Despite treacherous conditions at sea, record numbers of migrants are setting off from North Africa to reach the European Union. This weekend alone, nearly 5,600 people arrived on Italy’s southern coasts, reported InfoMigrant website.
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European Union backing for Libyan authorities who stop and detain migrants means the bloc has “aided and abetted” rights violations against migrants, an investigator for a U.N. mission said on Monday.
The African Union revealed that arrangements are underway to transfer thousands of migrants sheltering in Libya to Rwanda, based on an agreement signed between the Union, Rwanda and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Tunisian As-Sabah News reported on Friday.
The National Commission for Human Rights in Libya (NCHRL) has renewed its demand for the authorities in Libya to disclose…
Halliburton and Honeywell International Inc. are hammering out $1.4 billion worth of deals to develop an oil field and refinery with National Oil Corporation in Libya, the Wall Street Journal reports, citing the chairman of state-owned firm, Farhat Bengdara.
At least five African migrants died and another 33 were missing after four boats sank off the coast of Tunisia on Wednesday as they tried to cross the Mediterranean to Italy, an official of a local rights group said.
Tunisia is looking ahead for the qualification match on Friday against Libya in Group J for 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.
The Libyan Presidential Council (LPC) President, Mohamed al-Menfi, discussed during his meeting with the Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates to Libya, Mohamed al-Shamsi, the advancement of the political process in Libya.
The Chief of Staff of Libya’s Western Region, Lieutenant General Mohamed al-Haddad, has signed a technical agreement with the Chief of Staff of the Italian Ministry of Defense, Admiral Cavo Dragone, to train the Special Forces of the Libyan Government of National Unity (GNU).
Libyan Parliament Speaker Aguila Saleh met Monday with the US Assistant Secretary of State for Middle East Affairs Barbara Leaf and her accompanying delegation, including US Special Envoy to Libya Ambassador Richard Norland and Chargé d’Affaires of US Embassy in Libya Leslie Ordman.