Local sources concerned with the displaced person’s file of Derna estimated the number of families displaced after the invasion of the so-called Dignity forces to more than 827 families.

Groups of women closed the coastal road at the western way to the capital city of Tripoli, on Wednesday, in a protest against the poor living situations of the citizens.

Italy denied on Monday the rescue ship Aquarius safe harbour to dock at its ports, sparking another stand off with EU member states over migrants.

Spanish rescue boat “Open Arms” arrived in the southern port of Algeciras on Thursday with 87 migrants the crew said they had rescued off the coast of Libya.

The international press freedom NGO, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and the Libyan Centre for Freedom of Press (LCFP) have urged Faiez Sarraj, the head of Libya’s internationally-recognized Presidency Council and Government of National Accord to ‘‘intervene immediately to rescind all measures obstructing the work of international journalists and the Libyan …

Rescue ship Aquarius, which has picked up almost 3,000 migrants from the Mediterranean this year, will carry out rescue missions without waiting for orders from coastguards and will not return people to Libya, its search and rescue head said.

The Libyan Centre for the Freedom of the Press (LCFP) yesterday condemned the ‘‘heinous killing’’ of 24-year-old journalist Musa Abdelkarim in Sebha on Tuesday.

Human Rights Solidarity (HRS) revealed in its report on the occasion of the World Day for Human Trafficking that it had monitored a rise in the crime of human trafficking in Libya.

Italian ministers deflected responsibility Tuesday for the return to Libya of 108 migrants rescued in the Mediterranean, after humanitarian groups made accusations of international law violations.

Italy’s Interior Minister Matteo Salvini refuted on Tuesday allegations by a migrant’s’ charity about an Italian ship bringing rescued migrants back to Libya being a breach of international law.