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01-05-2010 Caglayan will leave for Libya together with representatives of Turkish contracting companies on Tuesday. The Turkish state minister for foreign trade will travel to Libya on Tuesday, his office said on Monday. Turkey's State Minister Zafer Caglayan will leave for Libya together with representatives of Turkish contracting companies on Tuesday. Caglayan will meet Libyan Prime Minister Ali al-Baghdadi al-Mahmudi and have talks with Libyan ministers. read whole article...01-05-2010 The Secretary of the Arab Affairs of the GPC for Foreign Liaison and International Cooperation and Mauritania's Minister of Foreign Affairs & Cooperation, currently on a visit to Libya , discussed the necessary arrangements for the meeting of the joint Libyan-Mauritanian High Commission, slated for first half of this month in the Mauritanian capital Nouakchott. read whole article... 01-05-2010 The Secretary of the General People's Committee of Communication and Transport Sunday met Syrian Finance Minister who is on a visit to the Gt Jamahiriya to attend meetings of the of Arab Union of Contracts and Land Transport. read whole article... 01-05-2010 Secretariat of General People's Congress held its fts first meeting for this year in Tripoli. The Secretariat reviewed draft of collecting resolutions and recommendations of Basic People's Congresses to set up their agenda for the year 2009. read whole article... 01-05-2010 Secretary of GPC for Industry Economy and Trade met in Tripoli with Syrian Minister of Finance and accompanying delegation currently visiting Libya. read whole article... 12-22-2009 A meeting, chaired by the Secretary of the General People's Committee, was held in Tripoli on Monday to follow up the developmental programs for port and maritime sector. read whole article... 12-22-2009 Secretary of Administrative Committee of National Oil Corporation, Dr. '' Shukri Ghanem '' stressed the need that OPEC should be more committed to their production quotas agreed upon. read whole article... 12-22-2009 The Chairman of the Board of the National Oil Corporation Dr. Shukri Ghanem Monday did not rule out that OPEC keep the current production ceiling in the meeting which will hold tomorrow in the Angolan capital Luanda. read whole article... 12-22-2009 The OPEC oil producers' cartel will hold output quotas unchanged at its impending meeting, Saudi Minister Ali al-Naimi, its most influential member, said on Monday, citing "excellent" crude price levels. The cartel said it would seek to curb high crude stock levels at its meeting on Tuesday and played down the prospect of a surge from Iraq's recovering oilfields. read whole article... 12-21-2009 The first non-visa flight from Turkey to Libya took place over the weekend, weeks after the two countries announced that they had mutually abolished visa requirements, opening a new era in once-strained ties. read whole article... 12-21-2009 Al Maabar Libya for Real Estate Investment and Development, a joint venture between Abu Dhabi-based Al Maabar and the Libyan Investment and Development Company (LIDCO), today unveiled the masterplan for its flagship Al Waha project. read whole article... 12-21-2009 Turkish State Minister for foreign trade Zafer Caglayan met Saturday with Libyan Secretary of the General People's Committee for Economy, Trade & Investment Muhammad Ali al-Huwayz and Secretary for Agriculture, Maritime & Animal Resources Abu Bakr Mabruk al-Mansuri in the Turkish capital, Ankara. read whole article... 12-21-2009 OPEC needs to comply more closely with its oil output targets as the market is oversupplied, the head of Libya's National Oil Corporation said on Saturday ahead of its meeting to set policy. read whole article... 12-21-2009 Libya and Belarus signed on Wednesday in Tripoli a protocol of cooperation in defense matters as part of the efforts of the two countries to strengthen bilateral relations. Lieutenant General Aboubaker Yunis Jaber, Secretary of the General Interim Defense Committee, signed the protocol on the Libyan side and Minister of Defence Lieutenant General Yuri Zhadobin of Belarus. read whole article... 12-08-2009 Abéché - When an aid vehicle is stolen in the eastern Chad town of Abéché, some people cheer and say the aid organization got what it deserved, according to the French think-tank Emergency Rehabilitation Development (URD), which is preparing a report on the impact of international aid groups on Abéché residents. read whole article... 12-08-2009 In a bit to expand its network, the Tunisian "GTT" company established through its new department "Ferries", a regular passenger shipping between Tunisia and Libya through the "Car Ferry Habib". read whole article... 12-08-2009 Ericsson is to provide Al-Madar Al-Jadid, Libya's leading mobile operator with a convergent charging and billing solution that will enable its mobile subscribers to enjoy benefits such as flexible tariffs and full control of costs, bonuses and rewards. Ericsson will also supply related systems integration services. read whole article... 12-08-2009 The tenth session of the Egypt-Libya Joint High Commission to re-launch cooperation between the two countries ended with resolutions to double trade between Libya and Egypt, abolish customs duties and regularise the flow of Egyptian workers in Egypt. read whole article... 12-08-2009 The Secretary of the General Board of Tourism and Traditional Handicrafts met on Monday Minister of Small and Medium Enterprises and Traditional handicrafts in Algeria who in the Jamahiriya for the 2nd Maghrebian Exhibition now underway in Tripoli. read whole article... 12-02-2009 Ouagadougou - The Burkina Faso government says thousands of flood-displaced families have till 30 November to quit temporary camps throughout the capital Ouagadougou. Some of those affected are worried about the deadline. read whole article... 12-02-2009 Increased banditry, kidnappings of relief workers and attacks on humanitarian compounds in eastern Chad are threatening crucial aid for nearly 100,000 people, many of them refugees or internally displaced persons (IDP), the United Nations reported today. read whole article... 