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Another Mediterranean migrant tragedy occurred Thursday off the Libyan coast when nearly 40 African migrants, including at least seven children, lost their lives while trying to reach Italy. According to the UNHCR, all the victims are believed to have been from sub-Saharan countries such as Senegal, Mali and Benin. Survivors, who were picked up by […]
Escalating tensions in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi and the heavy civilian casualties have caught the attention of UN Special envoy Bernardino Leon who condemned the hostilities and warned concerned parties to refrain from such actions because it could lead to war crime charges. Benghazi hosts the highest number of internally displaced Libyans thereby […]
For years, a large part of the European Union’s humanitarian assistance destined to the Tindouf camps Sahrawis has never reached the initial addressees as it has been diverted by the Polisario leaders. The facts were not established by any unknowns but by a report of the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) that dates back to 2007 […]
The unconditional humanitarian truce in Benghazi negotiated by the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) between the Islamists and the forces of General Khalifa Hiftar aligned with forces loyal to the Tobruk government has come to an end. It was valid for a period of 12hours and started at 7a.m local time on 19 […]
UNITED NATIONS – “The current crisis in South Sudan, Iraq, and Syria and the outbreak of Ebola are stretching the abilities of the United Nations,” said Bettina Leuscher, Chief Spokesperson of the World Food Program (WFP) on September 21st in a panel discussion organized by the United Nations Foundation in New York. In less than […]
The United Nations has been informed that Morocco would brush up its migration policy so that about 40,000 currently illegal migrants are to be given an official migrant status. Since its implementation ten years ago, Morocco’s migration policy has been hailed as an example of a successful government policy. The European Union as well as […]