Libya’s east-based army rounded up at least 50 people in a coastal city following a prison escape earlier this year, a rights group said Tuesday. Human Rights Watch said in a statement that an armed group affiliated with the self-styled Libyan Arab Armed Forces launched the crackdown after five prisoners escaped from a prison in…
Libya’s Oil Company Says Production Resumed at Largest Field
CAIRO—Libya’s national oil company said it resumed oil production Tuesday from the country’s largest field three days after an armed group shut it down. The state-run National Oil Corporation said pump valves at the Sharara field were opened a few minutes after midnight local time. It said it lifted a force majeure, a legal maneuver…
Oil Extends Rally on Kazakhstan Unrest, Libyan Outages
LONDON—Oil prices rose sharply on Thursday, extending a rally from the previous session, on escalating unrest in OPEC+ oil producer Kazakhstan and supply outages in Libya. The global benchmark Brent crude futures rose $1.09, or 1.4 percent, to $81.89 a barrel, by 1054 GMT. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures gained $1.17, or 1.5…
Libya: Gadhafi Son Disqualified From Running for President
BENGHAZI, Libya—Libya’s top electoral body on Wednesday disqualified the son and onetime heir apparent of the late dictator Moammar Gadhafi from running for president in elections to be held next month, citing his previous convictions. The name of Seif al-Islam Gadhafi appeared on a list of ineligible candidates issued by the country’s High National Elections…
Gadhafi’s Son Announces Candidacy for President of Libya
CAIRO—The son and one-time heir apparent of late Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi announced Sunday his candidacy for the country’s presidential election next month, Libya’s election agency said. Seif al-Islam, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court on charges of crimes against humanity related to the 2011 uprising, submitted his candidacy papers in the southern…
Red Crescent Says Bodies of 17 People Washed Ashore in Libya
ABOARD GEO BARENTS—At least 17 bodies, likely of Europe-bound migrants, have washed ashore in western Libya, the Libyan Red Crescent said. They were found Tuesday near the western Libyan town of Zawiya, the Red Crescent’s branch in the town said. The bodies were handed over to authorities for burial, it said. The migrants likely drowned….
Libyan Indoor Soccer Player Dies in Malaria Outbreak in Team
CAIRO—A malaria outbreak among Libya’s national indoor soccer team has claimed the life of one player while several others have been sickened following the team’s participation in the African Minifootball Cup in Nigeria, Libya’s sports ministry and its minifootball federation said. According to a statement by the ministry on Wednesday, Ayman al-Naqrish, 24, died in…
At Least 17 Migrants Drown in Shipwreck Off Tunis
TUNIS—At least 17 African migrants drowned in a shipwreck off Tunis as they tried to cross the Mediterranean from Libya to Italy, the Tunisian Red Crescent said on Thursday. The Tunisian coastguard had rescued two Nigerian women in waters off the southern town of Zarzis, Red Crescent official Mongi Slim also told Reuters. The ship…
Libyan Interior Minister Survives Attack on Motorcade
CAIRO—The interior minister of Libya’s U.N.-backed government survived an ambush by gunmen on his motorcade on Feb. 21, a brazen attack highlighting the towering challenges that remain for the newly appointed government that is trying to unite the country before elections late this year. Armed men opened fire at Fathi Bashagha’s motorcade on a highway…
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