12-02-2009 The GPC for Planning & Finance held its 8th ordinary meeting for the year in Tripoli Tuesday morning. read whole article... 12-02-2009 The Secretary of Asian Affairs of the GPC for Foreign Liaison & International Cooperation met in Tripoli on Tuesday with the member of the Standing Committee of the Chinese National Council read whole article... 12-02-2009 Meetings of the preparatory committee at the experts level to prepare for the 10th session of the joint Libyan-Egyptian high committee began in Tripoli on Tuesday. read whole article... 11-20-2009 Tunisian Prime Minister Mohamed al Ghanoushi today toured Libyan stand at the International Tilling Exhibition and Fisheries held at al Karam on the outskirts of the capital Tunis. The Tunisian official acquainted himself with the contents of the stand which include samples of agrarian products marine and food products. read whole article... 11-20-2009 The Secretary of General People's Congress met in Tripoli on Wednesday with the Chairwoman of Libyan-Japanese Friendship Association, member of the Japanese parliament, who is currently on a visit to Libya. During the meeting which was attended by Japanese ambassador to Libya, the Chairwoman of Libyan-Japanese Friendship Association praised efforts of the Leader of the Revolution, Chairman of the African Union, to establish security and peace across the African continent in particular and in the world. read whole article... 11-20-2009 The Secretary of General People's Congress received in Tripoli on Wednesday the credentials of the new ambassadors of Thailand and Turkey to Libya. Present in the ceremony were the Secretary of the External Affairs of the General People's Congress, the Secretary of Cooperation Affairs of the GPC for Foreign Liaison and International Cooperation and the Director of the Committee's Asia and Australia Department. Thailand's new ambassador handed his credentials as the ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary with an address where he conveyed greetings of King Phumphona Adunyadet of Thailand to the Leader of the Revolution, Chairman of the African Union. read whole article... 11-20-2009 Construction of a 45-hectare University campus in Tripoli, Libya is closer to realisation this week as Libyan Government agency ODAC have appointed BRUESA and IAD to take the BDP designed masterplan for the Seventh of April University';s Zuwarah Technological Campus forward. Planning and construction of the campus and its 13 buildings will be realised by BRUESA and IAD with the help of ARUP within 36 months. read whole article... 11-18-2009 The second edition of the international car/motorcyclerally, called "Libya Raid", will be held from 6 to 20 March, 2010, the initiators of the sports and tourist event told PANA here on Tuesday. read whole article... 11-18-2009 Raytheon Co., the world';s largest missile maker, is interested in entering the Libyan market as Africa';s largest holder of oil reserves improves relations with the U.S. and Europe. ";We are interested. We are paying attention to it,"; said Paul Mikolashek, president of Raytheon International, in an interview at the Dubai Air Show today. The company would actively pursue contracts ";if the opportunity develops and the political situation is right."; read whole article... 11-18-2009 The international conference on biological diversity aimed at sensitising people on the importance of biological diversity started on Monday in Sebha in Southern Libya. The meeting under the theme "For a balanced environment" is organised by the University of Sebha, the Tunisian University of Sousse and Belgium's Charlemagne higher education institution in collaboration with the Libyan national plant cover development programme. read whole article... 11-18-2009 The Secretary of the GPC for Planning & Finance met in Tripoli Tuesday morning with the Chairman of Libyan-Japanese Friendship Association, member of the Japanese parliament and her accompanying delegation, who is currently on a visit to Libya. read whole article... 11-16-2009 Upper East Region and the Central South Region of Burkina Faso will collaborate to fight smuggling, movement of small arms, drug trafficking and highway robbery. They said small arms posed security threat in the sub-region and that some conflicts thrived on the current loose trend in detecting arms and ammunition smuggled in and out of the neighbouring countries. read whole article... 11-16-2009 Russia and Slovenia may have an opportunity for energy cooperation with Libya similar to the one currently being pursued by Russia, Italy and Libya, said Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. Slovenian Prime Minister Borut Pahor conveyed greetings from Libyan leader Muammar al-Qadhafi to Putin at negotiations in Moscow on Saturday. read whole article... 11-16-2009 UGANDA telecom is one of the African telecommunication companies set to benefit from the $300m fund offered by the Chinese government through the LAP Green Network, a Libyan telecom firm. The money will be used to fund the Libyan African Investment Portfolio (LAP) Green';s telecommunication operations in Africa. read whole article... 11-09-2009 By Tarek el-Tablawy Sharm el-Sheik, Egypt China's premier yesterday pledged $10-billion (R75.4bn) in low interest loans to African nations over the next three years and said Beijing would cancel the government debts of some of the poorest of those countries, as the Asian powerhouse looked to deflect criticism that its investments in the continent were motivated purely by greed. read whole article... 11-09-2009 By MacDonald Dzirutwe CHITUNGWIZA, Zimbabwe (Reuters) - Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai said on Sunday he would stay in the government and challenge President Robert Mugabe's ZANU-PF to implement last year's political deal in full. Tsvangirai said last week his Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) was suspending last month's cabinet boycott, which it imposed in response to what it said was Mugabe's refusal to abide by the provisions of the agreement. read whole article...11-09-2009 By REUTERS SHARM EL-SHEIKH, EGYPT - Prime Minister Wen Jiabao of China on Sunday offered Africa $10 billion in concessional loans over the next three years, saying China was a "true and trusted friend" of the continent and its people. read whole article... 