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The European Commission Friday (July 6) approved three new migration-related programs in Morocco, Tunisia and Libya totaling €90.5 million. The new programs, under the EU Emergency Trust Fund for Africa, will provide support to authorities of partner countries, including Morocco, to improve their ability to manage better their borders and, at the same time, will […]
Head of Libya’s unrecognized Libyan National Army (LNA) recently held a secret and lengthy meeting with a high-ranking Israeli intelligence officer, reports say citing a source close to the east-based warlord. The establishment of an Israeli intelligence base in southern Libya has reportedly been discussed at the meeting. Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar’s meeting with the […]
Strongman of Libya’s eastern part KhalifA Haftar and his army Thursday announced victory over ‘terrorists’ in the town of Derna after nearly two months of a major offensive and a two-year blockade that has alarmed the UN. “We proudly announce the liberation of Derna, a city dear to all Libyans,” Haftar said in a speech […]
The United Nations Chief Wednesday urged Libyan eastern authorities to surrender the country’s oil installations to Tripoli-based National Oil Corporation (NOC) operating under the wig of the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA). “The Secretary-General recalls, as stipulated in Security Council resolution 2259 (2015), the need for unity of Libyan institutions and the exclusive right […]
Italy’s Interior Minister Matteo Salvini, who is vowing a new hardline stance on migration, on Monday used his first foreign visit to Libya to demand an asylum reception centre in the North African nation to cut the flow of migrants into Europe. Salvini called for migrant centres to be set up in Africa as Rome […]
Libyan coastguards have picked up about 1000 African migrants on inflatable boats in several operations Sunday and recovered the body of ten others, officials at a naval base said. All migrants were given humanitarian and medical aid, and were taken to a naval base in the capital, Tripoli, and a refugee camp in Khoms town. […]
The Libyan National Army (LNA), controlled by east-based warlord Khalifa Haftar, has announced taking back Libya’s two main oil ports after overcoming rival forces that lost control over the ports in September 2016. LNA spokesperson Ahmed al-Mismari Thursday said Ras Lanuf and Es Sider had been secured following days of battle with rival forces who […]
For the first time, the UN Security Council has announced sanctions against six major traffickers operating in Libya. The sanctions, which show the toughening of international community against human traffickers, include a global travel ban and an assets freeze. The UN sanctions target two Eritrean nationals described as top operators in transnational smuggling networks and […]
Emirati authorities have been funding Libyan potential candidates, known as close to eastern warlord Khalifa Haftar, in December 10 presidential and parliamentarian elections. Libyan top political protagonists among whom Haftar, Chief of the so-called Libyan National Army (LNA), and head of the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) Faiez Serraj last week in Paris pledged […]
The European Union has earmarked €467 million funding to assist vulnerable migrants and refugees and address root causes of irregular migration. The new support measures in the Sahel/ Lake Chad region and the Horn of Africa will foster stability, jobs and growth, especially for young people and vulnerable groups. They complement ongoing bilateral and multilateral […]