Security forces in eastern Libya have detained 237 migrants hiding in a farm on the outskirts of the city of Tobruk in eastern Libya, reports Al-Wasat on Sunday.
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Hannibal Gaddafi, son of the late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, has been moved from a Lebanese prison to hospital in “critical condition”, Dubai-based Al-Hadath TV reported on Sunday.
US arms manufacturer General Dynamics has its sights on a £9 million property once owned by the Qaddafi family as payment for a weapons deal brokered with Libya, documents show.
UNICEF has announced that the European Union will contribute €1.5 million to support the first Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) in Libya, announced UNICEF on Sunday.
Chairman of the Libyan High National Elections Commission (HNEC), Imad Al-Sayeh, received on Sunday in Tripoli the Qatari Ambassador to Libya, Khaled Al-Dosari, and his accompanying delegation.
The Attorney General’s Office announced last Monday that the Tripoli Criminal Court sentenced the Deputy Prime Minister and former Interior Minister in the Ali Zeidan Libyan government, Al-Siddiq Karim, to five years in prison.
Deputy Head of U.N. Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), Raisedon Zenenga, received representatives of the National Council for Libyan Women who shared their views on issues related to elections and the outcome of the 6+6 committee, “including the issue of women’s quotas and ensuring that women have decision making roles,” according to a statement by UNSMIL.
The shipwreck took place on Thursday and at least one newborn baby is among those missing, said UNHCR representative to Italy Chiara Cardoletti.
The EU delivered two patrol boats to Libya in a ceremony on Thursday (22 June) in the Sicilian city of Messina in the presence of European Commission officials, the Italian authorities, and the Tripoli-based coastguard, according to a press statement on Friday (23 June), Euractiv reported.
The Anti-Illegal Migration Agency – Benghazi confirmed the deportation of 114 irregular migrants of different nationalities to their countries.