More than 60 migrants are believed to have drowned in a shipwreck off the coast of Libya, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said.
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UN envoy to Libya Abdoulaye Bathily said Wednesday he met with the Vice-Speakers of the House of Representatives (HoR), Fawzi Nuwairi and Musbah Doumah, in Benghazi.
Libya on Tuesday repatriated nearly 1,000 migrants from Egypt and Nigeria who had been staying in the North African country illegally, officials and AFP journalists said.
The Libyan Ministry of Interior’s Election Security Section concluded on Monday the second training program on Electoral Security, supported by The U.N. Development Programme (UNDP).
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has organized a four-day first aid training for for 16 participants of Libyan security forces from the West Coast Military Region.
The European Union’s Operation IRINI investigated 274 merchant vessels via radio calls (out of 12,490) and carried out 12 visits on ships (out of 593) in November 2023.
Head of the National Institution for Human Rights in Libya (NIHRL), Ahmed Hamza, said the outgoing Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh and his government are the biggest violators of human rights, citizenship rights, prisoners’ rights, and job rights in Libya.
UN envoy to Libya, Abdoulaye Bathily, said he met with Canada’s Ambassador, Isabelle Savard, where they discussed the recent political situation in Libya.
A quarter of a million people affected by floods in Libya are in need of assistance while over $70 million is required to support them through December, said the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) expressed concern about the “continuing crackdown on civic space and arbitrary detentions”, which it says “create a climate of fear across Libya”.