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OHCHR reports findings of dozens of dead bodies in Libya
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June 16, 2025
(MENAFN) The UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) has reported the discovery of mass graves containing dozens of bodies in detention centers across Libya, urging an independent investigation into what it described as “grim findings.” The announcement on...
Libya experiences one of most severe state collapses in modern North Africa
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June 12, 2025
(MENAFN) Libya has experienced one of the most severe state collapses in modern North Africa since the United Nations Security Council passed Resolution 1973 in March 2011, authorizing international intervention during the uprising against Muammar...
Mass graves unveiled in Libya
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June 12, 2025
(MENAFN) Dozens of bodies have been found in detention centers across Libya, the UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) reported on Wednesday, urging an independent investigation into the disturbing discoveries and reported abuses at these sites. Since...
IOM Reports Hundreds of Migrants Intercepted Off Libya’s Coast in One Week
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June 11, 2025
(MENAFN) The International Organization for Migration (IOM) reported Tuesday that 414 migrants were intercepted off Libya’s coast between June 1 and June 7, 2025. "From June 1 to 7, 2025, 414 migrants were intercepted and returned to Libya," IOM...
Pipeline Leak Sparks Shutdown at Libya’s Hamada Oil Field
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May 26, 2025
(MENAFN) Libya's National Oil Corporation (NOC) announced Saturday that a crude oil pipeline rupture near the western city of Zawiya forced an abrupt shutdown of operations at the Hamada oil field. According to the NOC, the leak occurred in the...
Crude Oil Leak Disrupts Production in Libya
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May 26, 2025
(MENAFN) Libya’s National Oil Corporation (NOC) reported on Saturday that a rupture in a crude oil conduit occurred close to the western city of Zawiya, leading to an immediate suspension of output at the Hamada oil field. According to the NOC,...
US operates a strategy to relocate Palestinians to Libya
MENAFN
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May 21, 2025
(MENAFN) The White House has refuted the allegation that the government of the US Leader Donald Trump is operating a strategy to forever reposition approximately one million Palestinians from Gaza to Libya, as this statement has been reported,...
UN, Libyan powers establish truce committee
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May 20, 2025
(MENAFN) The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) and Libya's Presidential Council, affiliated with Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah's Tripoli-based government, have established a joint truce committee to work towards a permanent...
Authorities Announce Discovery of 58 Unidentified Bodies in Libya's Tripoli
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May 20, 2025
(MENAFN) Libyan authorities announced the discovery of 58 unidentified bodies that had been stored for a prolonged period within a morgue at Abu-Saleem Hospital in southern Tripoli. The Interior Ministry stated on Facebook that the morgue was...
UN, Libyan Authorities Form Truce Committee
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May 20, 2025
(MENAFN) The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has declared the establishment of a "truce committee" in coordination with Libya’s Presidential Council. This move follows recent violent confrontations in Tripoli. According to...
Macron Rejects Regime Change in Iran
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June 18, 2025
(MENAFN) French Leader Emmanuel Macron has voiced opposition to any effort aimed at overthrowing the government in Iran, taking a contrasting position to that of US President Donald Trump. Macron’s remarks came in response to the recent escalation...
Sudanese official states Ukraine doing West’s ‘dirty work’ in Africa
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June 16, 2025
(MENAFN) A Sudanese Foreign Ministry official, Muhammad Al-Sirr, has accused Ukraine of doing the West’s “dirty work” by backing armed groups involved in terrorist attacks across African countries like Libya, Somalia, and Niger. In an interview...
China Calls on Iran, Israel to Return to Diplomatic Negotiations
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June 17, 2025
(MENAFN) China has called for an immediate halt to hostilities between Israel and Iran, urging both nations to return to diplomatic negotiations and avoid further escalation in the Middle East. Speaking at a press briefing in Beijing on Tuesday,...
China Blasts Trump’s Tehran Evacuation Call, Says It Fuels Conflict
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June 17, 2025
(MENAFN) China condemned US President Donald Trump’s urgent call for Iranians to evacuate Tehran on Tuesday, branding it as “adding fuel to the fire” in an already volatile Iran-Israel confrontation. During a press briefing in Beijing, Chinese...
US puts seven African nations on blacklist
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June 15, 2025
(MENAFN) President Donald Trump has implemented a travel ban affecting nationals from seven African countries — Chad, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Libya, Somalia, and Sudan — citing terrorism risks and high visa overstay...
Chad suspends US citizens visa in response to American travel ban
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June 16, 2025
(MENAFN) Chadian President Mahamat Idriss Deby has ordered a halt to issuing visas for American citizens, acting in direct response to the United States' decision to bar entry to Chadian nationals. The move follows a sweeping executive order...
Sudan’s FM accuses Ukraine of being proxy for West
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June 16, 2025
(MENAFN) A Sudanese Foreign Ministry representative has accused Ukraine of acting as a proxy for Western powers by supporting militant groups responsible for attacks in several African nations. In an interview given Saturday, Muhammad Al-Sirr...
Egyptian Foreign Minister Holds Talks with U.S. Envoys
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June 16, 2025
(MENAFN) Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty engaged in critical talks on Sunday with two senior U.S. officials to address the mounting crisis in the Middle East. The Egyptian Foreign Ministry reported that Abdelatty held separate phone...
Egypt’s President Holds Talks with German Chancellor
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June 14, 2025
(MENAFN) Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz held a phone call on Thursday to address escalating tensions across the Middle East, with particular focus on the crisis in Gaza, according to a statement from...
MEDITERRANEAN: EU court rules in favour of parents on the move ― Italian Senate approves controversial security law ― Italy terminates contract with spyware firm following surveillance scandal ― Greek coastguard personnel charged over 2023 Pylos…
European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE)
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June 12, 2025
The Court of Justice of the EU has ruled that helping minors under one’s care to enter the EU is not a crime. The Italian Senate has passed the government’s controversial security law. Italy has ended its contracts with the Israeli cyber company...