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How Sudan and Libya's triangle border region became a hotbed of crime and war
Middle East Eye
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August 15, 2025
On 12 June, Sudan's Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary announced that it had taken control of the Sudanese portion of the triangle border region that straddles Sudan, Libya and Egypt. This mysterious, desert region has for a long time been...
Libya’s frailties revealed as divided country’s soccer championship plays out in Italy
The Irish Times
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On a quiet Sunday afternoon in Sesto San Giovanni, a commune on the northern outskirts of Milan, nearly a dozen police vans arrived to provide security at an ageing stadium, which like the town itself had seen better days. Milan is home to one of...
PhD student’s research work published in leading journals
University World News
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LIBYA A Libyan PhD student has, so far this year, had three scientific papers published in high-profile international journals, including Nature, on improving the quality of medicines and increasing their bioavailability. Haytham Abuissa, a PhD...
Tripoli Business Hub: Libya’s first municipality‑led business hub opened
Libya Herald
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August 14, 2025
The Tripoli Business Hub, Libya’s first municipality‑led business hub was opened last Sunday (10 August) which the UNDP describes as the beginning of a new chapter for local entrepreneurship. Inspired by the Ministry of Local Government and...
Nearly 3,300 still missing after Derna disaster in Libya
The New Arab
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August 14, 2025
Thousands of people were killed in the flash floods that hit Derna in 2023 [Getty] Libyan authorities have said that 3,297 people were reported missing in the massive floods that hit the city of Derna nearly two years ago, in the first official...
Geopolitics as an Exact Science
Morocco World News
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August 14, 2025
Geopolitics has the potential to be an accurate science. Already in 1971, James N. Rosenau, one of the great theorists of international relations, published a reference book entitled “The Scientific Study of Foreign Policy.” He was not taken...
Putin accused of conspiring with Libyan warlord to engineer new migrant crisis at EU border
Natural News
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August 14, 2025
Putin accused of conspiring with Libyan warlord to engineer new migrant crisis at EU border Russian President Vladimir Putin is reportedly coordinating with Libyan warlord Gen. Khalifa Haftar to trigger a new migration crisis targeting the EU's...
3,297 Still Missing After 2023 Libya’s Derna Floods
MENAFN
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August 14, 2025
(MENAFN) Nearly two years after catastrophic floods devastated the eastern city of Derna, Libya’s General Authority for the Search and Identification of Missing Persons has officially confirmed that 3,297 people remain unaccounted for — marking...
Intalio And Al Rayan Holding Form Strategic Partnership To Drive Digital Transformation In Libya
MENAFN
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August 14, 2025
(MENAFN- PR Newswire) TRIPOLI, Libya, Aug. 14, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Intalio , the global leader in Intelligent Information Management, is proud to announce a new strategic partnership with Al Rayan Holding, a prominent company at the forefront of...
Arkenu succeeds in extracting oil from complex wells using a technology for the first time in Libya
The Libya Update
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August 13, 2025
Benghazi – Libyan oil company Arkenu has announced a new milestone in oil innovation, marking the second successful deployment of its Agile ESP technology, in collaboration with its technical partner, at well HH-81. The system was installed at a...
Deepest US Gulf well to date and frontier Libya carbonates test among Westwood’s latest high-impact drilling line-up
Offshore
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August 13, 2025
Offshore Namibia Drilling in the deepwater Orange Basin offshore Namibia has brought mixed results this year. TotalEnergies and partners QatarEnergy, Impact and NAMCOR will be hoping for better luck than their dry-hole Marula-IX in the southern...
Libya’s Ministry of Education Proposal to Scrap National Preparatory Exam Sparks Public Debate
The Libya Update
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August 7, 2025
The Ministry of Education in the Government of National Unity, headed by Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, has put forward a new proposal that has sparked widespread controversy among citizens. The proposal calls for the abolition of the Preparatory...
African militaries eye lighter, cheaper drones
The Standard
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Ethiopian soldiers attend a drone piloting training program at an aviation school in Beijing. [Xing Guangli, AFP] Aerial warfare in Africa is trending lighter and nimbler -- and increasingly single-use. Hulking, fixed-wing military drones were...
Libya Makes Deal with ExxonMobil After Decade-Long Oil Freeze
Breitbart
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August 6, 2025
The National Oil Corporation (NOC) of Libya announced a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with ExxonMobil on Monday, potentially jump-starting the oil giant’s activities in war-torn Libya after more than a decade of inactivity. According to NOC,...
NOC and University of Benghazi join forces to boost petroleum education
Libyan Express
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August 12, 2025
NOC supports University of Benghazi in digital and training upgradesLibya’s National Oil Corporation (NOC) and the University of Benghazi are moving to deepen cooperation in petroleum sciences, training, and technology transfer, in a bid to...
Discussions to Enhance Digital Transformation Between National Oil Corporation and University of Benghazi
The Libya Update
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August 11, 2025
Eng. Masoud Suleiman, Chairman of the Board of the National Oil Corporation (NOC), held talks with Dr. Abdelkarim Al-Ghazali, Acting President of the University of Benghazi, and Magdi Al-Otaibi, Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Petroleum –...
Unexpected events delay Al-Ahly Tripoli vs. Al-Hilal title decider in Libyan League by 48 Hours
The Libya Observer
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The Libyan Football Federation has announced the postponement of the decisive match between Al-Ahly Tripoli and Al-Hilal, which was scheduled for Sunday as part of the final round of the Libyan League’s championship playoff, for 48 hours to...
A major new Libya, Egypt, Chad road connection is being planned
The Libya Update
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August 11, 2025
A new road link connecting Libya, Egypt and Chad is being planned jointly between the countries. Survey work is underway for the project at present in Chad’s northern Ennedi-Est Province, using drones equipped with LIDAR technology to scan the...
The Prestige of French Intellectuals
Church Life Journal - Indiana
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August 26, 2025
The prestige of the French intellectual begins at the very moment in which the prestige of the clergy fades. It is a matter of a substitution. It was during the eighteenth century that the power of people who think, those who played no small part...
Farewell to MiG-21: India bids adieu to its historic jet fighter
The Times of India
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August 26, 2025
Introduction After more than six decades of service, the Indian Air Force (IAF) has begun its final farewell to the iconic MiG-21 fighter jet- an aircraft as celebrated as it was controversial. Known colloquially as the “Flying Coffin” due to its...