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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.

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.

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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.

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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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.

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.

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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.

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.

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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.

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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.

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