Tag: Libya
The mass graves discovered in Libya reveal the scale of the violence inflicted on migrants, highlighting the urgent need for international action to end their exploitation. Nearly 50 bodies have been uncovered in two mass graves in the Libyan desert, shedding light on the horrific conditions faced by migrants in a country devastated by chaos […]
Two women and two girls were killed and fifteen others injured Tuesday night by artillery fire on a beach near Mitiga airport in the Libyan capital Tripoli, officials said. According to Deputy Interior Minister of the UN-backed national unity government, Abdulsalam Ashour victims are the result of clashes between security forces and rebels and other […]
At least 28 people were killed and over 100 wounded Friday in violent clashes between rival armed militias in Tripoli, according to spokesman for the Ministry of Health Anwar Frajallah, without being able to specify in the immediate victims. These fights have loyalties to the government of national unity (GNA), backed by the international community, […]
“The fall of Muammar Gaddafi in 2011 plunged Libya into the chaos of rival militias battle for control of the country, indulging wars cannot thank you”. The United Nations has made the case of Libya on the occasion of the World Day of humanitarian aid, claiming that millions of Libyans and migrants were victims of […]
Ten women have died in a sinking migrant boat off the coast of Libya, while 107 people have been rescued, according to the Italian coast guard. The bodies of ten women were found while 107 migrants were rescued. Sea conditions were particularly difficult off Libya: waves of two meters and wind near 60 km / […]
The top United Nations relief official for Libya today called for humanitarian ceasefires and the safe exit of civilians trapped in fighting areas in Benghazi, following reports that many families, specifically in the Qanfouda and Qawarsha neighbourhoods, face shortages of electricity, food and medical supplies. “The Humanitarian Coordinator for Libya calls upon all the warring […]
Up to 40 African migrants are feared drowned off the coast of Libya. Survivors who came ashore in Sicily after being rescued by a German navy ship told aid agencies that their boat had started to fall apart shortly after putting to sea near Tripoli. The ship brought nearly 300 migrants, most of them men, […]
Reports said on Friday that the Egyptians left Libya from the Ras Jdir border crossing and headed towards the Tunisian island of Djerba. Cairo said it will send planes to Djerba to transport the Egyptian nationals to their homeland. Before their departure for the island, the Egyptians were shortly held up by a group of […]
Three car bombs ripped through the eastern Libyan city of Qubbah on Friday, killing 40 people and wounding 70 in what officials described as a revenge attack for Egyptian air strikes on militant targets. There was no immediate claim of responsibility. But parliamentary speaker Aguila Saleh said the bombs appeared to have been in retaliation […]
Two commercial ships and an Italian coastguard vessel rescued about 700 migrants from overcrowded boats near the Libyan coast on Friday, days after more than 300 people died trying to make the crossing to Europe. Rome’s coastguard command centre organised rescue operations, which started early this morning after it received a distress call by satellite […]
