Libya

A fully equipped medical clinic has set sail from the Libyan capital, Tripoli, aboard the vessel Omar Al-Mukhtar on a humanitarian mission to support the Global Sumood Convoy, which aims to break the blockade on Gaza

The UN Special Representative to Libya Hanna Tetteh presented to the Security Council a new roadmap aimed at resuming the political process and holding general elections, emphasizing the urgency to end transitional phase and unify the divided institutions

The National Committee for Combating Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing has called for the swift adoption of anti-money laundering law, as international reports have flagged suspicious activities potentially passing through Libya’s financial system

Libyan authorities have freed 104 migrant from a human trafficking network in the eastern city of Ajdabiya, the Attorney General’s Office announced; five suspects were arrested, accused of illegal detention and torture to extort ransom from families

A fossilized whale skeleton around five million years old, dating back to the Miocene epoch - one of the rarest geological discoveries in Qasr Al-Sahabi area - will be restored by the Benghazi Department of Antiquities and permanently displayed

The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations FAO warned of the arrival of locust swarms in western Libya, central Algeria and southern Tunisia, noting the possibility of spring breeding following the February rains

The national oil company announced a public tender round for oil and gas exploration – the first in seventeen years, a long-anticipated move that marks a milestone in Libya’s efforts to revitalize its energy industry by attracting foreign investment

In the presence of international football stars, the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi has inaugurated its new stadium, after years of closure during which the facility underwent a process of development and modernisation

Hanna Serwaa Tetteh of Ghana has been appointed as UN Secretary-General António Guterres Special Representative for Libya and Head of the UNSMIL, with the UN remaining the main actor in the Libyan peace process