11-09-2009 Libyan Post Telecommunications & Information Technology Company (LPTIC) and Alcatel Lucent on Thursday (November 5th) signed a contract adding some 2,800 kilometres to the country's 4,400-km optical fibre network. read whole article... 11-09-2009 The General People's Committee of Industry, Economy and Commerce held its 4th meeting of the year in Tripoli. read whole article... 10-29-2009 A set of agreements inked last week in Rabat tightened ties between Morocco and Libya. Libyan Prime Minister Al-Baghdadi Ali Al-Mahmudi met with his Moroccan counterpart last week during the 8th session of the Moroccan-Libyan High Joint Commission. read whole article... 10-29-2009 In a reversal in the chairman department word has it that Shokri Ghanem has been reinstated as NOC chairman. Ghanem had submitted his resignation in mid-September and the NOC had went so far as to appoint Ali Seghir Mohamed Saleh as the new chairman. read whole article... 10-28-2009 A trade delegation that includes representatives of 30 companies is currently visiting Libya and has had a meeting with Taher M.Sarkez, Under Secretary at the General People's Committee for Industry, Economy and Trade. read whole article... 10-28-2009 Representatives from around 30 companies are in Libya, visiting Tripoli, Misurata and Benghazi, to follow up on potential contracts. read whole article... 10-28-2009 Serrekunda - The Gambian economy used to rely very heavily on the re-export trade to boost up its export earnings. In fact, in 2006 the Secretary of State for Finance indicated that "about 65 percent of imports are classified as imports for domestic consumption and the balance for re-exports." He informed the Nation that re-exports are estimated to increase to 2.6 billion" read whole article... 10-28-2009 Muhideen Adesokan opinion Abuja - 'Nairisation' of crude (crude oil, condensate and gas) describes how our oil receipts can be adapted as effective and cost efficient tool in the strategy to make Nigeria one of the world's top 20 economies by the year 2020. read whole article... 10-27-2009 editorial Almost twenty years ago, Ghana, Nigeria, Benin, and Togo began efforts at building a common gas pipeline project that will serve the energy needs of countries in the sub-region. The construction started in 2005 amidst much expectation particularly in Ghana, where many were expecting the gas flows to result in lower electricity tariffs. read whole article... 10-27-2009 Godefroy Macaire Chabi Cotonou - Farmers in Benin are implementing their own research findings to boost the soil fertility and moisture retention of their plots. The experiment is part of the project Strengthening the Capacity to Adapt to Climate Change in Rural Benin (PARBCC) - established in late 2007 - which aims to create a three-way conversation between farmers, meteorologists and the government, and help farmers make informed choices about when to sow and harvest crops. read whole article... 10-27-2009 As the European Union prepares to hold its Brussels summit on Wednesday (October 29th), France and Italy are asking the EU and Libya to reach an accord aimed at reducing illegal migration to Europe. read whole article... 10-27-2009 Morocco and Libya signed several co-operation agreements at the conclusion of the 8th session of the Moroccan-Libyan High Joint Commission on Friday (October 23rd) in Rabat MAP reported. read whole article... 10-26-2009 Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) leaders yesterday resolved to grant Guinea Bissau $3.5 million dollars to clear arrears of salaries owed members of her armed forces with a view to creating a conducive atmosphere for the country's presidential election slated for June 28, and ensuring durable peace and security in the country. ECOWAS will also provide another $350 000 to plug the funding gap for election. read whole article... 10-26-2009 San - Have you checked in with your breastfeeding support group? If you were a woman who gave birth in one of Mali's 48 "baby-friendly hospitals", you should have been assigned to one that checked up on you - often as soon as minutes after the delivery. read whole article... 10-26-2009 Lamin Fatty Information reaching this reporter has indicated that the participants who attended the World Food Day celebration in Basse URR, most of whom are women have expressed total disappointment over the way and manner the celebration was conducted. read whole article... 10-26-2009 Publisher It is one thing for GRTS to show pictures of tractors doing mechanised farming and soldiers and civil servants taking turn to work on the farms of the President who claims to be poised to harvest 25,000 tonnes of rice this year. The statistics however continues to reveal that the Gambia is a major importer of the food consumed by the people. read whole article... 10-23-2009 San Domingos - Aid agencies are encouraging communities to diversify their agricultural production in Guinea-Bissau, where 90 percent of farmers grow rice or cashews to survive, making them vulnerable to erratic rainfall and price fluctuations. read whole article... 10-23-2009 In its edition of August 21 2008, The Economist raised a poser: Are (Nigerian) banks as shiny as they look? According to the magazine, doubts persist about the nation's banks: "Would-be investors have started to eye Nigeria's banks, in particular their regulatory practices, more warily. read whole article... 10-23-2009 Accra, Oct. 22, GNA - uniCredit Ghana Limited, a non-bank financial institution, was officially launched at a ceremony on Thursday with a call on both bank and non-bank financial institutions to help mobilize resources for the development of the country. Dr Kwabena Duffuor, Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, who made the call, said mobilizing domestic resources and providing realistic and attractive financial products to individuals, small and medium scale enterprises was very crucial for meeting the country's development aspirations. read whole article... 