By Tom Westcott.
Members of the Libyan Air Force have apparently refused to obey orders to bomb an oil tanker that has been loading oil illegally from the Es-sider oil export terminal.
A Ministry of Defence official in Tripoli, speaking on condition of anonymity, told the Libya Herald that the Air Force did not want to attack the terminal for a number of reasons.
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Italian oil giant ENI contributes around half of the country’s hydrocarbon production at present, and generates essential power to shore up the national grid, according to Prime Minister Ali Zeidan.
Speaking to ENI’s CEO Paolo Scaroni in Rome today, Zeidan emphasised the importance of the company, both historically and at present. The Italian firm has been in Libya since 1959 and is the largest international hydrocarbon company operating in the country. It produces around 230,000 barrels of oil per day (b/d), according to the latest company figures.
Coastguard Search and Rescue skills boosted by training
The Libyan Naval Coastguard learnt how to use highly-advanced software to find vessels lost at sea
The Libyan Naval Coastguard’s Search and Rescue (SAR) skills have been boosted by training on modern computerised methods to find vessels stranded at sea.
The training, organised by the EU Border Assistance Mission to Libya (EUBAM Libya) focused, in particular, on mission coordination during SAR operations.
“Today’s exercise is about a search for a stranded fishing vessel. We know that the first search was not successful so we need to engage in a subsequent search”, EUBAM’s senior Naval Coastguard expert Emmanuel Mallia told the class. He added that two aircraft were also searching the boat.
Malta proposes EU office in Libya to consider asylum applications
The idea of an office in Libya to process asylum applications has been put forward by Maltese Minister of Home Affairs Manuel Mallia.
Such an office, run under the auspices of the EU, could help stem the flow of illegal immigrants who make the dangerous journey to Europe in unsafe vessels, according to the Times of Malta.
If migrants could apply for European asylum in Libya and find out if they would be accepted, fewer would have to pay criminal gangs to help them attempt to cross the Mediterranean, he said.
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Coastguard rescues over a hundred migrants
The Libyan Coastguard rescued 107 migrants, including 20 women and a baby, some 20 miles off the coast of Tripoli last night.
Prior to the rescue, seven people in the boat died after being thrown into the sea, according to Libyan news agency LANA. Navy Chief of Staff spokesman, Ayoub Omar Qasim said those rescued, who had been trying to get to Europe, were taken to holding centres in Tripoli, from where they would be deported to their home countries.
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Plus de 40 000 clandestins africains ont migré en Libye via le nord nigérien en 2013, indique mardi l’ONU, alors que la Libye demeure une importante plate-forme migratoire vers l’Europe.
«La police d’Agadez (nord du Niger) évalue à 40 350 dont 21 132 Nigériens et 19 218 étrangers, le nombre de personnes ayant pris la route vers la Libye et qui sont passées par un poste de contrôle», souligne le bulletin humanitaire du Bureau de la coordination des affaires humanitaires (Ocha) à Niamey.
Renversement du pouvoir en Lybie, l’armée prend le contrôle (vidéo)
La Lybie a connu un putsch militaire au matin du vendredi 14 février 2014. Le renversement du pouvoir s’est matérialisé par la suspension du gouvernement et du parlement. Il est conduit par l’armée libyenne sous l’égide de Khalifa Hafter, ancien commandant des forces terrestres libyennes.
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Defence Minister threatens action after calls for military rule in Libya
By Ashraf Abdul Wahab
Defence Minister Abdullah Al-Thinni said yesterday that the names of a number of officers who had discussed proposals for military rule had been passed on to the military prosecutor.
Speaking in a live television interview on Libya Al-Ahrar, Thinni said military intelligence had been alerted to a secret meeting in the former Qaddafi Hall of the People in Tripoli where military officials discussed the creation of a Egyptian-style military council to replace Congress and the government. The Military Police had been sent, he said, and although none of the individuals had been detained, their identities were known and they would be charged.
