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A drone airstrike by eastern Libyan forces on the southern Libyan town of Murzuq has killed at least 43 people, a local official said on Monday. The attack is the second major airstrike blamed on the eastern Libyan National Army (LNA) forces loyal to Khalifa Haftar after at least 44 migrants were killed in June […]

Humanitarian group SOS Mediterranee on Sunday dispatched its new rescue ship to search for migrants stranded in the Mediterranean Sea. The Norwegian-flagged Ocean Viking set off from the southern French port of Marseilles to focus its activity off the coast of Libya, a major transit point for many migrants. It is replacing the group’s previous […]

Could General Khalifa Hafter be the next Gaddafi? Libya has been war torn and devoid of a national government since Gaddafi’s death and most of its rich oil resources have been plundered living what was once one of Africa’s most developing nations in a state of squalor. Having seen the great degeneration of the once […]

Here is an official translation of a statement released by the Korean Central News Agency of North Korea on Wednesday. Kim Kye Gwan, the first vice-minister of Foreign Affairs of the DPRK, made public the following press statement on Wednesday: Kim Jong Un, the chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People’s Republic […]

The African Union says it now plans to repatriate 20,000 African migrants in detention centres in government-controlled parts of Libya in the next six weeks – an increase on previous plans. African governments are under pressure to act after TV reports showed sub-Saharan Africans being sold as slaves in the country. The AU said it […]

The African Union (AU) has agreed to evacuate some 15,000 African migrants in Libya before the end of the year, the deputy chairman of the AU Commission, Kwesi Quartey, has tweeted. The repatriations would be voluntary, and would be done in partnership with the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), he added. At least 20,000 migrants […]

One woman was found dead while aid groups said Sunday around 1,000 migrants were rescued overnight off the Libyan coast, the latest victim among growing numbers seeking to reach Europe. The rescue team comes just days after hundreds of people were feared drowned after boat disasters off the Libyan coast. Medecins sans Frontieres (MSF) and […]

The head of Libya’s United Nations-backed government, Fayez al-Sarraj, undertook an official visit to Moscow to meet with top Russian diplomats and officials March 2-3. Russia has been stepping up efforts in Libya, which seems baffling outside the wide regional context. There is a popular opinion that Russian foreign policy, including planning in the Middle […]
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