COLUMN | Namcor’s woes as chair arrested for drugs and managing director suspended over Angolan deal: will Namibia emulate Nigeria or Norway? [Offshore Accounts]

This Easter, after looking at three companies that experienced miracles last week, we move to an entire country that stands on the cusp of a miraculous transformation: Na ..

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Drifting Migrant Boat In Mediterranean With No Rescue

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A merchant ship has supplied fuel and water to a boat with around 400 migrants on board which is in distress between Greece and Malta but Maltese authorities have ordered it not to conduct a rescue, German NGO Sea-Watch International, says an article published on reuters.

Sharp rise of migrant boats

The vessel, which departed from Tobruk in Libya amid a sharp rise of migrant boats crossing the Mediterranean from North Africa, was reported to be adrift and taking on...

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Report to Congress on Libya and U.S. Policy

The following is the March 7, 2023, Congressional Research Service In Focus report, Libya and U.S. Policy.

From the report

Twelve years after a 2011 uprising that toppled longtime authoritarian leader Muammar al Qadhafi, Libya has yet to make a transition to stable governing arrangements. Elections and diplomacy have produced a series of interim governments (Figure 1), but militias, local leaders, and subnational coalitions backed by competing foreign patrons have remained the most powerful...

https://news.usni.org/2023/03/08/report-to-congress-on-libya-and-u-s-policy

Emergency Service Vessel News Roundup | February 17 – Australian and Libyan rescue boats, a new fleet of 52 response craft for Russia and more

Deliveries include a rescue boat for a Libyan government operator and an inflatable utility workboat for a Dutch service provider. An Australian volunteer marine rescue o ..

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Pilot Boat News Roundup | December 21 – Deliveries to Spain and Libya plus Norwegian and UK orders

New pilot boats have been delivered to owners in southern Spain and Libya’s Mediterranean coast. Construction is meanwhile underway on new boats for Norway and Falmouth ..

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Emergency Service Vessel News Roundup | August 2 – SAR boats in China, Australia and Finland, a long-range patrol ship for Taiwan, Italian-built police craft fleet for Libya

Emergency response vessels have been delivered to operators in Taiwan and mainland China while construction is nearly complete on two rescue boats for Iceland and New Sou ..

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Tug and Salvage Vessel News Roundup | July 27 – Deliveries to French and Peruvian operators, Libyan and Chinese newbuilding orders and more

Newbuild deliveries have been completed to France and Peru while orders have been placed for two hybrid tugs for operation in China and Japan and a conventionally-powered ..

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