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.
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Tunisian coast guards recovered a total of 31 bodies of migrants in the last few hours, including two minors, who died in various shipwrecks on the Central Mediterranean route to Europe and were “dragged by the waves” to the shore.
The bodies of 17 migrants who were attempting to reach Europe have been found off Tunisia’s northeast coast, the country’s…
Algerian President, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, received on Tuesday, Libyan Foreign Minister, Najla al-Mangoush, in Algiers, where they consulted on Libya’s latest developments and Paris International Conference on Libya, scheduled to be held on November 12, according to the Libyan Foreign Ministry.
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Foreign ministers of Libya, Tunisia and Algeria discussed during a session of joint talks the latest developments of preparations for the upcoming elections in Libya and efforts to push the security-military track for easing the crisis in the country, according to a joint statement.
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Tunisian President, Kais Saied, has issued orders for reopening the border crossings with Libya, starting tomorrow, Friday, at 7:00 a.m. local time, according to the Tunisian Presidency.
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Director of the Health System Response Monitoring Office at Ras Jedir Libyan-Tunisian border crossing, Mukhtar al-Mansoori, has announced that a ministerial meeting would be held between Libya and Tunisia in preparation for the resumption of movement between the two countries.
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Moroccan Foreign Minister, Nasser Bourita, affirmed that the solution in Libya passes through the elections, which should be held on the scheduled date next December, noting that his country is working to open a space for dialogue between the Libyan parties.
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Tunisia recorded 194 new deaths from COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, which is the highest death toll per day that the country ever recorded since the beginning of the pandemic in March of last year.
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TRIPOLI – The Libyan Minister of Economy and Trade, Mohammed al-Huwaij, discussed with the Tunisian Minister of Trade and Export…