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Abdoulaye Bathily becomes the new special envoy of the UN Secretary General in Libya

Abdoulaye Bathily becomes the new special envoy of the UN Secretary General in Libya
09/08/2022 | People
LIBYA. UN Secretary General Antonio Gutterres has appointed former Senegalese minister Abdoulaye Bathily as his special envoy to Libya. He is the first African to hold the post.
Abdelhamid Dbeibeh, Abdoulaye Bathily, Adbelmadjid Tebboune, Africa, Algeria, Antonio Gutterres, Cheikh Anta Diop University, Fathi Bashagha, France, Gabon, Ghassan Salamé, Ján Kubiš, Libya, Libyan Political Dialogue Forum, Mali, Salam Fayyad, Senegal, Skhirat Agreement, Stéphane Dujarric, Tobruk, Tripoli, UN, United Nations, United Nations Support Mission in Libya, University of Birmingham, UNMIL, UNMISMA, Unoca

The weapons speak again in Libya

The weapons speak again in Libya
08/30/2022 | Society / Institutions
LIBYA. The concentration of armed men on the outskirts of Tripoli eventually led to a clash with a heavy toll of 32 dead and 159 wounded.
Abdelhamid Dbeibeh, conflict, Fathi Bashagha, Libya, Manul, Sirte, Tobruk, Tripoli, UNG, United Nations Support Mission in Libya

The spectre of a third Libyan civil war haunts the outskirts of Tripoli

The spectre of a third Libyan civil war haunts the outskirts of Tripoli
08/30/2022 | Society / Institutions
LIBYA. The concentration in the outskirts of Tripoli has been growing since the beginning of the week, leading to fears of new clashes between the supporters of the Prime Minister of the national unity government, Abdelhamid Dbeibeh, and those of Prime Minister Fathi Bashagha, appointed by the parliament sitting in Tobruk.
Abdelhamid Deibeh, Aguila Saleh, Fathi Bashagha, GNU, Government of National Unity, Khaled Mechri, Libya, Libyan House of Representatives, Libyan Political Dialogue Forum, Libyan Supreme Court, Manul, Muammar Qaddafi, Sirte, Tobruk, Tripoli, UN, United Nations, United Nations Support Mission in Libya

UN alarms over volatile security situation in Libya

UN alarms over volatile security situation in Libya
07/26/2022 | Society / Institutions
LIBYA. Increased demonstrations, armed skirmishes between supporters of the two prime ministers, dismissal of the president of the oil company, multiple governments, Libya is sinking into chaos because of the failure to organise elections. The UN is concerned... once again.
Abdel Hamid Dbeibah, Akakus Oil Co, Al-Bayda, Antonio Guterres, Benghazi, Cairo, CBL, Central Bank of Libya, Fahrat Bengdara, Fathi Bashagha, GNU, Jowfe Oil Technology Co, Libya, Libyan Political Dialogue Forum, Martha Pobee, Mellitah Oil and Gas Co, Misrata, Muammar Gaddafi, Mustafa Sanalla, NOC, Sirte, Stephanie Williams, Tobruk, Tripoli, UN, United Nations, Zallaf Libya Oil and Gas, Zueitina Oil

Sonatrach, Occidental Petroleum, Eni and TotalEnergy to drill 100 oil wells together in Berkine

Sonatrach, Occidental Petroleum, Eni and TotalEnergy to drill 100 oil wells together in Berkine
07/20/2022 | Industry
ALGERIA / ITALY / FRANCE. The Algerian Sonatrach signs a "production sharing" contract with the American Occidental Petroleum, the Italian Eni and the French TotalEnergies.
Abdelmadjid Tebboune, Algeria, Algiers, Azerbaijan, Berkine, Enhanced Oil recovery, Eni, EOR, Europe, France, gas, Hassi Messaoud, hydrocarbons, Italy, Laurent Vivier, Libya, Mario Draghi, Middle East and North Africa, Occidental Petroleum, oil, Rome, Skikda, Sonatrach, TotalEnergies, Toufik Hakkar, United States

The Mediterranean in drought

The Mediterranean in drought
07/05/2022 | Environment
MEDITERRANEAN. Drought is hitting the western Mediterranean this year, with greatly increased fire risks everywhere, and in the worst affected countries a drop in harvests and a threat to drinking water supplies.
agricultural production, Algeria, drinking water, drought, Egypt, Emilia-Romagna, fires, France, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy, Libya, Lombardy, Mediterranean, Morocco, PACA, Piedmont, Po Plain, Portugal, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Spain, Tunisia, Veneto

Libyan Parliament and High State Council Speakers to meet in Geneva

Libyan Parliament and High State Council Speakers to meet in Geneva
06/24/2022 | Society / Institutions
LIBYA. After the failure of the round of negotiations in Cairo, the UN organises a meeting in Geneva between Aguila Saleh, President of the House of Representatives, and Khaled el-Mechri, his counterpart in the High State Council.
Abdelhamid Dbeibah, Antonio Guterres, Fathi Bachagha, HoR, Libya, Libyan Dialogue Forum, Libyan politics, Muammar Gaddafi, Palais des Nations, Sirte, Stephani Williams, Tobruk, Tripoli, UN, United Nations

