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Fifty years since Qaddafi's Green Book, Libya has yet to turn the page
The National News
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The sharp smell of fuel and gunpowder hung over Tripoli’s old centre. It was September 2011, three weeks after the Libyan capital fell to rebel forces, and three weeks before its leader Muammar Qaddafi was killed. Down a narrow alley near an...
President of Turkmenistan Holds Talks with the Chairman of the Presidential Council of Libya
News Central Asia
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August 6, 2025
Within the framework of the Third United Nations Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries held in the National Tourism Zone “Awaza,” President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov met with the Chairman of the Presidential Council of Libya,...
Agricultural Research Center explores partnership with Italian organization CIHEAM Bari
The Libya Observer
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The Agricultural Research Center received a delegation from the Italian organization CIHEAM Bari on Sunday, with the participation of the Italian Ambassador to Libya, Gianluca Alberini. The visit aimed to explore avenues for cooperation in several...
NOC Chairman urges SLB to open branches of its mega factories in Libya
The Libya Observer
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The Chairman of the National Oil Corporation (NOC), Masoud Suleiman, has called on Schlumberger Middle East (SLB) to open branches of its large-scale factories in Libya, including facilities for manufacturing pumps, wellheads, and related...
Iranian Nuclear Scientists In Clandestine Visit To Russian Atomic Sites, Alarming West
Zero Hedge
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Iranian nuclear scientists made a covert trip to Russia in the summer of 2024 to inspect facilities involved in technologies potentially linked to nuclear weapons development, according to a report by the Financial Times, which cites official...
Africa Intelligence Brief Comprehensive News Roundup For August 25, 2025
MENAFN
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August 25, 2025
(MENAFN- The Rio Times) On August 25, 2025, Egypt launched an AI tax reform task force to modernize revenue collection. The UN pressed Libya to resolve constitutional disputes, while Libya's coast guard fired on a European rescue vessel in the...
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...
Modern warfare in Africa: How tech, lies and guns for hire are changing the battlefield
IOL
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The Conversation|Published 3 hours ago 5min In his latest book, Money for Mayhem, Alessandro Arduino examines how military privatisation intersects with international power dynamics. Drawing on fieldwork, interviews and firsthand data, he tracks...
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...
Energy Transitions in the Gulf: Realities, Risks, and the Road Ahead
Observer Research Foundation
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Introduction: Transition Turbulence Energy transition globally, which seemed unstoppable only a few years ago, has run into unexpected turbulence caused by rising costs, high-profile corporate failures, and an abrupt shift in American political...
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...
Türkiye irks Greece with new maritime moves, Italy, Libya ties
Sabah
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August 3, 2025
Türkiye and Greece have been historic foes, wrangling for influence in their immediate region. The countries recently sought to set their hostilities aside, but Ankara remains committed to preserving its maritime sovereignty in the face of a...
Armoured vehicles from Canadian-owned company deployed in Sudan’s war zones
The Globe and Mail
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August 26, 2025
Open this photo in gallery:Screenshot of a video showing Rapid Support Forces fighters using a Streit Spartan armoured vehicle during their assault on El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur, which has been under an RSF siege for more than a year....
Hotter seas put Murcia on flood watch this autumn
Murcia Today
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Date Published: 26/08/2025 The August heatwave may have come to an end but the Mediterranean shows no signs of cooling, leading experts to advise that the Region of Murcia should be bracing for a dangerous autumn. Water temperatures are closing...
Remittances as development finance: Africa’s overlooked billions
Institute for Security Studies
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Remittances as development finance: Africa’s overlooked billions Other global south economies provide valuable lessons on successfully transforming remittance flows into broad-based growth. Published on 26 August 2025 in ISS Today By Julia Baum...
Beyond the branch: Libyan Islamic Bank's digital vision for Africa's banking future
African Business
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August 1, 2025
In an era where digital fluency is no longer a luxury but a strategic imperative, financial institutions across Africa are grappling with the urgent need to modernise their offerings. Against this backdrop, the recent successful platform launch by...
Tripoli Power Struggle Threatens Libya’s Fragile National Unity
Oil Price
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August 1, 2025
Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict Mohamed Takala’s election as president of Libya’s High Council of State (HCS) is likely to increase the risk of political paralysis in the country’s political ‘west’. He won 59 votes in a session attended by 95...
10,000-Year-Old Rock Art Identified in Libyan Mountains
Archaeology - New York
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July 31, 2025
SABHA, LIBYA—Archaeologists are investigating engravings that a citizen noticed were carved on rock faces in southern Libya's Al-Hasawna Mountains, Libya Review reports. They have determined that the carvings, which date back as much as 10,000...
Part 2: How a Nigerian teen trafficked through Libya became a celebrity barber in Europe
Pulse
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August 1, 2025
In Part 1, we met Jimmy Ofuoyan, a young boy from Benin City whose life was defined by struggle, hustle and survival. Jimmy’s early years were filled with the painful awareness that he needed to escape the cycle around him. He had no formal...
MENA Digest: Libya’s Mataa, Saudi firm Calo, Jordan’s Olivery get funding
VC Circle
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Credit: 123RF.com Saudi Arabia-headquartered foodtech platform Calo, which plans to go public in 2027, led funding activity in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region this week. The company raised an eight-digit Series B extension round,...