The European Commission aims to deliver new ‘P150’ class patrol boats to the Libyan coast guard, despite possible crimes against humanity at detention centers where migrants intercepted at sea are often sent, EU Observer reports.
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Former Interior Minister Fathi Bashagha wants to carry out “a full overhaul” of Libya’s security apparatus if elected for president, he tells AFP in a new interview.
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António Guterres, the U.N. Secretary-General, has welcomed the agreement reached in Geneva earlier this week by the 5+5 Joint Military Committee on an action plan for the withdrawal of foreign forces from Libyan territory.
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Deputy Prime Minister Hussein al-Qatrani has accused the premier Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh of making unilateral decisions which affect the cohesion of the government, and said that he holds Dbeibeh responsible if a parallel executive authority was formed in the country’s eastern region of Cyrenaica.
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Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh held a meeting yesterday with Foreign Minister Najla Mangoush and other cabinet members to review the preparation for ‘Libya Stability’ conference, which the Libyan foreign ministry will host on October 21.
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The National Center for Disease Control in Libya (NCDC) has reported on Tuesday that 551 people tested positive for COVID-19, marking 13 percent of the infection rate. The NCDC said that 16 others died of the virus, while 1,467 have recovered during the same reporting period.
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Libya’s High National Elections Commission (HNEC) announced yesterday that it has officially received the parliamentary electoral law approved by the House of Representatives last week.
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177 migrants survived Monday night after the Tripoli-based Libyan Coast Guard intercepted two boats which had set off from Zwara and Khoms the night before, the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said.
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Egypt won a 3-0 World Cup qualifying triumph Libya on Monday, which puts them on the brink of winning Group F and reaching the final elimination round.
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The United Nations Human Rights Council has extended the mandate the Libya Fact-Finding Mission for nine months, the U.N. Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) announced on Monday.
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