10-22-2009 Mr Albert Abongo, Minister for Water Resources, Works and Housing (MWRWH), on Tuesday stressed the need to strategise on the utilisation of the Volta River between Ghana and Burkina Faso for their mutual benefit and socio-economic development. read whole article... 10-22-2009 Bamako - Parents are supposed to outlive their children, or so thought the grandmothers sitting in the children's playroom at Gabriel Touré hospital in Bamako, capital of Mali. They had all lost their children to AIDS-related illnesses, and met each other when they brought their HIV-positive grandchildren on hospital visits. read whole article... 10-22-2009 Bamako - The same technology that ski resorts in rich countries have used for decades to make snow has been brought to sub-Saharan Africa, but with a different aim: to keep crops and communities alive. read whole article... 10-22-2009 Energy Affairs Committee at General People's Congress held its third meeting for this year . The Committee discussed during this meeting held this morning in Tripoli the plan drawn by Oil and Gas Sector for the next three years ( 2009 - 2012 ) , as well as a follow up of prepared training plans to upgrade the skills of national elements. read whole article... 10-22-2009 Secretary of General People's Congress received this morning in Tripoli the credentials of the new Ambassadors of Venezuela, Palestine , Cuba and Sri Lanka to Libya. The ceremony was attended by Secretary of External Affairs at GPC, Secretary of Asian Affairs at GPC for Foreign Liaison and Internl Cooperation , Directors of Arab , Americas and Asian Departments and Director of Immunity at General Protocol . read whole article... 10-21-2009 The Secretary of the General People\'s Committee of Foreign Liaison and International Cooperation met in Tripoli today the Canadian Foreign Minister and the delegation accompanying him. read whole article... 10-21-2009 The Sri Lanka State Engineering Corporation has been selected to construct a mega housing project in Libya, Construction and Engineering Services Minister Rajitha Senaratne said. The Minister addressing the media said the State Engineering Corporation will construct 2,500 housing units in Libya within two years. The total project cost is US$ 495 million. read whole article... 09-21-2009 A deal between Verenex Energy Inc. and the Libyan Investment Authority (LIA) has finally been reached for the sale of the company. The two have entered into a legally binding memorandum of understanding (MoU) respecting the sale of all of the issued and outstanding shares of Verenex to the LIA at a price of $7.09 per share in cash. read whole article... 09-21-2009 Indonesian firm PT Medco Energi Internasional plans to invest a total of $212 million in an oil venture with the Libyan government. Medco will cooperate with the Libyan government and another partner in an $850 million oil project. read whole article... 09-21-2009 Reports of Shokri Ghanem stepping down as Chairman of Libya's National Oil Corp. (NOC) have been confirmed with the appointment of an acting chairman. NOC has named Azzam al Messallati as the company's acting chairman. read whole article... 09-21-2009 An almost $10 billion plan has been approved by the Libyan government to develop and upgrade 24 oilfields in an effort to boost production. In a Bloomberg article it was reported that NOC would work with its state-owned companies as well as foreign operators to implement the plan. read whole article... 09-17-2009 Ouagadougou - The Catholic Church here has launched an emergency appeal for 600,000 Euro following floods which hit the capital Ouagadougou recently and other areas such as the city of Kaya. read whole article... 09-17-2009 The number of people who do not have enough to eat in Southern Sudan has increased significantly from initial projections, due to poor rains and escalating conflict between communities, a food early warning agency has said. read whole article... 09-16-2009 Isolda Agazzi Bamako - Cars and motorcycles are stuck because of the heavy rains that have drenched Mali's capital for the past few days. It is late afternoon and the water, mud and damaged fruit from nearby stalls make the journey for those heading home to celebrate Ramadan even more treacherous. read whole article... 09-16-2009 Several new developmental projects were inaugurated today commemoration of the 40th anniversary of Great al-Fatah Revolution in al-Jabal al-Akhdar and Derna Shabias. In this context , Secretary of General People's Committee and Secretary of GPC for Health and Environment , Secretary of GPC for Agriculture Livestock Wealth inaugurated a Rural Hospital in the town of Soussa of al-Jabal al-Akhdar Shabia . read whole article... 09-16-2009 Shokri Ghanem, the chairman of Libya's state oil company NOC, is no longer in the post, a senior source in the Libyan parliament said. Asked about media reports that Ghanem had resigned, the source in the General People's Congress, speaking on condition of anonymity, said: "He is gone." read whole article... 09-16-2009 NAIROBI, Even as it is becoming evident that Africa holds the potential to be a dynamic growth pole in the rapidly evolving world economy, the region needs to urgently tackle increased climate variability and temperature increases to maintain its performance and preserve recent gains, says a World Bank report released today. read whole article... 09-15-2009 United Nations aid agencies and their humanitarian partners launched an appeal today for more than $18 million to help the victims of deadly floods in Burkina Faso, one of the countries hit hardest this year by the annual wet season in West Africa. read whole article... 09-15-2009 National Economic Development Board (NEDB) announces selection of capable officials for managing the main sectors. read whole article... 09-15-2009 The General Administration of Thought Mass Academy announces its desire to recruit printers of Arabic and foreign languages. read whole article... 09-15-2009 JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African President Jacob Zuma launched a telephone hotline on Monday that would allow people to lodge complaints directly to his office, a month after violent protests erupted over poor services and jobs. read whole article... 