The Nigerian Mission in Tripoli said on Friday that it was evacuating 100 Nigerians stranded in Libya, with another set of 100 stranded Nigerians to be returned home in the next 10 days. Mr Kabiru Musa, Chargé D’affaires en titre of the Nigerian Embassy in Libya, disclosed this in a statement made available to the […]
On Tuesday at sea west of the capital Tripoli, Libya’s coastguard rescued nearly 500 migrants a spokesman said, underlining the challenge of trying to slow an exodus from Africa and the Middle East. The migrants included people from sub-Saharan countries, Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia. “Coastguards rescued early morning today 140 illegal migrants west of Tripoli […]
Libyan pro-government forces said they had targeted a weapons depot belonging to an Islamist-backed militia, as peace talks continued in Morocco and a UN special envoy met both sides late on Monday. A militia spokesperson said however that the raid had hit a refugee camp, killing eight civilians. Military spokesperson Colonel Ahmed al-Mesmari said “the […]