Tag: Libya
Libya, UNICEF to further cooperate in youth support
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and Libya’s General Authority of Youth and Sports have agreed to further cooperate in…
348,000 Libyan children in need of humanitarian aid
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said that more than 348,000 children out of 1.2 million people need humanitarian assistance…
74 migrants drown in Central Mediterranean
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) on Thursday reported yet another devastating shipwreck in the Central Mediterranean, which has claimed…
FG demands justice for Nigerian burnt to death in Libya
By Maureen Okon The Nigerian government has demanded for justice for her citizen who was burnt to death on Oct.…
3 Libyans pour petrol on Nigerian migrant worker, watch him burn to death
A yet-to-be identified Nigerian migrant worker in Libya has been burned to death in Tripoli, the capital, U.N. and government…
Libya moves to reopen oilfields, ports
Libya’s state National Oil Corporation (NOC) said it is preparing to resume oil exports as engineers and workers gradually return…
UN backed Libyan PM Fayez Al-Sarraj bows out October as crisis deepens
Fayez al-Sarraj, the prime minister of UN recognised government in Libya, said on Wednesday he intended to hand over power…
Libya records first coronavirus recovery
Few weeks after Libya's first coronavirus case, the country has recorded its first recovery as well.
Coronavirus: East Libya government imposes curfew
A parallel government in eastern Libya, which is allied with Commander Khalif Haftar, will impose a 24-hour curfew for 10…
Suspension of Libyan oil exports costs over 1.6 bln USD
Libya's National Oil Corporation (NOC) on Monday said that the suspension of oil exports due to closure of oil fields…
14,045 Nigerians return from Libya
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has received another batch of 161 Nigerians from Mitiga, Tripoli in Libya, bringing the…
World leaders commit to peace in Libya
World leaders committed Sunday at a Berlin summit to ending all foreign meddling in Libya's war and to uphold a…
Merkel, Putin, Erdogan in Berlin to forge peace in war-wracked Libya
World leaders gather in Berlin on Sunday to make a fresh push for peace in Libya, in a desperate bid…
Turkey sends troops to Libya
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced that Turkey is sending troops to Libya, weeks after the country's parliament endorsed the…
Haftar forces announce ceasefire in Libya
Libyan strongman General Khalifa Haftar on Saturday announced a ceasefire in his months-long battle to control the capital Tripoli after…
EU’s Michel travels to Turkey, Egypt for talks on Libya
European Council President Charles Michel heads on Saturday to Turkey and Egypt for talks on the conflict in Libya.
Libyan rebels seize strategic city of Sirte
Libyan forces loyal to eastern-based commander Khalifa Haftar said on Monday they had taken control of the strategic coastal city…
Over 28 killed in airstrike on Libya’s military academy
At least 28 people were killed in an attack on a military academy in the Libyan capital late on Saturday,…
Libya’s parliament votes against deals with Turkey
Libya’s parliament voted against two agreements on military and security cooperation and maritime borders signed between the UN-backed government and…
Turkish parliament backs troops deployment to Libya
Turkish troops are going to Libya after Parliament, on Thursday passed a motion authorising the government to deploy them in…
Turkey mulls sending troops to Libya
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan is planning to send troops to Libya to shore up the UN recognised Government of National…
Libya’s Haftar army detains ship with Turkish crew
Libya's east-based army has seized a Grenada-flagged ship with a Turkish crew off the Libyan coast, local media reported Sunday.
168 Nigerians return from Libya
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Friday received another batch of 168 stranded Nigerian returnees from Libya.
141 more Nigerians return from Libya
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Thursday received another batch of 141 stranded Nigerian returnees from Libya.
173 more Nigerians return from Libya
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Tuesday received 173 Nigerians assisted to return from Libya, where they had been…
153 voluntary returnees arrive Lagos from Libya
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has received another batch of 153 stranded Nigerians from Libya.
UNHCR calls for closure of immigrant detention centre in Libya
The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) on Monday called for closure of detention centre of illegal immigrants in…
Official: 9 Nigerians among 44 migrants bombed in Libya
Nine Nigerians were among the 44 migrants killed in an airstrike on a detention centre in Tajoura, Tripoli on Tuesday…
Outrageous: Libyan guards shoot migrants escaping missiles
The United Nations said on Thursday it had information that Libyan guards shot at refugees and migrants trying to flee…
4 Nigerian migrants in missile-hit Libyan centre surrender to Nigerian embassy
Four Nigerian migrants who survived the missile attack by Libyan rebels on Tuesday have opted to return home.