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Libya’s oil chief calls for national force to guard petroleum installations

Posted on January 29, 2019 by Admin

Mustafa Sanalla says specialist unit needed to end repeated seizures of oil assets by militias

The head of Libya’s national oil company has said he wants to set up a national force armed with surveillance to protect the country’s petroleum assets after repeated seizures of oil installations by militias.

Mustafa Sanalla, the chairman of the National Oil Corporation (NOC), said the force would require an annual budget of $10m (£7.6m) and be under the control of the UN-recognised government. But the force could include members of the Libyan National Army (LNA) headed by Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, the dominant figure in Libya’s east, he added.

Canada: 14 arrested at indigenous anti-pipeline protest camp as tensions rise

Posted on January 8, 2019 by Admin

Indigenous groups are fighting construction of liquified natural gas pipeline which would cross through First Nations territory

Canadian police have arrested 14 demonstrators at an indigenous protest camp in northern British Columbia, amid growing tensions over a proposed pipeline running through First Nations territory.

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Canada’s national police force, said 14 people had been arrested late on Monday as officers enforced a court order to remove barriers built along a logging road.