09-15-2009 OSLO - Norway's left-leaning government appeared to have narrowly won re-election Monday after using oil money to shield the Nordic welfare state from the global recession, near-complete results showed. If the results are confirmed, it would be the first time a government in Norway has survived an election in 16 years. An official projection with 99 percent of votes counted showed Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg's Labor-led coalition winning 86 seats to keep a slim majority in the 169-seat Parliament. Final results were expected Tuesday. read whole article...09-11-2009 An estimated 48,000 people uprooted by severe flooding in Burkina Faso are sheltering in temporary accommodation such as schools, churches and public buildings while another 40,000 are living with host families, the United Nations reported today. read whole article... 09-10-2009 Ouagadougou - Recent floods have shut down Burkina Faso's main hospital, interrupting dialysis treatments, preventing HIV diagnoses and overloading health centres ill-equipped to take on surgical cases, according to the Health Ministry. read whole article... 09-10-2009 Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today used the inauguration of a newly-elected president in Guinea-Bissau to pledge United Nations support to enhance peace and development in a country that has been plagued by grinding poverty and periodic bouts of civil war, coups, assassinations, and drug trafficking. read whole article... 09-10-2009 Africa: Statement of The African Editors' Forum press release This statement is issued at the closing of a meeting of the Editors' Council of The African Editors' Forum (Taef) held in Grahamstown, South Africa and attended by senior media practitioners representing their colleagues from eastern, western, central and southern Africa, just prior to the 2009 Highway Africa conference, with the theme of "2010, development and democracy". read whole article... 09-10-2009 The Government of Liberia and the Kingdom of Morocco have entered into an International Cooperation Agreement that will spur greater bilateral exchanges and give a major boost to the Liberian Government's Poverty Reduction Strategy. read whole article... 09-10-2009 GPC Secretary for Foreign Liaison & International Cooperation met before noon today in Tripoli with Chairman of House of Peoples of Bosnia and Herzegovina , Chairman of the Senate in Parliament of Bosnia Herzegovina and accompanying delegation currently visiting Libya . read whole article... 09-08-2009 Customs, Excise and Preventive Service (CEPS) Officials at Kulungugu in Bawku Municipality of the Upper East Region have intercepted a vehicle with registration number 7871 and impounded hundred bags of fertilizers and some drums of diesel alleged to have been smuggled across the frontiers to Burkina Faso. read whole article... 09-08-2009 Aafar Jaafar Kano - The Ganduje Leadership Forum has expressed appreciation to President Umaru Yar'adua over the appointment of former Kano State deputy governor, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje as the Executive Secretary of Lake Chad Development Commission. read whole article... 09-08-2009 Yemi Akinsuyi Abuja - Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mrs. Farida Waziri, has accused Nigerian stock brokers of aiding and abetting money laundering. read whole article... 09-08-2009 editorial Lagos - The world has now become so ecologically sensitive that every human action is not seen only in terms of its socio-economic benefits but also its impact on the environment. In some countries elections have been won or lost on the basis of candidates' sensitivity to the environment. read whole article... 09-08-2009 The Libyan-Turkish Joint Cooperation Committee began its 22nd session Sunday (September 6th) in Tripoli, JANA reported. read whole article... 09-07-2009 Bosso - Sex workers crossing into Niger's east, as well as busy border traffic of livestock breeders, businessmen and migrants, boost the risk of HIV infections in Diffa region, according to the government. But despite the region having the country's highest recorded HIV prevalence rate, there are too-few testing centres and little awareness about the virus among a transient population, local officials told IRIN. read whole article... 09-07-2009 Sahr Morris Jr Freetown - ECOWAS Heads of State and government are to meet on Saturday, 5th September 2009 in Abuja in an extra-ordinary summit to hold talks on Niger which has been embroiled in a constitutional crisis. read whole article... 09-07-2009 After years of underinvestment and neglect African countries from Cairo to Cape Town are working on their railway infrastructure. Some are constructing new lines, others rebuilding the old, while many are also investing in new locomotives and rolling stock. read whole article... 09-07-2009 Leader of the Revolution and the Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi laid the foundation stone on Sunday 30 August for a new highway that stretched from west to east along the Libyan coast. read whole article... 09-07-2009 Libya and France will open the new Benghazi Central Hospital on Wednesday (September 2nd), Ansa reported. The event comes as part of the festivities marking 40 years of rule by Libyan Leader Moamer Kadhafi. read whole article... 09-07-2009 The Libyan- Turkish Joint Cooperation Committee held its 22nd Session in Tripoli today. The session was presided over by the Secretary of the GPC of Public Utilities and the Turkish Assistant Consultant of Foreign Trade and was attended by a number of specialists and experts. read whole article... 09-04-2009 Agadez - Four days of intense rains in Niger's northern Air Mountains and desert towns at its base have affected 7,000 households, damaged 3,500 homes and caused widespread livestock and agriculture losses mostly in the commune of Agadez, according to local officials. read whole article... 09-04-2009 Aisha Umar ECOWAS Heads of State and Government will meet on Saturday, September 5 in Abuja in an extra-ordinary summit to hold talks on Niger Republic, which has been embroiled in a constitutional crisis. read whole article... 