The Tripoli Center Municipality said that the pandemic situation of the Coronavirus is worsening.
The Municipality urged the citizens to comply with the preventive measures including social distancing.
It held the Higher Committee for the Fight against the Coronavirus, the Ministry of Health, and the Ministry of Interior responsible for the continuous increase in the number of cases for not activating quarantine measures and maintaining order during curfew hours.
Libya’s foreign minister on Sunday urged the United Nations Security Council to refer mass graves discovered in the city of Tarhuna to the International Criminal Court (ICC).
According to a written statement published by the Foreign Ministry on its Facebook account, Mohamed Siala sent a letter to the U.N. Security Council.
He said that they had found 11 mass graves, in which some people, including women and children, were buried alive, in Tarhuna.
The Foreign Ministry stated that the Libyan Center for Mine Clearance along with the Libyan army demining teams have begun bilateral cooperation with an Italian team specialized in this issue to clear the landmines in south of Tripoli.
The ministry indicated that the Government of National Accord (GNA) is seeking diligently to cooperate with several countries, including Turkey, Italy and relevant organizations to help clear the mined areas, in order to secure the safe return of citizens to their homes.
last week, the Head of the Libyan Presidential Council Fayez Al-Sarraj requested from the Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte some assistance in removing IEDs and mines planted by Haftar’s forces in residential areas in southern Tripoli.
The Supreme Judicial Council has decided to resume the operation of judicial bodies as of next Wednesday, noting that its decision was based on the proposals of the Inspection Department of the judicial bodies, in an effort to combat the spread of the Coronavirus pandemic.
According to the statement, the Inspection Department is responsible for overseeing the judicial bodies, ensuring that it is taking all necessary measures and setting guidelines to control the return to normal judicial work, during the coming period, until the end of the threat of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Hellenic shipping, an online daily newspaper said that the implications from Libya’s latest absence from the tanker market are bound to affect rates in this part of the world. While a return to stability appears to still have some way to go, before it’s materialized, recent efforts to restore production and increase exports, could go a long way into improving the market, in this part of the Mediterranean.
According to shipbroker Gibson, “Libya has Africa’s largest proven crude reserves and relies on oil exports for almost all of the state’s revenues. The country’s oil fields, pipelines and terminals have frequently been damaged during the fighting.
Interruptions to oil exports have cost the Libyan treasury billions of dollars. Crude exports from the country reached 36 mln bbls in October last year but plummeted to 1.8 mln bbls during March and April.
The shipbroker added that “this follows several drops in exports in recent years, but none have been as severe and long-lasting as those seen during this year. The resumption of exports from Libya will provide additional volumes into the regional/global market at a time when demand is slowing returning.
However, adding 370k b/d of crude production will significantly benefit the Libyan economy, and if production can remain stable, it will provide increased tanker employment.
Given that the Cross Mediterranean Aframax (TD19) route currently sits at its lowest levels since April 2018, any increase in Libyan export volumes will be welcome news.
Speaking during an interview on the TRT Haber television channel, Turkey’s Energy and Natural Resources Minister Fatih Dönmez announced that Ankara and Libya’s United Nations-recognized Government of National Accord (GNA) signed two separate pacts, one that encompasses military cooperation and the other maritime boundaries of the two countries in the Eastern Mediterranean.
The maritime pact, effective from Dec. 8, asserted Turkey’s rights in the region in the face of unilateral drilling by the Greek Cypriot administration, clarifying that the TRNC also has rights to the resources in the area.
“The legal procedure will take almost three months, and if there are no other applications, Turkish Petroleum will start new drilling activities in these areas in the following three to four months,” the minister said.
According to Dönmez, with the recent positive news from Libya, new infrastructure projects can be realized. “Turkish contractors are very familiar with the region and currently two big Turkish private firms are constructing two new big electricity production plants,” he explained, adding that these projects could become operational in one or two months.
Interior Minister Fathi Bashagha said Sunday there is no place in Libya for war criminals who are trying to take control of the administration with the power of weapons.
Bashagha took to Twitter and said Libya would welcome initiatives that accept a civilian administration to end the crisis.
Bashagha welcomed attempts to end the crisis and unite state institutions, which guarantees Libya’s sovereignty, an army that submits to a civil administration and a civil administration that accepts the will of the people.
The Ministry of the Interior of the Government of National Accord (GNA) has denounced the information circulated on social media pages, regarding the detention and torture of some Egyptian workers.
The Ministry said in a statement, that if this information is true, it considers such illegal actions to be, not only criminal, but contrary to national and international law, stating that it is vigorously investigating the validity of the information posted online.
It went on to say that it is offering a reward of 20,000 Libyan dinars to anyone who could provide the names of the perpetrators or assist in the process of their arrest, vowing to surrender such criminals to the judicial authorities for due process, according to the law.
The National Center for Disease Control has announced the registration of two deaths in isolation rooms in the city of Sebha and 9 cases with COVID-19, including 6 cases from Sebha and 3 from Tripoli.
This brings the number of confirmed cases in Libya to 418, with three recoveries, and eight deaths.
