A month-long oil shutdown in Libya looks set to end within days after rival political factions agreed to appoint a new central bank governor this week, while crude loadings looked to have resumed at a key export terminal. Naji Essa has been nominated to lead the key institution, which takes receipt of Libya's lifeblood oil revenues, on an interim basis, officials from Libya's eastern and western governments said at a signing ceremony organized by the UN mission in Libya, which brokered the talks.
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ruled that Italy cannot be held legally responsible for the deaths and
Bahr el-Din Yakoub fled Sudan after a missile strike killed four of his friends in Khartoum. Hoping for safety in
Sudan’s military has accused forces loyal to eastern Libyan commander Khalifa Haftar of launching an attack on Sudanese territory
The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has warned of a continuing desert locust outbreak across Libya and North
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