On February 14, a Royal Air Maroc (RAM) delegation visited Mitiga international airport, near Tripoli, Libya, to assess security conditions and operational measures, Morocco World News reported.
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The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Monday that 74 migrants were intercepted off the coast of Libya last week.
More than 80 migrants were saved, but two died and three were missing following two sea rescue operations in the Mediterranean off the coast of Libya, said Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) on Sunday.
The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) condemned on Sunday the mass killing of 10 individuals, some of whom are reportedly affiliated with state-funded Stability Support Apparatus, in Abu Salim neighbourhood, located in Tripoli.
The Chairman of Libya’s Presidential Council, Mohammed Menfi, met with the President of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, in Addis Ababa on Sunday.
The Tripoli-based Stability Support Apparatus militia has mourned two of its members among those killed Saturday in the massacre in Abu Salim neighbourhood in Tripoli.
Italian authorities are currently investigating two Libyan militants: Abdel Rahman Milad, known as Bija and ahis cousin Osama al-Khuni Ibrahim, both of whom are accused of human trafficking, torture and other crimes against migrants.
Italy’s Court of Cassation, the country’s highest judicial authority, has ruled that handing over refugees and migrants rescued in the Central Mediterranean to the Libyan coast guard is a crime because the north African country is not a safe port.
The Libyan economy and trade minister said Saturday that a meeting between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi would pave the way for the rapid reconstruction and development of Libya.
U.S. Special Envoy to Libya Ambassador Richard Norland has reaffirmed his country’s commitment to supporting Libyans to choose a unified government.