Libya Security Sector Reform Talks Resume as UN Pushes Military Unification
Libya’s Chief of General Staff, Gen. Salah al-Din al-Namroush, met Jan. 21 with the U.N.’s head of Security Sector Reform...
Libya France Economic Cooperation Expands Amid Major Energy and Investment Deals
Acting Foreign Minister Al-Taher Al-Baour met in Tripoli on Jan. 26 with French Ambassador Thierry Vallat to discuss expanding Libya’s...
World
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Libya–World Bank Economic Reform Talks Aim to Attract Investment
In Washington last week, a Libyan government delegation met with World Bank officials to shape next year’s annual work plan...
Sarkozy Libya Funding Scandal: French Court Jails Former President Over 2007 Campaign Conspiracy
Last month, a French court handed Sarkozy a five-year prison term, finding him guilty of criminal conspiracy in a scheme...
Oil, Influence, and Fragile Alliances: Libya’s Strange Trade Relations Amid Conflict
In the chaos of post-revolution Libya, trade should be the least controversial topic. And yet, the country’s most vital economic...
