Libya Parliament approves 2024 budget of $18.5bn to its installed government

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Libya’s eastern-based parliament, on Tuesday, unanimously approved the 2024 budget for*the government it installed of*90 billion Libyan dinars ($18.5 billion),*excluding an item for development*projects, three MPs told Reuters. The budget is for the Benghazi-based government of Osama*Hamad, who came to power in March 2023 and is allied with the military commander, Khalifa Haftar, who controls the east and large parts of the southern region of Libya. Libya’s separate Tripoli-based Government of National Unity is headed by interim Prime Minister,*Abdulhamid Al-Dbeibah, who was installed through a UN-backed process in 2021. House of Representatives (HoR) member, Aisha Tublqi, said the item for development projects was excluded from the budget because “the government demanded 30 billion LYD for three years, but the Parliament […]

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