The Libyan Coast Guard, based in Tripoli, interpreted 23 migrants on Monday evening, before returning them to the Tripoli Naval Base, the U.N. Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said on Tuesday.
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Libya’s House of Representatives kicked off on Tuesday another session to discuss the budget bill and the presidential election bill, after yesterday’s session was suspended.
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The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Monday launched training sessions for Libya’s primary healthcare physicians over comprehensive neonatal and childhood healthcare.
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2,276 new people tested positive for COVID-19, marking 25 percent of the infection rate, according to a Tuesday report by the National Center for Disease Control in Libya (NCDC). The center also said that 23 people died of the virus, while 1,387 have recovered during the same reporting period.
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The United Nations Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) condemned on Tuesday the forced closure of the eastern branch of the Man-Made River, which the Mission says could risk “provoking a humanitarian crisis”.
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1,788 migrants were intercepted at sea and brought back to Libya during the period of 8-14 August, the International Organization For Migration (IOM) announced on Monday.
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Reda Afritis, the Chief of the Cabinet Office in the Eastern Region, was released yesterday after he was kidnapped two weeks ago in Tripoli by an unknown armed group, according to local press reports.
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“If the budget is not approved, there will be an impact and perhaps great difficulties in maintaining oil production rates,” Libya’s oil minister warned on Monday.
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The Libyan Foreign Minister, Najla Mangoush, met on Monday with the Egyptian Ambassador to Libya, Tamer Mustafa, at the ministry’s headquarters in Tripoli, where the ambassador revealed that the Egyptian embassy and consulate headquarters in Tripoli will soon be equipped and reopened to provide their services, referring to the arrangement for equipping the consulate building in Benghazi as well.
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Members of the 5+5 Joint Military Committee met on Monday with Turkish officers whom are currently based in Mitiga military base in Tripoli, according to local press report.
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