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Libyan coastguards have arrested six fishermen for several days over crossing into Libyan territorial waters, according to Tunisie Numerique. The fishermen from Ben Guerdane, in southeast Tunisia, have been detained for more than five days. The Libyans have also seized their equipment. Despite good ties between the two countries, the oil-rich African country has repeatedly […]
Six members from Libya’s House of Representatives and six others representing the High State Council opened on Monday in the Sea Resort Moroccan city of Bouznika a meeting to discuss election laws and especially the requirements for presidential candidates. The 6+6 committee is tasked with setting rules and regulations for the upcoming parliamentary and presidential […]
The French parliament has passed a resolution calling on the European Union to formally label Russia’s mercenary Wagner force a “terror group,” while the Times newspaper has reported that the United Kingdom would also formally list Wagner as a terrorist organization to increase pressure on Russia. The French parliament has adopted a resolution, which is […]
Morocco has renewed its “constant and clear” stance on the Libyan conflict, and its commitment to continue to help Libyan factions reach a consensus-based, politically negotiated solution to end the internal crisis prevailing in the oil-rich country. The commitment was renewed by Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita in an address read on his behalf on Tuesday […]
The UN Independent Fact-Finding Mission (FFM) on Libya has called for accountability for the crimes against humanity committed in Libya, expressing deep concern over the country’s deteriorating human rights situation. In its final report released Monday in Geneva, the UN Mission said there are grounds to believe a wide array of war crimes and crimes […]
The European Union, the African Union and the United Nations have called on the Libyan authorities to end arbitrary detention of migrants and refugees, starting with the women and children as well as other individuals with specific needs or disabilities. In a joint press release issued following their meeting held Monday in Brussels, the tripartite […]
Tunisian President Kais Saied continues to stir controversies. After uttering racist comments against Sub-Saharan Africans, the President claimed that Tunisia should have a 50% stake in Libya’s offshore Bouri oil fields, a claim that was strongly rejected by Libyan politicians. Libya’s Oil and Gas Minister Mohammed Oun reminded Saied that Libya has exclusive rights to […]
Six Egyptian nationals held in an irregular detention center in western Libya have set free, Egypt’s oreign ministry announced. “According to the information received from our embassy in Tripoli, the six Egyptians have been released,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Ahmed Abu Zeid said on Twitter Sunday. “We are following their safe return to the homeland,” he […]
The Moroccan government has reiterated its full support to the efforts engaged by the United Nations for the resolution of the Libyan conflict which is threatening the stability of the whole region. At a joint briefing held Monday in Rabat following his talks with UN envoy for Libya Abdoulaye Bathily, Moroccan foreign minister Nasser Bourita […]
The deteriorating social and economic situation in Tunisia has prompted the Libyan government of national unity, based in Tripoli, to send food assistance to its neighbor in a solidarity move. Nearly a hundred of Libyan trucks carrying sugar, oil, flour and rice arrived this week in Tunisia which is suffering from shortages of basic goods, […]