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Imad al-Sayeh, chairman of the High National Election Commission, held talks yesterday in Tripoli with Marc-André Franche, a representative for the U.N. Development Program in Libya, about preparations for the general elections scheduled for December 24.

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One migrant was killed and at least 15 others injured, six seriously, when security forces in Tripoli carried out raids on houses and temporary makeshift shelters on Friday in Gargaresh, an area of Tripoli heavily populated by migrants and asylum-seekers. 

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Italy’s Foreign Minister, Luigi Di Maio, will co-chair a meeting on Libya on Wednesday, September 22, together with his German and French counterparts, Heiko Maas and Jean-Yves Le Drian, respectively, Italian news agency Nova reports.

Citing Libyan sources, Nova stated that the meeting will be held on the sidelines of the 76th United Nations General Assembly, which will be held in New York from 20-25 September.

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The  Government of National Unity did not respond to a request of information made by the United Nations last July over the disappearance of Mansour Al-Maghrabi, the head of the Libyan Red Crescent branch in the eastern city of Ajdabiya, according to a U.N. official.

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