After years of war, the authorities in Benghazi, Libya, are trying to attract international tourists. They’ve started with a brand new skydiving center.

Libya has played host to its second oil and gas discovery within a few weeks. Fresh from OMV finding up to 42 million barrels of resources in the onshore part of the Sirte basin last month, state-owned Arabian Gulf Oil Company (Agoco) has now hit oil and gas with a well in the Ghadames basin.

Forty-two migrants were presumed dead after a rubber boat capsized off the Libyan coast this month. Many of the presumed victims were fleeing a raging conflict in Sudan.

Egypt’s Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty reaffirmed his country’s firm position in support of Libya’s unity and sovereignty, stressing the importance of backing genuine Libyan national efforts aimed at advancing a political settlement,

Vienna-based OMV has made an oil discovery onshore Libya, according to the country's state oil company. Libya's National Oil Corporation (NOC) reported late last week that OMV's B-1 exploration well in contract area 106/4 had successfully flowed oil and gas.

Four migrants died after two boats carrying nearly 100 people capsized off the coast of Al-Khums in northwestern Libya, the Libyan Red Crescent said. The organisation said on Saturday it received a report late Thursday about two overturned migrant boats near the Al-Khums shoreline.

The Acting Interior Minister Emad Al-Trabelsi took part in the ministerial conference of EU, Middle Eastern, and North African states, held in the Portuguese capital Lisbon, to discuss ways to strengthen security cooperation and develop joint coordination mechanisms to address regional and international challenges.