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Eastern Libyan military commander Khalifa Haftar who dis-missed a series of UN-led talks to bridge differences between Libya’s two rival administrations and who does not recognize the Tripoli-based Government of National Accord, said Sunday that the Libyan Political Agreement (LPA) brokered by the UN is outdated and the institutions associated to it have lost le-gitimacy. […]
The mayor of the Libyan coastal city of Misrata Mohammed Eshtewi has been kidnapped and killed by gunmen shortly after his return from a visit to Turkey Sunday, and Misrata has begun this Monday three days of mourning. The local municipal council expressed its “deep sorrow and grief” at the killing. Its condemnation was swiftly […]
Amnesty International has denounced European governments’ inaction over the torture and abuse of tens of thousands of refugees and migrants detained in Libya in appalling conditions. In a report published in the wake of global outrage over the sale of migrants in Libya, AI shed lights on how European governments are “actively supporting a sophisticated […]
The Skhirate Agreement offers a sound platform for resolving the crisis that has been rattling Libya for years, said Morocco’s Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita following talks with Secretary-General Envoy and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), Ghassan Salamé. He said that the agreement, which has been achieved in Morocco on December […]
The European Union has earmarked €29.6 million to fund new programs destined to protect migrants and fight against smugglers and traffickers in Africa and the Mediterranean region. Supported by EU Trust Fund for Africa, these programs will strengthen the migrants’ protection, support their sustainable reintegration or voluntary return as well as combat the criminal networks […]
The Libyan High National Elections Commission (HNEC) announced Wednesday the beginning of the voter registration process in view of preparing next year crucial elections said to mark the end of the transitional government and make room for elected institutions. UN Special Envoy to Libya Ghassan Salamé has tendered to the UN Security Council an action […]
Head of the UN mission in Libya has told the media that Head of the Eastern-based army Khalifa Haftar backs his action plan to help Libyans establish central and efficient institutions to run the country as of next year. Ghassan Salamé met with Haftar in Cairo on Sunday to discuss a number of issues including […]
In keeping with its solidarity-based African policy, Morocco will send planes to repatriate about 3,800 migrants mostly from West Africa who are currently stranded in a camp in Tripoli. The decision was announced at the end of the 5th AU-EU Summit in Abidjan, which was attended by King Mohammed VI along with African and EU […]
The exclusion of Algeria from the meeting on Libya, held as part of the AU-EU Summit in Abidjan, came to no surprise to analysts who see Algiers as an unreliable partner in resolving Libya’s pressing issues: stability, security and migration. Migration, the main issue on the table of the AU-EU Summit, was also the top […]
The United Nations, the European Union and the African Union have agreed to put in place a joint Task Force to save and protect lives of migrants and refugees along the routes and in particular inside Libya. The decision was made Wednesday during a meeting on the sidelines of the African Union-European Union Summit that […]