09-04-2009 Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has projected to increase the country's annual cocoa production to one million metric tonnes within the next three years. read whole article... 09-04-2009 Michael Boateng Abesim and Yawhima are two key major vegetable producing areas in the Sunyani Municipality, which supply raw vegetables to the municipality. read whole article... 09-03-2009 Ouagadougou - Flooding has affected an estimated 150,000 people in Burkina Faso's capital Ouagadougou, claimed at least five lives and partially shut down the country's main hospital, according to government and hospital officials. read whole article... 09-03-2009 President Jakaya Kikwete, of Tanzania, and the Secretary of the General people's Committee discussed aspects of bilateral cooperation between both countries in all fields. read whole article... 09-03-2009 The Secretary of the General People's Committee met in Tripoli on Wednesday with the Prime Minister of Ukraine Yuli Tymoshenko, and her accompanying delegation, who came to join the Libyan people's celebration of the 40th anniversary of Al-Fateh Revolution. read whole article... 09-03-2009 Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has stressed the need for increased trade and investment cooperation between Pakistan and Libya. read whole article... 09-02-2009 press release If the Chadian government wants to avoid further impoverishment and destabilisation of the country, it must reform its management of oil revenues. read whole article... 09-02-2009 A new discovery was announced in Libya by NOC subsidiary, Arabian Gulf Oil Company (AGOCO). The discovery was made in the Ghadames Basin. read whole article... 09-02-2009 Libyan Leader Moamer Gaddafi and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi laid the foundation stone for Libya's new coastal highway on Sunday (August 30th). The nearly 2000km highway will run from Tunisia to Egypt. read whole article... 08-31-2009 Itayi Musengeyi Harare - President Mugabe arrived here yesterday afternoon to attend today's special African Union Summit convened to discuss the continent's trouble spots before joining in festivities to mark the 40th anniversary of the Libyan Revolution tomorrow. read whole article... 08-31-2009 A new discovery was announced by Tatneft and Libya's National Oil Corp. (NOC) in the Ghadames Basin.The new field wildcat, A1-82/04, on Area 82 is the first discovery on the concession. read whole article... 08-31-2009 Libya is the biggest provider of crude oil to Italy by far and its sovereign wealth fund may yet prop up some large Italian companies, but Silvio Berlusconi is discovering - like Gordon Brown of the UK - that to deal with Muammer Gaddafi can be a double-edged sword. read whole article... 08-31-2009 Libya has appointed Salahedin Mohamed El Bishari as its ambassador to Asean, making it the first African country to post an ambassador to the organisation. read whole article... 08-31-2009 Libya has donated a school block, built at a cost of 342,770 euros, to the University of Comoros to host its Faculty of Science, PANA reported on Wednesday. read whole article... 08-28-2009 Humanitarian workers assisting over 430,000 vulnerable people in Chad will be able to get to where they need to go thanks to $1 million in new funding from the United States for United Nations-run aid flights operating in the West African nation. read whole article... 08-28-2009 Ibrahim Kasita and Els De Temmerman Kampala - THE petroleum resources in the Lake Albertine Graben is about two billion barrels, the energy ministry has said. Dozith Abeinomugisha, a senior geologist in the petroleum exploration and production department, said 34 wells had been drilled of which only two were dry. "Out of the 34 wells drilled, 32 have encountered oil and/or gas. The total petroleum resources discovered in the Albertine Graben is close to two billion barrels of oil." read whole article... 08-28-2009 The Secretary of External Affairs of the General People's Congress met in the capital of Malta Valletta with Malta's deputy Prime Minister Foreign Minister. read whole article... 08-28-2009 The African Airlines Afriqia today celebrated the acquisition of a new plane which joined the company's fleet as it marks the 40th anniversary of al Fatah Revolution. read whole article... 08-26-2009 Ouahigouya - A growing number of urban families in northwestern Burkina Faso refuse to hospitalize their children diagnosed as severely malnourished because they fear being stigmatized, according to hospital officials in a regional nutrition recovery centre. read whole article... 08-26-2009 * South Africa wary of EU's new economic partnership deals * Says new trade deals could derail regional integration * Negotiations to continue By Wendell Roelf CAPE TOWN, Aug 25 (Reuters) - The European Union is too focused on commercial interests, undermining efforts to forge a new, fairer trade pact with South Africa, Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies said on Tuesday. read whole article... 08-26-2009 Bolaji O. Kazeem opinion Abuja - Given the downturn in the world economy, global attention is increasingly being focused on the manufacturing sector as the panacea for the nation's development challenges. This is more so for a country like Nigeria that depends on oil as a major source of foreign exchange. The fact remains that it is impossible for the country to develop without a strong manufacturing base. read whole article... 08-24-2009 The British ambassador in Libya, Vincent Fean, held a farewell reception on 18 August for 11 imams before their departure to the UK for the month of Ramadan. read whole article... 08-24-2009 Libyan maritime officials signed last week the reception contract of two oil tankers with a Greek company in Athens, whereby Libya was handed the two large oil tankers named ''Barbarossa'' and "al-Aghila". read whole article... 08-24-2009 Oil prices stabilised on Thursday as some traders took profits after sharp gains made the previous day on official data showing heavy falls in US energy inventories, traders said. read whole article... 08-24-2009 Eighteen months ago, Air Kufrah, launched its flight training programs as it showed to a selected number of guests its two Cessna 172s training aircraft acquired from the USA. read whole article... 