Ali Al-Sadiq Ali, the Foreign Minister of Sudan, expressed his country’s commitment to the Jeddah Declaration. He noted his country’s openness to all political initiatives aimed at attaining a permanent ceasefire and initiating a political process leading to lasting peace in the country.

Swedish website Nordic Monitor mentioned that: “Turkish intelligence has been known to secure contracts for purchasing and shipping arms to jihadists in other countries has been flagged in a United Nations’ investigation as an arms smuggler to a client in Libya.”

The President of the Presidential Council, Mohamed Al-Menfi, called on Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dabaiba to withdraw the appointment of the designation of the person who runs the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and not to exclusivity of the decision, and the need to consult with the Presidential Council in particular, thus renewing the conflict of powers between the two poles of power in Libya and revealing the lack of coordination between members of the executive authority.

The commander of the operations of the Libyan ground forces, Major General Saddam Haftar, supervised the operation of the first special flights from Benina International Airport to the Republic of Croatia, carrying a number of wounded with sustainable disabilities.

Algerian Foreign Minister Ahmed Attaf submitted a request to the Non-Aligned Movement, urging it to take a strong and firm stance on the Palestinian issue, especially in light of the ongoing “Israeli aggression.”

Djamel Belmadi, coach of the Algerian national team, considers making changes in his squad against Burkina Faso, next Saturday in the second round of the fourth group competitions of Africa Cup of Nations, currently being held in Ivory Coast.

Oil prices increased on Thursday as the IEA joined producer organization OPEC in projecting reasonably strong growth in global oil demand this year, with price support also coming from disruptions in US output and geopolitical threats in the Middle East.

Alcohol trade takes place through global networks, according to Faraj Qaim, the Libyan Interior Ministry’s undersecretary.

Director of International Cultural Cooperation at Culture and Knowledge Development of the Government of National Unity, Khalifa Al-Hamdi, participated in the meetings of the Permanent Committee for Arab Culture in Tunisia

Speaker of Libya’s House of Representatives, Aguila Saleh, received in his office office in the city of Al-Qubbah Director of the General Center for Educational Training and Development at Libyan Ministry of Education Mohammad Al-Tayeb Al-Suwai’i, and the Director of Educational Training and Development Office in Benghazi, Mohammad Ahmed Anweji.

American “FlightAware” website, which specializes in monitoring flights, monitored the arrival of a Turkish military transport aircraft at the airport in the Libyan city of Misrata, coming from Turkish capital, Ankara, on Wednesday.

President of the Supreme Judicial Council Counselor Muftah Muhammad Al-Qawi receives Algerian Ambassador to Libya, Suleiman Chenin in a meeting in Tripoli.

A number of Libyan media outlets and social networking sites said that Saif al-Islam Gaddafi refused to participate in the Libyan National Reconciliation Conference.

A delegation from the Libyan Ministry of Justice is expected to travel to Beirut to revive a 2014 memorandum of understanding regarding judicial cooperation between the two countries

Libyan oil production continues to be reeling from the threat of political and security turmoil that has plagued the country for more than a decade.

The Minister of Finance and Economic Planning in Sudan, Jibril Ibrahim, said that his country is working to strengthen economic and political relations between his country and Russia, and upgrade them to become strategic relations of a special nature.

Tunisian authorities arrested 21 people on charges of belonging to a terrorist organization and sentenced to prison terms.

Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit denounced the Ethiopia-Somaliland agreement, describing it as a “blatant coup” against Arab and African constants, while Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said that Ethiopia has become a source of turmoil in the region.

Mikhail Bogdanov, Special Representative of the Russian President for the Middle East and African States received Nazih Nagari, Ambassador of the Arab Republic of Egypt to Moscow.

The head of Libya’s Government of National Unity, Abdul Hamid Dabaiba, said that his government will put the issue of lifting fuel subsidies to a public referendum, to poll the opinion of Libyans on the issue.