NEW DELHI: The Indian Embassy in Tripoli is “closely following” the situation of a batch of Indian workers in Libya who had travelled to that country without proper documents, and working to facilitate their return, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Friday. MEA Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal told reporters that the Indian Embassy is in … Read more
Nigerian striker Victor Boniface made a triumphant return to action in the Bundesliga, scoring the winning goal for Bayer Leverkusen in their 2-1 victory over Eintracht Frankfurt on Saturday. Boniface’s heroics came after a harrowing experience with the Super Eagles in Libya. His goal sealed Leverkusen’s comeback win, ending a two-match winless streak in the … Read more
The Central Bank of Libya is the sole legal repository of billions of dollars a month in revenue from the sale of oil produced in the east of the country. That has made it the subject of frequent hot disputes between the warring factions that have vied for supremacy since the civil war that destroyed … Read more
Libya straddles the verge of a revolution, with the Central Bank having just collapsed and the growing tensions between the Government of National Accord (GNA) headed by Abdul Hamid Dbeibah in Tripoli, a government in Benghazi supported by the warlord Khalifa Haftar, and the rising power of armed militias in the capital. For more … Read more
The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) expressed deep concern on Monday over the worsening situation regarding control of the country’s central bank and the risk of financial mismanagement. For more stories from The Media Line go to themedialine.org “UNSMIL is convening an emergency meeting for all parties involved in the Central Bank … Read more
Divorce.com, a United States website which offers resources and support for navigating divorce, has included Nigeria on its list of countries with high divorce rates. According to data published on their website in July, Nigeria ranked eleventh out of twenty-six countries with the highest divorce rate. The results were meticulously obtained after sampling respondents from … Read more
An even bigger problem, the western diplomats said, is that several countries in the region, including Bahrain and Libya, have locked arms with Lebanon in opposing international regulators’ push for a crackdown, making it all but impossible to effectively target Hezbollah’s illicit financing. FATF declined to comment for this article. The current battle within FATF … Read more
The United Nations’ top officer in Libya issued a dire warning to the Security Council on Tuesday, asserting that the political, military, and security situation in the North African country has significantly deteriorated and that “the status quo is not sustainable.” For more stories from The Media Line go to themedialine.org Stephanie Khoury serves … Read more
India has relaxed its travel ban on Libya from the previous advisory after assessing the prevailing security situation in the country, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Tuesday. Earlier, Libya along with several other countries was on the list of New Delhi’s travel ban list. The modified statement advises the Indian nationals to “avoid … Read more
Three Nigerian writers, Samuel Kolawole, Uche Okonkwo, and Pemi Aguda, have been shortlisted for the 2024 Caine Prize for African Writing. The Caine Prize for African Writing is an annual literary prize for the best short story by an African writer, whether in Africa or elsewhere, published in English. The Caine Prize for African Writing … Read more
