Tag: Libya
4 killed by gunmen at checkpoint in Libya
A Local Official on Thursday said that four people were killed in a gun attack by suspected militants on a…
Italy threaten not to return 177 migrants to Libya
Italy threaten not to return to Libya 177 migrants at the centre of a diplomatic stand-off if the European Union…
Libya to coordinate with UN to secure elections
Libyan Interior Minister AbdulSalam Ashour said on Monday that preparations in coordination with the UN are underway to secure the…
Libya: 643 Nigerians voluntarily return in 5 weeks – NEMA
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Friday said no fewer than 643 Nigerians voluntarily returned from Libya in the…
EU says 11,100 Nigerians return home from Libya
The European Union (EU) on Tuesday said no fewer than 11,100 Nigerians, who were among irregular migrants in Libya, had…
Italy shares sea migrant problem with Libya – Minister
Italian Defence Minister Elisabetta Trenta on Tuesday said both Italy and Libya share the problem of migrants seeking to reach…
Libya stops Nigerians, other migrants from crossing to Europe
Libyan coastguard has intercepted 156 migrants, including Nigerians, in two separate incidents as they tried to reach Europe by sea,…
Libya rejects EU’s plans to establish migrant centres
Libya has rejects an European Union’s plan to establish migrant centres there to stop asylum seekers arriving in western Europe…
156 migrants intercepted in Libya
Libya’s Navy said on Thursday that the North African Nation’s Coastguard intercepted 156 migrants on a rubber boat.
8 migrants found dead in lorry container
Authorities on Monday say eight migrants including six children were found dead, after suffocating from petrol fumes while packed into…
104 migrants rescued off Libyan coast
The Libyan Coastguard says it recovered 104 people from a rubber boat off the country’s coast, in the latest such…
Libya: NEMA receives 160 Nigerians
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) says it has received a batch of 160 assisted voluntary returnees from Libya who…
Libya to resume oil exports within hours – NOC
Libya would resume oil exports from the country’s Eastern Ports, the National Oil Corporation (NOC) said on Wednesday, after fighting…
Italy calls for end to UN embargo on Libya
Italy wants a UN arms embargo on Libya to be lifted to help the North African state battle people smugglers…
Libya’s coast guards recover 5 bodies
Libyan coastguards have recovered the bodies of five migrants and picked 191 survivors off the coast west of the capital…