The U.S. State Department Counselor, Derek Chollet, said his country shares Libya’s concern that the events in Niger could destabilize the region, “particularly as Libya is in the midst of a delicate UN-facilitated political process aimed at unifying the country through free and fair elections.”
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TUNIS – The humanitarian crisis at the Tunisia-Libya border has intensified in recent weeks, with the discovery of over 25…
A report from Libya’s state-run media claims the recent Rome International Conference on Migration and Development “will not establish mechanisms”…
Libyan Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh and Tunisian President Kais Saied have agreed to organize a meeting between the interior ministers of both countries to discuss border security, as per a statement by Dbeibeh’s media office.
EgyptAir is preparing to launch new flights from Cairo to Misrata International Airport in western Libya starting next September.
The Director of the Department of Administrative and Financial Affairs at the Libyan Foreign Ministry, Rashid Abu Ghafah, held talks on Sunday with an Omani diplomatic delegation, led byHilal bin Abdullah Al-Sanani, Oman’s Ambassador to Tunisia.
The EU has signed off on a €1bn (£860m) deal with Tunisia to help stem irregular migration, as the president of the north African country denounced those who offer migrants “sympathy without respect” for their goal to have equity in life.
At least 15 migrants have been found dead off Tunisia’s coast and on its border with Algeria this week, authorities said on Friday. The deaths come as sub-Saharan Africans face increasing tensions in Tunisia and more and more people seek to leave or transit through the country en route to Europe.
Four people who survived the migrant boat disaster off the coast of Greece say the actions of the Greek coastguard caused the crowded fishing vessel to sink, according to BBC.
Italy’s center-right government is again grabbing international headlines by virtue of enforcing its immigration laws.