Benghazi Urban Tech & Investment: The Global Competitive Urban Planning Initiative Benghazi (GCUPI-B) is calling on firms, experts, startups and innovators to register for its international competition on Benghazi’s urban future, with registration at 93% and a July 31 deadline. Libya Power Crisis: Tripoli is seeing fresh protests as heatwaves and chronic outages push residents to rely on private generators; demonstrations have targeted key public sites and even disrupted oil and gas operations, tightening gas supplies for power generation. Oil Sector Cleanup at Mesla: AGOCO says it has advanced an environmental project at the Mesla field to recover residual oil from disposal pits, add evaporation capacity, and run water treatment plus bioremediation to cut spill and pollution risks. Benghazi Energy Tech Conference: Libya’s Petroleum Research Center has launched the NOVA Conference and Exhibition in Benghazi (Oct 5–7), backed by NOC and AGOCO, aiming to spotlight upstream opportunities and digital/AI tools for exploration and field development. Inclusive Tech in Education: ALECSO and Libya’s education science body completed autism care training in Greater Tripoli, focusing on inclusive classroom methods and individualized education planning. Human Trafficking Goes Digital (Libya Route): BRAC reports traffickers increasingly use WhatsApp, Telegram and Facebook groups to lure migrants, with Bangladeshis topping arrivals in Italy and also leading Greece via the Libya route in 2026. Libya–China Skills Exchange: A Tripoli-based Chinese language program highlights how Libyan engineers are moving from circuit boards to whiteboards through structured Mandarin learning and teaching support. Military Industry Training: TÜMOSAN is hosting 22 Libyan trainees for hands-on technical work tied to Libya’s military industrialization plans under a cooperation agreement with Turkey.