Libya’s Foreign Minister, Mohammed Siyala has expressed to the EU ambassador during a telephone conversation, the reservation of the Government of National Accord (GNA) with respect to launching a naval mission to enforce the UN arms embargo on Libya.
Libyan authorities have announced the release of more than 450 prisoners as part of measures to curb the spread of the coronavirus that has infected at least eight people in the country.
Up until the moment the first coronavirus case was announced in Libya, citizens were still hoping that the country would be spared the global spread of the pandemic, due to its isolation from the world caused by its ongoing civil war.
The European Union announced on Tuesday the launch of a new naval mission in the Mediterranean Sea aimed at enforcing the UN arms embargo on Libya, after Italy blocked a previous operation claiming that the warships attracted migrants to Europe’s shores.
One civilian has been killed and others injured as Khalifa Haftar’s forces have fired a rocket on the densely populated area of Gergaresh in Tripoli, Health Ministry said in a statement on Tuesday.
Libyan social media activists and public personalities have been circulating the hashtag “Nigelbo Al-Tawila” (Turn the table) over the last days to express outrage at the level of corruption the Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA) has and its indifference approach to the Coronavirus pandemic in the country.
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