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Poverty eradication: ActionAid canvasses comprehensive social protection programme
ActionAid Nigeria (AAN) has urged the Federal Government to urgently implement a comprehensive social protection programme to provide a safety net for the most vulnerable in the country. Andrew Mamedu, AAN Country Director, made the call in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Abuja. Mamedu said there was a need for initiatives…
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FG, IOM evacuate 147 irregular Nigerian migrants stranded in Libya
The Federal Government, in collaboration with the International Organization for Migration (IOM), successfully repatriated another batch of 147 irregular Nigerian migrants stranded in Libya on Tuesday. Amb. Kabiru Musa, Charge d’Affaires En Titre of the Nigerian Mission in Libya, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday. Musa said the evacuees who departed Tripoli International Airport on Tuesday aboard chartered flight…
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Turkey stresses support for political resolution in Libya
Turkey’s Ambassador to Libya Kenan Yilmaz on Tuesday stressed his country’s support for a political resolution to the conflict in Libya. According to a statement issued by the Libyan Government’s information office the Turkish ambassador made his remarks during a meeting with Libyan Deputy Prime Minister of Hussein Al-Qatrani in the capital Tripoli. The statement said “during the meeting, the…
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Egypt, Libya launch electronic system to organize Egyptian labours
The Egyptian and Libyan Ministries of Manpower announced on Monday the launch of an electronic link system to organize the entry of Egyptian workers to the Libyan labour market. Egypt’s Ministry of Manpower said in a statement “the new system will coordinate the return of Egyptian labours to Libya to participate in the reconstruction projects of the war-torn country.’’ The…
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Africa
Over 700 migrants arrested off Libya coast
Libyan coast guards has arrested more than 700 illegal migrants in the Mediterranean and sent them back to Libya. The coast guards also announced that five other migrants, including a child, died in the shipwreck of their boat, according to fishermen who rescued survivors. In a tweet on Monday, the spokesperson for the International Organization for Migration (IOM), Safa Msehli,…
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NEWS
Port in Tripoli to perform functions of Beirut port destroyed by blast – Defense Council
The Lebanese Supreme Defense Council decided at a meeting on Wednesday that a port in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli will take over the functions of the port in Beirut, which was recently destroyed by a powerful explosion.“Prepare the port of Tripoli for providing trade operations on imports and exports (instead of the Beirut port),” the council said, as…
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Libya cease-fire not in interest of Accord Govt, Turkey insists
Turkey dismissed prospects of any imminent ceasefire in Libya on Monday, saying any deal incorporating the conflict’s existing frontlines would not benefit the Ankara-backed Government of National Accord. In an interview with state broadcaster TRT Haber, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said that the coastal city of Sirte and Jufra air bases need to be turned over to the GNA before…
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NATO: Tension between France, Turkey rise
For France, it was the final straw. For Turkey, it was a misunderstanding. For NATO, it could be a turning point. The incident unfolded quickly in the eastern Mediterranean on June 10, when a French frigate under NATO command tried to inspect a Tanzanian-flagged cargo ship suspected of smuggling arms to Libya in violation of a U.N. embargo. The French…
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France accuses Turkey of fuelling Libya crisis with arms’ supplies
France has pulled out of NATO-led anti-smuggling patrols in the Mediterranean, accusing Turkey, a fellow member of the Western military alliance, of taking arms to Libya. In a statement, the French defence ministry said it was suspending its participation in Operation Sea Guardian to shine a spotlight on an anti-trafficking operation, of which the smugglers were a part. It said…
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Africa
Libya: Russia, France call for cease-fire
Russian President Vladimir Putin and French counterpart Emmanuel Macron called on Friday for a ceasefire in Libya and a return to dialogue, the Kremlin said in a statement following a phone call between the two leaders. On Thursday, France, Germany and Italy called on forces in Libya to cease fighting and for outside parties to stop any interference in a…
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Africa
Algeria offers mediating role in Libya
Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has said his country’s position on the situation in Libya is to reject military action and to keep a distance from all the parties involved in the crisis. In a press interview, Tebboune said Algeria has always considered the Libyan capital, Tripoli, a red line, and that its fall into the hands of renegade military commander…
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Libya: Red Cross to allocate $60m aid, due to conflict escalation – Director
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) plans to allocate at least $60 million of its budget for humanitarian aid in Libya in 2020, but the sum could go up depending on how much the situation there worsens, an official said. ICRC Director of Operations Dominik Stillhart made this known in an interview with Sputnik. According to the Red Cross…
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Africa
Helicopters bomb Islamists’ ammunitions sites in Libya’s Benghazi
Government forces and helicopters belonging to a Libyan renegade general bombed ammunition sites of suspected Islamist militants in the eastern city of Benghazi, a military commander and residents said. Islamist forces have been trying to take the civilian and military airport from government forces in the port city, a confrontation forming part of a broader picture of anarchy in the…
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Africa
Unidentified warplanes bomb militia in Libyan capital
Unidentified warplanes bombed militia positions in the Libyan capital Tripoli on Monday, the government said, in what could mark a sharp escalation of fighting between armed factions that has thrown the North African state into anarchy. Several Libyan TV channels said planes targeted bases of militiamen from Misrata who have been battling brigades from the western Zintan region to gain…
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Africa
Libyan militia says ceasefire reached to end airport battle
A Libyan militia battling a rival armed group over control of the country’s biggest airport is ready for a peaceful solution after five days of heavy fighting, a spokesman said on Thursday, hours after shells hit the terminal building. The news, if confirmed by the rival militia, would be a huge relief for Libyan citizens who were stunned after two…
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U.N. evacuates dozens of foreign staff from Libya
The United Nations has evacuated dozens of foreign staff from its mission in Libya due to a deteriorating security situation in the North African country, a U.N. spokesman said on Thursday. “They will return if the security situation improves,” said Samir Ghattas, spokesman for the U.N. Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), without saying how many had left the country. Libya…
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Africa
Libya’s PM sacked over oil row
Libya’s parliament has dismissed Prime Minister Ali Zeidan after a tanker laden with oil from a rebel-held port broke through a naval blockade. MPs called a vote of confidence in Mr Zeidan after learning that the North Korean-flagged ship had escaped to sea. Defence Minister Abdullah al-Thinni was named interim prime minister. Earlier, Libyan officials had said they had “complete…
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