08-24-2009 The highly acclaimed global publishing, research and consultancy company Oxford Business Group (OBG) and the renowned Tumi Law Firm have sealed a successful first collaboration by teaming up once again for the Group's forthcoming business guide, The Report: Libya 2009. read whole article... 08-13-2009 The fiscal committee entrusted with a general budget draft for the year 1378DP 2010, continued its meetings with representatives of sectors that are budgeted from the public treasury. read whole article... 08-13-2009 President Yayi Boni of Benin and the Secretary of the General People's Committee followed up on several joint investments projects between Libya and Benin in different areas especially agriculture, tourism, hotels and real estate. read whole article... 08-13-2009 Foreign Trade Minister Zafer aglayan said on Wednesday that Turkey and Libya may sign a free trade agreement (FTA) in September. Following a meeting with Libyan Secretary of the General People's Committee for Public Works Muhammad Matuq, who is also the co-chair of the Turkey-Libya Joint Economic Committee in Ankara, aglayan told reporters: "Talks on establishing an FTA are still continuing. A delegation from the Turkish Foreign Trade Undersecretariat will pay a visit to Libya to have talks on the agreement on Sept. 7 and 8. I hope that the agreement will be signed in September." read whole article... 08-13-2009 Turkey is ready to resume talks to transport water from Manavgat river to Libya by tankers, Anatolia news agency reports, quoting the Turkish Environment and Forestry Minister, Veysel Eroglu. Turkey had planned several projects in recent years to sell water from its Manavgat River to countries in the region and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. read whole article... 08-12-2009 Isolda Agazzi Geneva - How can an African country define its own policy without getting lost in dozens of treaties and international commitments and the jungle of studies prepared by foreign donors and so-called experts, compounded by policy interference by international financial institutions and governments in the North? read whole article... 08-12-2009 Canada's Verenex Energy Inc (VNX.TO) posted a narrower quarterly loss, and said it continued to seek consent from Libyan authorities for the sale of the company. read whole article... 08-12-2009 The Secretary of the General People's Congress met with Secretariat of People's Congress of Tripoli Shabia, secretaries of Woman Affairs of the basic people's congress of the Shabia. Present in the meeting were the Secretaries of the unions and vocational syndicates, coordinators of the basic Mathabas of the basic people's congresses, Shabia's revolutionary work teams, Directors of Inspection and follow-up services and financial auditing. read whole article... 08-12-2009 Tenaris has opened two new offices in North Africa, one in Libya and the other in Algeria. According to the company the new offices are aimed at establishing a long term presence in the region. read whole article... 08-11-2009 Zincko - For village health volunteers in Burkina Faso who help track malnutrition in their rural communities, farm work during the rainy season takes precedence over their volunteerism, according to the NGO Save the Children. read whole article... 08-11-2009 Zincko - Continued high food prices and growing unemployment justify expanding food voucher distributions in Burkina Faso, according to a mid-year evaluation by the World Food Programme (WFP) of its largest voucher programme in Africa. read whole article... 08-11-2009 Daniel Nonor The Managing Director of Stanbic Bank, Mr. Alhassan Andani, has said that the global financial meltdown presents an opportunity for Ghana and other African countries to diversify the pillars of their economy. read whole article... 08-11-2009 Statistics on the earnings of telecom operators in Ghana indicates that operators made average revenue per user (ARPU) of five dollars a month in the first half of this year. read whole article... 08-11-2009 PARIS - The opening of a fiber-optic cable providing broadband to millions of people in Southern and Eastern Africa is part of an ambitious plan to expand Internet access and help spur the continent's economy and its technology industry. read whole article... 08-11-2009 Namanga Ngongi opinion Recently, business and policy leaders from the United States of America and Africa gathered for the 8th annual U.S. - Sub-Saharan African Trade and Economic Cooperation Forum, known as AGOA. This year, the forum tackles a crucial issue: how Africa can take full advantage of the export opportunities offered by trade with the world's largest economy. read whole article... 08-10-2009 Libya and Chad signed seven agreements and two memoranda of understanding at the conclusion of the 6th Session of the Joint Libyan Chadian Higher Cooperation Committee in Tripoli today. Three agreements dealt with cooperation in the area of transport and communication ..the Secretary of the GPC of Communication and Transport and the Chadian Minister of Infrastructure and Transport signed an agreement on the use of the seaport of Benghazi for transit trade and Chadian export-import activity..they also signed two agreements for air transport, overland and freight transport. read whole article... 08-10-2009 On his part the Brazilian Ambassador submitted his credentials as a plenipotentiary ambassador of Brazil in Libya by a statement in which he said His country looks forward to a visit by the Leader of the Revolution to the South American country. read whole article... 08-10-2009 LIBYA's national oil company and two billionaire Indian brothers are among the contenders to buy Britain's second-largest oil refinery. Shell's Stanlow complex near Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, produces a sixth of the UK's petrol and is the oil giant's only refinery in Britain. However, the company has put it up for sale as it tries to rein in its huge cost base and struggles with the effects of an oil price that is half the level of the historic high hit last year. read whole article... 