Power Shortages Shut LISCO
According to a report from Reuters, Libya’s biggest steel firm has ceased production for at least the month of August due to power shortages. The Chairman of the Libyan Iron and Steel Company (LISCO),...
View ArticleTurkish Consulate in Misrata closed after Attack
The Turkish consulate in Misrata has been closed after a grenade attack on Monday morning, reports Xinhua. “A man wearing civilian clothes was monitored by the consulate’s surveillance cameras in...
View ArticleLibyan Brotherhood chooses New Leader
The Libya Herald has reported that Libya’s Muslim Brotherhood has elected Ahmed Abdullah Al-Suqi as its new leader. From Benghazi, but from a Misrata family, he replaces Bashir Kubti [Kupti], also from...
View ArticleCivilian Toll Mounts in Benghazi
According to a new report from Human Rights Watch, unidentified forces fired at least four rockets at two camps for internally displaced people in Benghazi on January 9, 2016. Two witnesses told HRW...
View ArticleVideo: Checkpoints in Misrata to confront IS
From Al Jazeera. Any opinions expressed are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Libya Business News. The UN has called for a halt in the fighting between Libyan armed...
View ArticleVideo: Coastguard Braces for Fresh Refugee Wave
From Al Jazeera. Any opinions expressed are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Libya Business News. Refugees and migrants are looking for alternative routes to Europe...
View ArticleVideo: Fighting forces 28,000 from Homes
From Al Jazeera. Any opinions expressed are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Libya Business News. Fighting in Libya is forcing many to seek safety anywhere they can....
View ArticleVideo: On Patrol with Libya’s Coastguard
From Al Jazeera. Any opinions expressed are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Libya Business News. Libya has 1,800km of coast line and protecting it from threats is a...
View ArticleVideo: ISIL advances in Misrata
From Al Jazeera. Any opinions expressed are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Libya Business News. In a wave of attacks ISIL fighters have captured five villages between...
View ArticleVideo: Civilians leave Misrata amid Intense Fighting
From Al Jazeera. Any opinions expressed are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Libya Business News. Intense fighting continues between pro-government forces and ISIL...
View ArticleISIS Executed Dozens in Sirte
The extremist armed group Islamic State, also known as ISIS, has unlawfully executed at least 49 people in its Libyan stronghold of Sirte since February 2015, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a report...
View ArticleGovt: “Quick Win” Projects for Foreign Investors
By Adam Nathan. Libya’s Deputy Prime Minister has called for foreign companies to come back to Libya and work on key infrastructure and “quick win” projects with the new government in Tripoli. In an...
View ArticleVideo: Misrata Hospital Overwhelmed in Anti-IS Fight
From AFP. Any opinions expressed are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Libya Business News. The entrance hall of Misrata’s only hospital is crammed with beds reserved...
View ArticleVideo: Sirte Fighters treated at Misrata Hospital
From AFP. Any opinions expressed are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Libya Business News. Libya’s pro-government forces corner Islamic State group jihadists in their...
View ArticleDisplaced Tawerghans to Return Home
The Special Representatives of the Secretary-General and head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), Martin Kobler, welcomes the reconciliation agreement signed yesterday, 31 August...
View ArticleItaly to Increase Support to Libya – No ‘Boots on the Ground’
By John Lee. Italy will set up a military hospital and deploy 300 doctors, nurses and soldiers in Libya, according to a report from Reuters. The move follows a request from the UN-recognised Government...
View ArticleUN Appeals for Aid for Sirte
The United Nations and its humanitarian partners in Libya, today, called on the international community and donors to urgently provide US$ 10.7 million to meet the lifesaving action and emergency...
View ArticleItaly Provides Aid to Tripoli and Misrata
Italy’s Ambassador-Designate to Libya, Giuseppe Perrone, and the Special Envoy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for Libya, Giorgio Starace, travelled to Tripoli and Misrata last week while a delivery...
View ArticleAfriqiyah Wet-Leases Turboprop from Medavia
By John Lee. Afriqiyah Airways is reportedly wet-leasing a Dash 8-100 from Malta’s Medavia to run its scheduled charter flights between Libya with Malta. According to ch-aviation, two weekly flights...
View ArticleDairy Firm “could close within two months”
By John Lee. Libya’s main producer of yoghurt and laban ( a traditional strained yoghurt) may have to stop production if it continues to be unable access new letters of credit from the Central Bank of...
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