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| Libya Oil Production Reaches 1m BPD, Expects Full Output by Mid-2012 |
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The Libyan oil industry continues its recovery after an eight-month long conflict that ousted former Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi and brought oil production, the country's main source of income to almost total halt, it is now pumping “more than a million” barrels a day.
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| Syria: Activists Claim More Protesters Targeted Despite Presence of Arab League Mission |
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After visiting Homs for two days, teams of observers from the Arab League were due to visit three provinces on Thursday, where the protests started and have reportedly seen hundreds of deaths of protesters and, more recently, of regime troops targeted by armed rebels. The virst they visited was the neighbouring province of Hama, Idlib in the north and Deraa on the border with Jordan.
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| Egyptians Show Signs of Waning Interest in Mubarak's Trial |
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Although the trial Egypt's of deposed President Hosni Mubarak, his sons and other former officials, are still the subject of most of today’s headlines in the country, compared to the start of the trial way back in August, coverage is significantly less extensive than it was then. Observers believe that this could perhaps be a sign of the public’s waning interest in what has become a drawn-out process of legal procedures.
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| Kim Jong-un Hailed as North Korea's New Supreme Leader During Father's Memorial Service |
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As it wrapped up two days of emotional mourning former leader Kim Jong Il with a memorial service on Thursday, North Korea formally declared his third and youngest son Kim Jong-un as the country's new supreme leader., succeeding his father to become the third-generation Kim family member to hold power in Pyongyang.
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| UN Chief Concerned at Ethnic Tensions in South Sudan |
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United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expressed deep concern Thursday about continuing ethnic tensions in South Sudan's Jonglei state, following reports of fresh rounds of deadly clashes and claims that thousands of armed youth are preparing to attack members of a rival community.
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| Hamas PM on Official Visit to Sudan |
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Gaza's Hamas premier Ismail Haniya is on an visit to Sudan as part of his first official tour of the region since the Islamist movement took power in the Palestinian enclave in 2007. He arrived in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, not just to make the official visit, but also to attend the Al Quds Forum on Jerusalem.
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| Libya Receives Funds, Assets Unfrozen by EU |
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One week after the European Union's decision to unfreeze funds and assets belonging to the Central Bank of Libya and the Libyan Arab Foreign Bank, Libya has received 97 billion dollars.
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| North Korea Holds Kim Jong-il's State Funeral |
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North Korea bade farewell to its late leader Kim Jong Il on Wednesday and began two days of funeral services with a huge funeral procession by means of a carcade around the country's capital Pyongyang in the presence of tens of thousands of North Korean soldiers with their heads bowed, and people who lined the procession route.
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| Syrian Authorities Stand Accused as AL Observers Visit Trouble Spot |
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Human Rights Watch is urging the observers from the Arb League now in the country to insist on full access to all sites the Syrian authorities are using for detention. It is also accusing the authorities of hiding hundreds of detainees from the observers by transferring the detainees to off-limits military sites.
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| International Legal Assistance Consortium Chief Believes Libya Can Be Prosperous |
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The head of the International Legal Assistance Consortium, ILAC, - a group of lawyers from around the world who assess the legal state of war-torn areas – believes that despite the fact that right now Libya's future looks “uncertain” during the transition period of life under the autocratic rule of Muammar Gaddafi to a democracy, “it can be prosperous”.
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| Former Egyptian President Mubarak's Trial Resumes in Cairo |
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The trial of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, ousted in a popular uprising in February, resumed on Wednesday following a delay of almost two months while lawyers demanded a new judge.
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| Swedish Journalists Get 11-Year Prison Terms in Ethiopia |
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A court in Ethiopia has sentenced two Swedish journalists to 11 years in prison on charges of supporting terrorism after the two illegally entered the country with an ethnic Somali rebel group.
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| OPEC Agrees to Accommodate Libyan Oil Output |
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Libya's oil minister Abdurahman Benyezza said at the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries,OPEC, meeting in Cairo that there is a "gentlemen" agreement inside the Organisation to accommodate the country's crude oil as production recovers.
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| Libya Government to Integrate Former Revolutionaries |
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Libya's transitional government said on Sunday that as of next month it will begin to register thousands of former rebel fighters who helped to overthrow the former regime of Muammar Gaddafi in an eight-month long armed struggle in order to integrate them within the security services.
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| More Arab League Monitors Due in Syria Monday |
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As about 50 Arab League observers are due to arrive Monday in Syria days after a nine-member advance team landed in the country's capital as part of a deal with the Damascus to try to end months of violence gripping the country, the main opposition group has urged them to go immediately to the central city of Homs, which is reportedly besieged by government forces.
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