The European Union adopts new programmes and projects worth a total of €467 million under the Emergency Trust Fund for Africa. The EU continues to deliver on its commitments to assist vulnerable migrants and refugees and address root causes of irregular migration. The new support measures in the Sahel/ Lake Chad region and the Horn…
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Libya Quartet to meet in Cairo
EU top diplomat Federica Mogherini will be attending meeting of Libya Quartet hosted by the League of Arab States in Cairo. (Image: Tuyuri neighborhood in Sebha, south Libya, courtesy Claudia Gazzini) On Monday 30th April @FedericaMog will participate together with @UN @_AfricanUnion @arableague_gs and #EU in the meeting of the #LibyaQuartet ➡️ https://t.co/pysKu5ykQ1 — European…
Haftar returned to Benghazi
Libyan commander Khalifa Haftar return to his headquarters in Ar Rajma, after completing the treatment he received at Paris hospital, according to different sources. #Breaking: Khalifa Haftar greeting military personnel during arrival ceremony in #Benghazi(Feed from #Libya al-Hadath TV) pic.twitter.com/CPuyLokd03 — Alwasat Libya (@alwasatengnews) April 26, 2018 The arrival at Benghazi ended the flow of speculations…
Libya: Mogherini meets Salame
EU top diplomat Federica Mogherini received UN Special Representative for Libya Ghassan Salame in Brussels. SRSG @GhassanSalame met today w/ EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs & Security Policy & Commission VP @FedericaMog in #Brussels to discuss the latest political developments in #Libya SRSG expressed thanks for EU assistance to UN humanitarian & elections support…
Conflicting reports about Khalifa Haftar condition
Libyan military leader Marshall Khalifa Haftar has been treated in a hospital in Paris, a French source confirming earlier reports from Libyan officials and media. Haftar, 75, is the dominant figure in eastern Libya (Cyrenaica) and has long been seen as a likely contender to unite the country. As commander the Libyan National Army (LNA),…
Sarkozy in custody over Libyan funding
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy is held in police custody for questioning by magistrates over the allegations of funding from Libyan sources for his 2007 election campaign, an official in the French judiciary said. A former minister Brice Hortefeux, was also being questioned by police on in relation to the Libya investigation, another source close to…
MEPs discuss slave trade in Libya
The mistreatment of migrants and refugees in Libya, and arrangements for their resettlement or return, are debated with UNHCR in the European Parliament on Monday, 5/03/2018. The ways to end the mistreatment of migrants and refugees stranded in Libya, the point of departure of up to 90% of people crossing the Mediterranean Sea to Europe,…
EU diplomats focus on Libya
The Council of Foreign Affairs ministers will review the situation in Libya, following the meeting of the joint migration task force with the African Union and the UN on 14 December 2017. The discussion will feed into the preparations of the 4th Quartet meeting at the end of January. The Quartet supports the UN-facilitated political process in Libya. It brings…
Libya pipeline blast
Armed men exploded a pipeline pumping crude oil to Es Sider port, cutting Libya’s output by up to 100,000 barrels per day (bpd), military and industry sources claimed. https://twitter.com/NigeriaNewsdesk/status/945744817434140672 The state-run National Oil Corporation (NOC) said in statement output had been reduced by 70,000-100,000 bpd. The cause of the blast was unclear, it added. The attackers…
Benghazi reconstruction conference in March
Authorities in eastern Libya have announced a conference in March to enforce support to rebuild the country’s second-largest city Benghazi heavily damaged during three years of fighting between Marshal Khalifa Haftar troops and Islamists. The announcement signals a desire to demonstrate a return to normality in the port, where top military commander Khalifa Haftar declared…
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