The Libya Africa Investment Portfolio (LAIP) reported yesterday that representatives of the African Development Bank (AfDB) expressed their strong desire to support LAIP’s Two Transit Corridors Project and to expand the proposed support by mobilizing international funding from donors. LAIP said this funding would contribute to securing the necessary partial or full financing to complete […] The post AfDB offers to help fund Libya’s Libya-Africa Transit Corridors Project: LAIP appeared first on LibyaHerald.

The Attorney General’s Office announced last Tuesday (5 May) that the Anti-Corruption Prosecution, within the jurisdiction of the Tripoli Court of Appeal, investigated information related to the collection of illicit financial benefits resulting from banking operations carried out within the Al-Wahda Bank branch – Souq Al-Thulatha. The investigator clarified the intention of the official in […] The post Two detained and others questioned in US$ 2.8 million Wahda Bank documentary credits fraud investigation appeared first on LibyaHerald.

The State Department says Leo-Rubio meeting underscores 'strong ties', despite Trump’s recent attacks on the pope.

The CPJ says the 'lack of concrete progress' in the FBI investigation represents a failure by the US government.

The Constitutional Court says MPs were was wrong to block impeachment proceedings against Cyril Ramaphosa.

The woman, 35, says she was praying for a baby and was "overjoyed" to be "blessed with five at once".

Iran accuses the US of violating the truce, alleging it targeted an oil tanker and carried out attacks on coastal areas.

Mediator Pakistan says it is "endeavouring to convert this ceasefire into a permanent end to this war".

A new exchange of fire between Iran and the US occurred late Thursday night in the Strait of Hormuz, with both countries accusing each other of firing first. The latest by Simon Moritz.

The far right are making gains in England as the results of local elections are counted overnight. The governing Labour party has lost control of a number of councils... and pressure is piling on Prime Minister Keir Starmer. While most results won’t be declared until later Friday, Reform UK — led by populist Nigel Farage — is on course for a major victory. Details by FRANCE 24’s correspondent in London, Bénédicte Paviot.

CAIRO: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi said Thursday his country was in an economic “state of near-emergency” as a result of the Middle East war, warning of runaway inflation. The Arab world’s most populous nation has not been physically impacted by the US and Israeli war with Iran, which has seen strikes on Egypt’s wealthy Gulf allies and paralyzed trade through the vital Strait of Hormuz.

BEIRUT: Lebanon faces what officials described as “one of the most dangerous moments in recent memory” after Hezbollah launched attacks on Israeli forces from areas both south and north of the Litani River, triggering a renewed Israeli air and ground campaign. Announcing its ground incursion into southern Lebanon, Israel said it aims to establish what it called a permanent “security zone” along the border.

South Africa's Constitutional Court on Friday overturned a vote in parliament that had quashed the opening of impeachment proceedings against President Cyril Ramaphosa over a cash-heist scandal.

The pontiff, who maintained a relatively low profile in the first months of his papacy, has become increasingly outspoken on the issues of conflict and human rights.