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Libya: Italy concerned about new waves of migrants if elections not held

Italy Thursday expressed concerns for the possibility of new waves of migrants flooding its shores from Libya, if elections scheduled on December 24 in the North African country are not held, Libya Observer reports. Luigi Di Maio, the top Italian diplomat raised the issue during a meeting with his American counterpart, Antony Blinken, at a […]

Libya: East-based HoR praises Morocco’s efforts to defuse political crisis

Libya’s House of Representatives (HoR), located in Tobruk, east of Libya, has commended Morocco’s efforts to help reach a solution to the Libyan political conflict and lift the UN-imposed arm ban on the North African country since 2011. HoR President Aqila Saleh, who is attending the 14th session of the Conference of the Parliamentary Union […]

France bears €2 bln burden from 1968 Franco-Algerian accord

A confidential parliamentary report has exposed what lawmakers describe as a “costly imbalance” in Franco-Algerian relations, estimating that France spends €2 billion annually due to the 1968 migration accord, while Algeria continues to obstruct deportations and shirk financial obligations. The agreement, signed six years after Algeria’s independence, was intended to facilitate labor migration during France’s […]