The Libyan coastguard announced on Thursday that it had rescued dozens of migrants from drowning north of the city of Sabratha, west of the capital Tripoli.

The head of the Zueitina Port Workers’ Union has warned that a leak in the port’s largest tanks could lead to the destruction of one of the tanks at any moment.

The communication office of the Libyan Oil and Gas Workers' Trade Union announced on Thursday 21 April that the decision to increase the workers' wages by 67% has come into force and that some oil companies have already started to apply the increase.

The General Petroleum Trade Union has called on the international community, through the UN Special Envoy for Libya, to intervene urgently to allow the resumption of oil production in the country and to de-politicize the sector.

The workers of Afriqiyah Airways decided on Monday 21 March to go on open strike to call for the regularisation of their administrative and financial situation.