Tripoli: Libya ranked 4th in Africa and 6th in the Arab world in terms of gold reserves in its central bank, as it possesses 116.6 tons of gold reserves.
The Libyan Indicators Building Center stated that gold represents about 10.43% of the total reserves in the Central Bank of Libya (CBL).
Purchases of Arab central banks amounted to 54.8 tons of gold in 2023, led by the CBL with about 30 tons, followed by the Iraqi Central Bank, which bought 12.3 tons.
Globally, the US topped the list with more than 813 tons of gold reserves in the world, followed by Germany and Italy.
Source: Libyan News Agency
The Cabinet’s media center has denied reports claiming that a new deadly virus is affecting poultry in farms.
In a statement Monday, the media center said it had contacted the Ministry of Agriculture, which dismissed the news as baseless.
No variants of avian viruses have been detected in the farms, the Ministry assured, noting that campaigns are conducted across Egypt to health check fowl as a precautionary measure.
So far, the production cycles are regular and no health problems have been reported.
The media center called on all media outlets to verify any information from official sources before circulating it, warning that such news could create confusion.
Source: State Information Service Egypt