08-10-2009 The General People's Committee (GPC) has approved a plan to set up a supreme council for energy affairs to be named "Supreme Council of Energy Affairs." The council, agreed at a meeting the Committee held in the city of Benghazi today, will enjoy a public domain status and an independent financial responsibility, the Libyan news agency, JANA, reported on Thursday. read whole article... 08-10-2009 Tripoli regional manager at Libya's Organisation for the Development of Administrative Centres, recently met 40 companies keen to work in the country. The Libyan government is committed to a $50 billion investment in public works by 2012 as part of its drive for sustainable development. read whole article... 08-10-2009 The Organsiation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, producer of about 40% of the world's oil, needs better compliance to quotas before agreeing on whether to take action at its next meeting in September, Libya's oil chief said Thursday. "Compliance is necessary," Shokri Ghanem, head of Libya's National Oil Corporation (NOI.YY) and its delegate at OPEC told Zawya Dow Jones in a telephone interview. "The price so far is volatile." read whole article... 08-10-2009 As the first Arab Inspiration Award winner, the Libyan businessman and philanthropist, Khaled El-Hamedi, received his award in Tronto, Canada last week stressing that the way forward is through education and acquiring of digital knowledge. El-Hamedi was selected for induction into these years Champion of Digital Literacy Hall of Fame and was given the program's highest honor, the Inspiration Award, for his work in promoting computer literacy in Libya. read whole article... 08-07-2009 ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema wants to know why all the security cluster ministers are black while the economics cluster ministers are appointed from minority groups. read whole article... 08-07-2009 Cape Town: South Africa aims to become a regional centre for space technology, investing in satellite and telescope projects to support its ailing economy, the science and technology minister said yesterday. read whole article... 08-07-2009 By Evan Pickworth A little of the shine was rubbed off the JSE on Thursday as investors decided to take some profits off the table in the face of a strong dollar, a drifting Dow and ahead of a key US jobs report. read whole article... 08-06-2009 Bissau - One in 13 women in Guinea-Bissau dies from complications during pregnancy - one of the highest death rates in the world, according to the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF). Kadiatou Barry, 21, pregnant for the first time, is seeking treatment at the government health centre in Gabu, a remote town 200km northeast of the capital, Bissau. The doctor says she has high blood pressure and anaemia, putting both mother and baby at risk. read whole article... 08-06-2009 Zinder - While health workers counsel women in Niger to feed their newborns until age six months only breast milk, to boost their babies' immunity and avoid malnutrition, some mothers are unable to do so because of their own poor health. read whole article... 08-06-2009 Yasiin Mugerwa The government has cleared South Sudan to continue using Uganda's country code (+256) amid protests from a some MPs, pushing for an end to what they described as impunity. Gemtel is a private Southern Sudan mobile phone company that was given leeway by Uganda Telecom Ltd (UTL) to use the national code without parliamentary approval. read whole article... 08-06-2009 The General Peopls' Committee has given the green light for the Communication Sector to buy two planes to back up the Libyan airliner fleet of domestic flights. read whole article... 08-06-2009 The General People's Committee has approved a plan to set up a supreme council for energy affairs to be named "Supreme Council of Energy Affairs." The council, agreed at a meeting the Committee held in the city of Benghazi today, will enjoy a public domain status and an independent financial responsibility. read whole article... 08-05-2009 Ouagadougou - In the Sahelian desert country of Burkina Faso, water is often linked to life, but for newborns up to six months of age it can mean death when it dilutes the medicinal effects of their mother's breast milk, says the World Health Organization (WHO). read whole article... 08-05-2009 Zincko - Health centres in Burkina Faso tell mothers to feed their babies only breast milk until they are six months old to boost their immune systems, but this advice goes unheeded when the women return home. read whole article... 08-05-2009 Hyflux and the General Desalination Company (GDC) of Libya have signed a memorandum of agreement giving Hyflux the rights to work with GDC to jointly invest into and develop two reverse osmosis desalination plants in Libya. read whole article... 08-04-2009 The Secretary of the GPC for Education & Scientific Research held an expanded meeting in Derna on Sunday with the Secretary of Planning Council, Secretary of People's Committee for Education, and the Secretary of the People's Committee of Omar Mukhtar University of Derna Shabia. read whole article... 08-04-2009 The GPC Foreign Affairs Committee held its 3rd ordinary meeting Monday in Tripoli attended by the Foreign Affairs Secretary of the General People's Congress , and the Secretary of GPC of Foreign Liaison and International Cooperation and its members. read whole article... 08-04-2009 Libyan private operators will invest US$ 3 million over a four-year period, for the exploitation of a coffee plantation in Sao Tomé and P rincipe, sources close to the Libyan economic sector told PANA here on Sunday. The sources said the Libyan investment is on a 20-year period concession, starti ng 1 August, for the exploitation of a 230-hectare coffee plantation, which belo n ged to the Sao Tomean state-owned company, Monté Café. read whole article... 08-04-2009 A new and distinct services for the Libyan Stock Market The Libyan stock market ensure to provide the best services to all clients of investors, brokerage firms, listed companies, groups of interested people and financial market students, The most important of these new services: read whole article... |
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