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Former French President Sarkozy begins a 5-year prison sentence for campaign finance conspiracy (World)
Sylvie Corbet And Masha Macpherson, The Associated Press - Oct 21, 2025 / 6:39 am | Story: 579168 Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy entered a prison in Paris on Tuesday to begin serving a 5-year sentence for a criminal conspiracy to finance...
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Libya central bank says it has authorised the printing of dinars worth $11bln
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Zawya
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BENGHAZI, Libya - Libya's central bank said on Tuesday it had authorised the printing of 60 billion Libyan dinars ($11 billion) to ensure cash liquidity was available "in a balanced and stable manner." About 25 billion dinars of the total has been...
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Former French President Sarkozy begins five-year prison sentence for campaign finance conspiracy
PARIS (AP) — Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy entered a prison in Paris on Tuesday to begin serving a five-year sentence for a criminal conspiracy to finance his 2007 election campaign with funds from Libya — a historic moment that makes...
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Benghazi hosts an important meeting to follow up on the voluntary return program for the Sudanese
Benghazi – The committee concerned with monitoring the voluntary return program for displaced Sudanese brothers held its third meeting in Benghazi yesterday, Monday, chaired by Foreign Minister Abdul Hadi Al-Hweij. The meeting was attended by the...
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Libya, Tunisia discuss strengthening aviation cooperation
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The Libya Observer
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Minister of Transport, Mohammed Al-Shahoubi, met on Monday with the Director General of Tunisian Civil Aviation, accompanied by the Chargé d’Affaires at the Tunisian Embassy in Libya and representatives of several Tunisian airlines. The meeting...
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Italian Parliament votes to renew immigration agreement with Libya
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The Libya Observer
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The Italian Chamber of Deputies on Wednesday approved a proposal submitted by the ruling center-right majority calling on the government to renew the 2017 immigration memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed between Rome and Tripoli. According to...
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Joint Military Exercises to Bring Together Military Leaders from East, West Libya for the 1st Time
For the first time since the fall of the late Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's regime in 2011, military leaders from Libya’s east and west are gearing up for joint military exercises sponsored by the United States, seen as an effort to unify the military...
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CBL and IMF discuss pivotal role played by the CBL to get Libya out of its decades-long crisis
According to the Central Bank of Libya (CBL), the CBL and IMF discussed the pivotal role played by the CBL to get Libya out of its decades-long monetary and economic crisis. The discussions took place on the sidelines of the attendance by Naji...
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AFRICOM Deputy Commander visits Libya, announces Libyan participation in ”Exercise Flintlock 2026”
AFRICOM (U.S. Africa Command) reported yesterday that Libya will play a pivotal role in its flagship special operations forces exercise, ”Flintlock 2026”. AFRICOM is working closely with Libyan military officials from the west and east to hold a...
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US military’s Libya outreach adds rung as rival sides to join special operations exercise
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Stars and Stripes - Washington D.C
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British and Ivorian special operations soldiers demonstrate an assault during exercise Flintlock on April 22, 2025, in Jacqueville, Ivory Coast. In a first for Libya, the country will be included in next year's iteration of the special operations...
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Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan: The Queen Of The Senate — Where The Chamber Laughed And The Daughters Of Nigeria Wept In Libya
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Modern Ghana
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Return of the Silenced Voice When Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan rose to move her motion on the plight of trafficked and abused Nigerian women in Libyan prisons, the moment was not just procedural—it was historic. This was a woman who had only...
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Libya, Turkey discuss challenges to bilateral cooperation
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The Libya Observer
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Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation in the Government of National Unity, Taher Al-Baour, met on Sunday with Turkey’s Ambassador to Libya, Guven Begec, to discuss obstacles hindering the implementation of several areas...
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US backs first joint exercise between Libya’s rival militaries
President Donald Trump has also shown interest in developing US business ties with the oil-rich nation. [Getty] Eastern and western Libyan military leaders will participate in joint US-sponsored exercises, in an effort to reunify the country's...
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Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan: The Queen of the Senate — Where the Chamber Laughed and the Daughters of Nigeria Wept in Libya -By Prof. John Egbeazien Oshodi
Return of the Silenced Voice When Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan rose to move her motion on the plight of trafficked and abused Nigerian women in Libyan prisons, the moment was not just procedural—it was historic. This was a woman who had only...
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American “Artemis” carries out an intelligence mission off the coast of Libya
A news report from the English-language Italian website “Itamilradar” has revealed that a US Army “Bombardier ARTEMIS” aircraft conducted a mission off the coast of Libya, which was of an intelligence nature and included extensive surveillance and...
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IOM Facilitates Voluntary Return of 165 Migrants from Libya to Burkina Faso
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Libya has organized a voluntary humanitarian return flight, transporting 165 migrants from the city of Sabha to Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. The operation, supported by the European Union,...
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CBL and IMF discuss pivotal role played by the CBL to get Libya out of its decades-long crisis
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Sudanese Prime Minister invited by Dbeibah to visit Libya
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The Libya Observer
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Libya’s Ambassador to Sudan, Fawzi Abumreez, delivered an official invitation from the Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity, Abdul Hamid Dbeibah, to Sudanese Prime Minister Kamel Idris to visit Libya. During the meeting, Abumreez...
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86.2 billion dinars in public spending in Libya from January to September 2025
The Central Bank of Libya revealed in a statement on Wednesday regarding the state’s public revenue and expenditure from January to September 2025 that total spending reached approximately 86.2 billion Libyan dinars. This amount was distributed...
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Libya: Knowledge Transfer Begins with Industry
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The Libya Observer
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By Almahdi Hindi, political activist "The mind is a human's adornment, and through the mind, nations are built." — Habib Bourguiba In recent years, Libya has witnessed growing momentum toward building a knowledge-based economy, relying on digital...
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