The U.N. Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) said on Tuesday that it is following with “deep concern” the ongoing mobilization of forces in Tripoli and warns against “threats to resort to force to resolve legitimacy claims in Libya.”
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A total of 140 migrants, including eight women and a minor, were intercepted during the last week when they tried to cross the Mediterranean before being brought back to Libya, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) reported on Monday.
The United States is “deeply concerned by renewed threats of violent confrontation in Tripoli and calls for immediate de-escalation by all sides,” said the U.S. State Department on Monday.
The lifeless bodies of three migrants coming from sub-Saharan Africa were recovered on Sunday in Ras Jedir, at the border with Libya, Italian news agency Ansa reported on Tuesday.
Forces of the Libyan National Army (LNA) on Monday shot down an unmanned drone near near Benghazi via a man-portable surface-to-air missile system (MANPAD), according to LNA’s media office.
The National Center for Disease Control in Libya (NCDC) reported on Tuesday that 42 people tested positive for COVID-19, marking 26 percent of the infection rate. 93 people recovered in the same reporting period.
The political situation and the impact of the economic recession were at the center of talks yesterday between Prime Minister-designate Fathi Bashagha and a group of businessmen in Misurata, Bashagha revealed on Monday.
Libya’s Audit Bureau has called on outgoing prime minister, Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, to take “necessary measures” to address excessive employment in the public sector
Libya and Italy agree on the urgency of appointing a new U.N. envoy to “accelerate the political process towards national elections,” said Rome’s Special Envoy to Libya Nicola Orlando on Monday.
A child was confirmed dead and two others were injured as a result of so-called “celebratory shooting” that hit their home in Sabha last Thursday, the U.N. Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) said on Sunday.