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Libya

Wed, 13 Jul 2022 04:26:32 GMT
Libya - A Country in Need of a King?
[African Arguments] Restoring a symbolic monarch may sound anachronistic, but after a decade of division and chaos, it makes perfect sense to many Libyans.

Tue, 05 Jul 2022 07:48:05 GMT
New Suspected Mass Graves Found in Tarhuna, Says UN Human Rights Probe
[UN News] New suspected mass graves have been uncovered in Tarhuna, Libya, a Human Rights Council probe reported on Monday, highlighting continuing extreme rights abuses in the country that have affected children and adults alike.

Tue, 05 Jul 2022 12:19:27 GMT
Sisi - Egypt Did Not, Will Not Spare Any Effort to Achieve National Reconciliation in Libya
[Egypt Online] Egypt did not and will not spare any effort to support national reconciliation efforts in Libya and reunify its people, President Abdel Fattah El Sisi said on Monday 4/7/2022 during a phone call with Head of the Libyan Presidential Cou...

Mon, 04 Jul 2022 08:00:29 GMT
Communiqué of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission On the Situation in Libya
[African Union] Addis Ababa -- The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, is following with keen attention the situation in Libya.

Mon, 04 Jul 2022 04:59:15 GMT
Migrant Deaths in Desert 'Wake-Up Call' for Stronger Protections
[UN News] The UN migration agency on Friday deplored the deaths of at least 20 migrants in the Libyan desert and renewed its call for stronger migrant protection along the Chad-Libya border.

Sat, 02 Jul 2022 05:30:34 GMT
Protesters Storm Libya's Parliament Building in Tobruk
[DW] Libyans in several cities took to the streets on Friday to express their anger with the government over power cuts.

Thu, 30 Jun 2022 06:09:43 GMT
Twenty Migrants 'Die of Thirst' in Desert, 30 More Missing in Mediterranean
[DW] Libyan rescue services have recovered the bodies of 20 people in the desert near the border with Chad. The deceased were believed to have been migrants and were found around a black pickup truck about 320 kilometers (200 miles) southwest of Kufr...

Tue, 28 Jun 2022 07:35:45 GMT
UN Highlights Need to Speed up Progress Towards National Elections
[UN News] Leaders in Libya must resolve outstanding issues so that long-awaited presidential and parliamentary elections can finally be held, UN political affairs chief Rosemary DiCarlo told the Security Council on Monday.

Fri, 24 Jun 2022 07:29:17 GMT
Libya - MSF Calls for Evacuation of Most Vulnerable Migrants to Safe Countries
[MSF] Paris - Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) calls on European and north American states, among others, to offer protection to migrants currently trapped in Libya. There needs to be an urgent acceleration in the evacuation of the most vulnerable pe...

Fri, 24 Jun 2022 07:28:46 GMT
Out of Libya - Opening Safe Pathways for Migrants Stuck in Libya
[MSF] Since the start of MSF's migration projects in Libya in 2016, we have repeatedly faced the same challenges: the impossibility of protecting migrants inside Libya, of ensuring continuity of care for serious physical and mental conditions, and of...

Sat, 18 Jun 2022 19:13:46 GMT
Groundhog Day in Libya
[ISS] Once again, Libya is caught in a debilitating impasse between rival governments in Tripoli and Tobruk.

Fri, 17 Jun 2022 11:50:39 GMT
Joint Letter - Human Rights Organizations Call for Renewal of UN Fact-Finding Mission On Libya
[HRW] 16 June 2022

Fri, 17 Jun 2022 13:21:59 GMT
The Crisis in Libya's Two Rival Governments Requires Greater International Attention
[Daily Maverick] Once again, Libya is caught in a debilitating impasse between competing factions in Tripoli and Tobruk.

Fri, 17 Jun 2022 07:35:01 GMT
141 Sudanese Migrants Return From Libya As Part of EU Initiative
[Dabanga] Khartoum -- 141 Sudanese migrants voluntarily returned from Benghazi and Tobruk in Libya to Khartoum Airport on Tuesday, as part of the joint initiative between the European Union and the International Organisation for Migration (EU-IOM).

Thu, 30 Jun 2022 07:31:36 GMT
Returnees of Tawergha Rebuild Their Lives After Displacement
[ICRC] "You only leave home when home won't let you stay", is a poignant line from Warsan Shire's popular poem titled "Home" that aptly captures the reality of thousands of families from Tawergha in north-western Libya.



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