Libyan parliament approves rival government's budget

Libyan parliament approves rival government's budget
06/16/2022 | Society / Institutions
LIBYA. The Libyan House of Representatives approved the 2022 budget presented by the new Prime Minister Fathi Bachagha, rival of Abdelhamid Dbeibeh, still in office.
Abdelhamid Debeibeh, Fathi Bachagha, GNU, Government of National Unity, HCS, HOR, Khaled Al-Mishri, Libya, Libya budget, Libya House of Representatives, Libyan High State Council, Libyan Parliament, Libyan Political Dialogue Forum, Libyan politics, Sirte, Stephanie Williams, Tobruk, Tripoli, UN, United Nations

UN gives Libyan rivals a week to agree on electoral framework

UN gives Libyan rivals a week to agree on electoral framework
06/14/2022 | Society / Institutions
LIBYA. As the third and final round of negotiations between Libyan rivals to establish a constitutional framework for elections begins in Cairo, the UN is demanding an agreement by Sunday 19 June 2022.
Abdelhamid Debeibeh, Cairo, Fathi Bashagha, Libya, Stephanie Williams, United Nations

Mediterranean employment ministers want to promote an economy for the benefit of all

Mediterranean employment ministers want to promote an economy for the benefit of all
05/19/2022 | Society / Institutions
MEDITERRANEAN. In Marrakech, the employment and labour ministers of the Union for the Mediterranean committed themselves to meeting the challenges of employment and employability for the most vulnerable people, in particular young people and women.
Albania, Algeria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, EBRD, Egypt, EIB, employment, EU, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, European Investment Bank, European Union, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Labour, Lebanon, Libya, Marrakech, Mauritania, Mediterranean, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, Nasser Kamel, Nayef Stetieh, Nicolas Schmit, Palestine, Regional Initiative Team Europe, Spain, Syria, trade and investment, Tunisia, Turkey, UfM, UfM hub for employment promotion, Union for the Mediterranean

Sirte becomes the new capital of Libya's parallel government

Sirte becomes the new capital of Libya's parallel government
05/12/2022 | Society / Institutions
LIBYA. Fathi Bachagha calls on all parties and civil society organisations to engage in a dialogue with him to get out of the institutional crisis that is undermining Libya with two rival prime ministers in office.
Abdel Hamid Dbeibah, Cyreneaic, Fathi Bachagha, Islamic State, Libya, Muammar Gaddafi, Sirte, Tobruk, Tripoli

WFA predicts rising inflation rates in Arab countries in 2022

WFA predicts rising inflation rates in Arab countries in 2022
04/22/2022 | Society / Institutions
ARAB COUNTRIES. The Arab Monetary Fund predicts rising inflation in the twelve Arab countries, but strong growth driven by oil producing states.
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, UAE, Yemen

Libya's political crisis spills over into oil production

Libya's political crisis spills over into oil production
04/21/2022 | Industry
LIBYA. The political dispute between Libya's two rival prime ministers is now impinging on the country's economy itself because of the blockage of the oil infrastructure, which accounts for 97% of state revenue.
Abdel Hamid Dbeibah, Abu Al-Tifl, Al Khaleej, al-Intissar, al-Nakhla, al-Sarrir, Al-Sharara, Brega, CBL, Central Bank of Libya, El Feel, Fathi Bachagha, gas, hydrocarbons, industry, Libya, Libyan economy, Libyan National Hydrocarbon Company, Libyan Political Dialogue Forum, Mellitah, Mustafa Sanalla, NAtional Oil Company, NOC, oil, OMV, Repsol, Russia, Statoil, Tobruk, TotalEnergy, Tripoli, Tunis, Ukraine, UN, Zaouia, Zouetina

Libyan rivals try to reach agreement on future elections

Libyan rivals try to reach agreement on future elections
04/14/2022 | Society / Institutions
LIBYA. Representatives of the Libyan Parliament and High Council of State begin talks in Cairo to define a solid constitutional basis for holding national elections.
Abdel Hamid Dbeibah, Aguila Saleh, Cairo, Egypt, Fathi Bachagha, HoR, Libya, Libya elections, Libyan High Council of State, Libyan House of Representatives, Libyan legislature, Libyan Parliament, Libyan Political Dialogue Forum, Libyan politics, Libyan presidential elections, Manul, Muamar Gaddafi, Stephanie Williams, Tobruk, Tripoli, UNSMIL

The three Maghreb countries are candidates to host the headquarters of the African Medicines Agency

