The World Health Organization (WHO) has said today that it is alarmed over rapidly escalating rates of Coronavirus in Libya. It said that over the past 2 weeks, the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Libya has more than doubled, adding that given the acute shortages of tests and …
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22 bodies of migrants recovered off Libya coast
The Libyan Red Cross on Sunday recovered the bodies of 22 immigrants off the coast of Zuwara in western Libya, according to the International Organisation for Migration (IOM).
Read More »Bodies of 22 migrants and refugees retrieved off Libya’s coast
The Libyan Red Crescent has retrieved the bodies of 22 refugees and migrants off the coastal town of Zwara on Sunday, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said, likely to be from a shipwreck that took place last week.
Read More »NATO reiterates support for a political solution to the Libyan crisis
The NATO Secretary-General, Jens Stoltenberg has reiterated the organization’s support for the United Nations’ efforts to find a political solution to the crisis in Libya, saying that all Libyan parties, and members of the international community, should support the UN-led process and respect the UN arms embargo.
Read More »Libyan Tubu tribespeople call for bringing Haftar to justice for crimes in Murzuq
National Gathering of Tubu in Libya, commemorating the first anniversary of the horrendous massacre in Murzuq committed by Khalifa Haftar’s aircraft strikes, called on Tuesday for bringing the ones responsible to justice, urging the International Criminal Court (ICC), and the United Nations to speed investigations of the crimes in Murzuq …
Read More »UN warns 100 migrants that fled war-torn Libya risk drowning in Mediterranean
Around 100 migrants fleeing war-ravaged Libya have run into difficulty in the Mediterranean and could drown, the UN said on Monday, urging a rapid rescue.
Read More »Al-Giblawi: The International Criminal Court has agreed to document crimes of Haftar
The Spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Muhammed Al-Giblawi, said on Tuesday, that the International Criminal Court accepted the request put forward by the Head of the Presidential Council (PC), Fayal Al-Sarraj, to send a specialized team to investigate and gather data on crimes committed by Haftar militias in …
Read More »Libya war crimes probe: More bodies exhumed from Tarhuna’s mass graves
More grim details are emerging in Libya about atrocities allegedly carried out by militias allied to renegade general Khalifa Haftar prior to their withdrawal from the western city of Tarhuna last month.
Read More »Sarraj Calls on ICC to Investigate Actions of LNA in Libya
The head of Libya’s UN-recognized Government of National Accord Fayez Sarraj has called on the International Criminal Court to send specialists to Libya to investigate the actions of the eastern-based Libyan National Army led by Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar.
Read More »NATO alarmed by growing Russian activities in Libya
The continuing Russian military activities in Libya are causing unease among NATO and its allies, said NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg.
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