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The National Center for Disease Control in Libya (NCDC) has reported on Monday that 683 people tested positive for COVID-19, marking 13 percent of the infection rate. The NCDC said that 21 others died of the virus, while 1,819 have recovered during the same reporting period.

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Libyan Health Ministry announced on Saturday that the number of COVID-19 cases under intensive care during the past 24 hours reached 178.
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Egyptian Foreign Minister, Sameh Shoukry, reiterated his country’s position calling for the exit of all foreign forces, mercenaries and foreign fighters from Libya, during his meeting with the UN envoy to Libya, Jan Kubis, Saturday in Cairo.
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Masoud Wahrani, Undersecretary of the Tobruk Municipal Office, confirmed that he held a meeting with officials of the Italian company Enrico Ravanelli on Friday after its return to Tobruk to complete the infrastructure projects, suspended since 2014.
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Italy’s Prime Minister Mario Draghi held talks with U.S. President Joe Biden on the margins of the G20 Summit in Rome yesterday to discuss “the situation of instability in the Mediterranean and in Libya,” according to a statement by Draghi’s office.

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Libya’s Attorney-General Siddiq Al-Sour denied that migrants were killed by security forces in Tripoli during an anti-migrant crackdown earlier this month and claimed that such reports are “false” , according to a statement released yesterday by the attorney-general’s office.

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Libya’s Foreign Minister Najla Mangoush spoke on the phone yesterday with her Italian counterpart Luigi Di Maio to discuss “bilateral cooperation” and “follow-up to the Stabilisation Conference”, according to the Italian foreign ministry.

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Representatives of Libya’s 5+5 Joint Military Committee convened a meeting in Cairo today to discuss their action plan for the withdrawal of foreign forces. The meeting was also attended by the U.N. Special Envoy to Libya Ján Kubiš as well as the representatives of Chad, Niger, and Sudan.

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The European Commission is working on plans to strengthen relations with so-called “partner countries”, as part of its pact on migration and asylum.
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The recent violent clashes that took place in the western city of Zawiya was aimed at disrupting the upcoming elections, claims Libyan analyst Mohamed Eljarh.

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