The three Maghreb countries are candidates to host the headquarters of the African Medicines Agency
04/13/2022 | Society / Institutions
AFRICA. With the candidature of Tunisia, it is from now on the three Maghreb countries which want to shelter the permanent seat of the future African Agency of Medicines.
Addis Ababa, Africa, African Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, African Medicines Agency, African pharmaceutical industry, African Union, Aggrey John Douglas Amabali, Algeria, Ali M'Rabet, AMA, Arab International Bank of Tunisia, AU, BIAT, Cameroon, DC Africa, Egypt, Goldstein Market Intelligence, Khaled Laouiti, Libya, Maghreb, medical, medicine, Mohamed Arrouchi, Morocco, pharmaceutical industry, Pierre Behnam, Pierre Fabre, Pierre Fabre Laboratories Complex, RECs, Regional Economic Communities, Senegal, Tunis, Tunisia, UNECA, WADA headquarters, WHO, World Health Organisation

Algeria to supply more gas to Italy

Algeria to supply more gas to Italy
04/12/2022 | Industry
ALGERIA / ITALY. The Italian group ENI and the Algerian state company Sonatrach sign a new gas agreement to strengthen energy cooperation between Algeria and Italy.
Abdelmadjid Tebboune, Al Arabiya, Algeria, Azerbaijan, Ben Atou Ziane, energy, Eni, Enrico Mattei, gas pipeline, Giovanni Pugliese, hydrocarbons, industry, Italy, Libya, Luigi Di Maio, Mario Draghi, Mediterranean, Roberto Cingolani, Sicily, Sonatrach, Toufik Hakkar, Transmed, Tunisia

Emerging Mediterranean seeks Mediterranean start-ups to participate in its 2022 programme

Emerging Mediterranean seeks Mediterranean start-ups to participate in its 2022 programme
04/12/2022 | Society / Institutions
MEDITERRANEAN. Emerging Mediterranean is launching a new call for applications for the third cycle of this acceleration programme aimed at entrepreneurs with high social and environmental impacts from the southern shore of the Mediterranean.
AFD, agritech, Al Diagnosis, Algeria, Bootcamp, competition, Dawrrat, edutech, Emerging Mediterranean, Emerging Valley, environment, esanté, France, French Development Agency, Julie Lanckriet-Goerig, Libya, Marseille, Mauritania, Mediterranean, Mehan Houra, Morocco, Neolli, Neotic, Salir Abdelkrim, social and solidarity economy, Summit of the two shores, The Dot, Tunis, Tunisia, women entrepreneurship

Kaïs Saïed promises legislative elections in Tunisia "on the basis of a new voting system"

Kaïs Saïed promises legislative elections in Tunisia "on the basis of a new voting system"
04/12/2022 | Society / Institutions
TUNISIA. While his country is in the midst of an economic, social and political crisis, the Tunisian president Kaïs Saïed continues to control the State while promising legislative elections in December 2022 after having decided to dissolve the Parliament.
ARP, Assembly of People's Representatives, Centre d'Étude et de Réflexion sur le Monde Francophone, CERMF, Ennahdha, GDP Tunisia, Hichem Mechichi, IMF, INS, Institut national de la statistique tunisienne, International Monetary Fund, Kaïs Saïed, Libya, Martyrs' Day, Mohammed Al-Huweij, Najla Bouden Rhomdane, Rached Ghannouchi, Samir Saied, Tunis, Tunisia, Tunisian economy, Tunisian politics, World Bank, Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali, Zuwara

Agnès Levallois: "The only possible way out of the crisis in Lebanon is a secular state"

Agnès Levallois: "The only possible way out of the crisis in Lebanon is a secular state"
04/07/2022 | Society / Institutions
MEDITERRANEAN. During an exclusive interview granted to econostrum.info within the framework of the 11th International Meeting of Cybèle, Agnès Levallois, former journalist, consultant specialist of the Middle East, says she believes in the emergence of new systems in the countries which knew social movements during the last decade. In particular in Lebanon.
Agnès Levallois, Ben Ali, Egypt, Emmanuel Macron, International Monetary Fund, Lebanon, Libya, Mediterranean, Mubarak

The Eastern Mediterranean becomes a new gas province

The Eastern Mediterranean becomes a new gas province
04/05/2022 | Society / Institutions
MEDITERRANEAN. The problem of gas resources in the Mediterranean, but also of their sharing, was invited to the 11th Cybèle meeting in Marseilles whereas the decision of the European Union not to be supplied with Russian gas imposes to find other solutions.
Albania, Algeria, Ankara, Azerbaijan, Croatia, Cyprus, EastMed, EEZ, Egypt, Eni, EU, Euromed-IHEDN, European Union, France, Francis Perrin, gas, gas industry, gas pipelines, Gaza, Greece, GZ4, hydrocarbons, Institut des relations internationales et stratégiques, Iris, Israel, Italy, Lebanon, Libya, Marseille, Medgaz, Mediterranean, Middle East, Morocco, Nicosia, Oruç Reis, Paris, PCNS, Policy center for the new south, Rabat, Rencontre internationale de Cybèle, RTCN, Russia, Russian gas, Serbia, Slovenia, Sonatrach, Spain, Syria, TAP, TotalEnergy, Toufik Hakkar, Trans-Adriatic Pipeline, Transmed, Turkey, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, Ukraine, UN, UNCLOS, United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, Yves Lacoste, Élie Jarmache

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