Actually we are preparing for an international unity meeting to be held in Kufra in southeastern Libya," said Mahgoub Hussein.

Libya's central position in the Sahara makes it accessible from West and East Africa; migrants from Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone go through Mali and Niger and follow the routes toward the southern Libyan towns of Sebha; those coming from the Horn of Africa arrive to Libya and settle in the Kufra region before heading toward the Mediterranean shore.

A partnership of Repsol (60%, operator) and OMV (40%) in May 2003 signed an EPSA for a package consisting of M-1 Block in the Murzuk Basin, Mediterranean offshore Blocks O-9 and O-10, Block S-36 in the Sirte Basin, and Blocks K1 and K2 in the frontier south-eastern Kufra area.