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A Tripoli court has put 45 militiamen connected to late ruler Muammar Gadhafi on the death row, after the defendants were indicted for the killing of demonstrators during the NATO-backed revolution in 2011 that brought down the autocratic ruler. The court in its ruling found the men guilty of the execution of dozens of people […]
Libyan militias have forced nearly 2,000 people from an ethnic minority, targeted for their alleged links to the former Gadaffi Government, to flee long-established shelters in the capital Tripoli, the UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR, said on Tuesday. In an appeal for the respect of the human rights of families originating from the city of Tawergha, […]
The numbers of terrorist attacks and deaths worldwide declined in 2017 for the third consecutive year, according to latest data released by the University of Maryland’s National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START). Last year, there were 10,900 terrorist attacks around the world, which killed more than 26,400 people, including […]
Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini has unveiled lately an ambitious plan worth at least 1 billion Euros destined to support the economies of North African countries, help create job opportunities in this region and curb migration flows. In a statement to Sky TG24, Mr. Salvini said these investments would focus on agriculture, fishing and trade. […]
Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte unveiled Monday from Washington Italy’s plan to host a major conference in Rome to work on stability in the North African country, which has become a major departure point for migrants. “In agreement with President (Donald) Trump, I’m going to organize a conference on Libya,” Conte told reporters at the […]
Human Rights Watch denounced on Wednesday the European Union decision to entrust the Libyan coast guards with the task of managing the waves of illegal African migrants who risk their lives to reach European shores. The EU’s obstruction of nongovernmental rescues and handover of responsibility to Libyan coast guard forces is a recipe for even […]
Respect for territorial integrity of member states is a sine qua non for achieving the long-sought integration of the Maghreb Union (AMU), Morocco’s Lower House Speaker Habib El Malki told AMU’s Secretary General Taieb Baccouche. During a meeting in Rabat, the two officials highlighted the wasted potential of the Maghreb as it continues to be […]
France, Italy, the United Kingdom, and the United States have welcomed the announcement that Libya’s National Oil Corporation has recovered its prerogatives and is resuming its vital work on behalf of all Libyans, insisting that Libya’s oil facilities, production, and revenues belong to the Libyan people. The four world powers have issued a joint statement […]
Libya’s oil production and export operations will resume to normal levels after General Khalifa Haftar, the military strongman controlling eastern Libya, agreed to allow four export ports (Ras Lanuf, Es Sider, Zueitina and Hariga) to reopen. The announcement was made Wednesday by the country’s National Oil Corporation, the only Libyan authorized body to export the […]
Worried by a surge of migration attempts from Libya, Italy reactivated a Gaddafi-era friendship deal with Libya promising to offer billions of euros in aid. The 2008 deal was revived by Italy’s new populist government offering $5 billion in aid for the reparations to Libya to stop migrants sailing across the Mediterranean. Enzo Moavero Milanesi, […]