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OiLybya Begins Pouring Oil in

Tue, 25/11/2008 - 08:56
After 60 years of presence in the country, Shell Ethiopia has totally moved out of the Ethiopian market as of November 14, 2008, after Libya Oil Holding Ltd (OiLibya) finalised the purchase and sale agreement it entered with the former.
Categories: North Africa

Bush Calls Qadhafi to Praise Settlement Agreement

Thu, 20/11/2008 - 11:39
A telephone call between President Bush and a world leader is a common enough event to not merit much attention, but when the president called Libyan leader Muammar Qadhafi November 17, it represented a remarkable turnaround in U.S.-Libyan relations.
Categories: North Africa

Somali President Flies to Libya

Mon, 17/11/2008 - 12:50
A plane carrying Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed has landed on Sunday night at the Libyan capital airport as the president was due to hold emergency meeting with MPs officials said.
Categories: North Africa

Country Opens Door to Tourists

Sat, 15/11/2008 - 10:04
From thousands of kilometres of pristine Mediterranean coastline, to sweeping desert sand dunes and ancient ruins that rival Greece and Italy, Libya has a lot to offer travellers looking for a rare off-the-beaten path destination but obstacles remain.
Categories: North Africa

New Islamic University to Open in Kampala

Wed, 12/11/2008 - 11:36
The Libyan-based World Islamic Call Society is to open a university in Uganda by the end of this year. The society's secretary-general, Dr. Muhammad Shariff, said the university, which started in Tripoli, Libya in 1975 had opened up branches in Chad, Syria and England.
Categories: North Africa

Country Gets 30 Tons of Rice From Libya

Mon, 03/11/2008 - 20:07
The government of Libya has provided about 30 tons of rice to Liberia.
Categories: North Africa

Country Compensates Lockerbie Victims

Mon, 03/11/2008 - 12:47
Libya has paid $1.5bn into a United States compensation fund for relatives of victims of terror attacks blamed on Tripoli, the US state department said yesterday.
Categories: North Africa

Work on K'la-Eldoret Oil Pipeline to Begin

Mon, 27/10/2008 - 09:15
CONSTRUCTION of the Kampala - Eldoret oil pipeline to transport petroleum products starts in two months, the Libyan Minister of Economy, Trade and Investment, has said.
Categories: North Africa

Detained Doctor Released for Medical Reasons

Thu, 16/10/2008 - 11:31
The International Secretariat of OMCT has been informed by a reliable source and by Antenna International, a member organisation of OMCT SOS-Torture network, about the release for medical reasons of Dr. Idris Bufayed during the night from 8 to 9 October 2008 from the Sabrata Hospital in Tripoli. He has reportedly been allowed to travel abroad to benefit from appropriate medical treatment.
Categories: North Africa

10 Somalis Die in Libya's Desert

Wed, 15/10/2008 - 14:18
At least 10 Somalis died in a desert between Libya and Sudan as they were attempting to cross the desert in search of greener pastures in Europe on Tuesday according to survivors.
Categories: North Africa

America Visits - the Clues And the Implications

Tue, 14/10/2008 - 13:37
America walked into Libya days back. Condolezza Rice called her visit historic. The American Secretary of State was not wrong. It's the first time an incumbent Secretary of State came calling in Tripoli in more than five decades. The saying that there's no permanent enemies and no permanent friends is a major dynamic of international relations. Once again, it's manifest.
Categories: North Africa

Gadaffi Crowned 'King of Kings' As He Seeks to Create 'Continental Govt'

Mon, 13/10/2008 - 10:22
Political pundits and academicians were last week trying to make sense of Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi's latest game plan, after he had himself crowned "King of Kings" by a section of African traditional leaders, sultans, sheiks and mayors from Muslim North Africa during ceremonies in Benghazi at the end of August.
Categories: North Africa

Migrants Risk All to Cross Desert

Thu, 09/10/2008 - 17:27
Sub-Saharan migrants continue attempting dangerous and illegal crossings into Libya and Algeria.
Categories: North Africa

Freddy Kasseri, 'Migrants Are Dying Out Here'

Thu, 09/10/2008 - 16:49
Freddy Kasseri, 23, travelled from Ghana to Niger intending to cross the desert into Libya. He did not make it. Libyan security forces return migrants via land to a military post in northern Niger, where the migrants are turned over to Nigerien soldiers. Kasseri was transferred 650km to Agadez, where he is working to save money for a second attempt.
Categories: North Africa

Libya's Leader Mouammar Kaddafi Receives Honorary Doctorate From University

Wed, 08/10/2008 - 13:19
During an official ceremony organized on Tuesday held at the main lecture hall of the National Institute of Applied Sciences (INSAT), in Tunis, Libya's Leader Mouammar Kaddafi was given an Honorary Doctorate in Arabic and Islamic Civilisation from the University of November, 7 at Carthage.
Categories: North Africa

Libyans Unveil New Hotel Name

Fri, 03/10/2008 - 08:25
Libyan owners of the Grand Regency Hotel have changed its name even as the Cockar Commission investigating the sale is yet to complete its work.
Categories: North Africa

Obasanjo, Gaddafi Hold Secret Talks

Wed, 01/10/2008 - 11:47
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo who left the country for Libya on Monday on the invitation of the Libyan President, Muammar Gaddafi, returned yesterday and wished Nigeria goodluck on its 48th independent anniversary.
Categories: North Africa

Country's Gaddafi Throws Away His Bad Boy Image in a Clever Gamble

Wed, 01/10/2008 - 11:20
The leader of what is officially known as the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya is changing tact after decades of a terror campaign against the West, which now accepts him as he pursues his United States of Africa dream. igerian-based commentator, Okello Oculi traces the political evolution of Muammar Gaddafi
Categories: North Africa

Obasanjo Leaves for Libya

Tue, 30/09/2008 - 11:14
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo left Nigeria for Libya yesterday on a "private visit".
Categories: North Africa

Corruption Thwarts Development in Africa, Libya Says at UN Debate

Tue, 30/09/2008 - 07:59
Corruption, bribery, money-laundering and the transfer of illegally-derived funds all obstruct progress towards reaching the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), eight anti-poverty targets with a 2015 deadline, especially in Africa, a senior Libyan official told the General Assembly today.
Categories: North Africa