Libya

The shipwrecked migrants we spoke to explained that if they try such a dangerous crossing, it is partly due to their terrible living conditions in Libya, where they risk all kinds of abuse. Libya cannot be considered a safe haven. Migrants caught at sea and returned there are immediately placed in detention centers, where the UN has documented its catastrophic living conditions: extreme poverty, risk of kidnapping, human trafficking ... Under international law, migrants rescued at sea must be taken…

75 Libyan representatives elected by the UN have met since Monday 9 November in Tunis to find a political solution to the crisis in Libya. Although the roadmap is accepted by all, the priorities differ. To first address the names or forms of the future political regime? It is this issue that was at the heart of the first…

Libya's political dialogue forum opens this Monday, November 9, in Tunisia under UN leadership. It is intended to unite the deeply divided Libyans under one leader. But the list of participants is already controversial. If all goes well, this meeting will be able to appoint the next Prime Minister, the next President of the…

Six Libyan diplomats, together with the ambassador to be appointed to Bangui, have been expelled from the Central African Republic on Saturday, October 24. They'd been arrested on their arrival the day earlier than by the port safety forces after which positioned underneath home arrest at a resort within the capital underneath guard, awaiting deportation. An incident indicating that the Libyan disaster…

A few days after the Geneva agreement on a permanent and immediate ceasefire in Libya, the UN Support Mission in Libya (Manul) announces the launch at video conference on Monday 26 October of a meeting to bring together 75 Libyan personalities to advance the Libyan political process and prepare for it. meeting scheduled for 9 November in Tunis. However, the list of participants is already divided.…

A number of demonstrations befell on Sunday, October 25, in western Libya to protest in opposition to Emmanuel Macron's phrases defending the publication of the cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad. The chance for the authorities in Tripoli, near Turkey, to resume their mistrust of France, accused of supporting the rival authority within the east and extra particularly Marshal Khalifa Haftar.…

The UN announced this Friday 23. October a comprehensive and permanent ceasefire in Libya between the Khalifa Haftar camp in Benghazi and the government of national unity based in Tripoli. The warlords signed an agreement after five days of talks in Geneva. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday welcomed the ceasefire…

Libya's fighters signed an settlement on "a everlasting ceasefire in all areas of Libya," the United Nations Assist Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) stated in a Fb submit on Friday. Following mediation led by UN envoy Stephanie Turco Williams this week, the Joint Army Fee reached 5 + 5, what the UN referred to as an "essential turning…

This is a major step forward in the joint military talks in Geneva two days after the start of a face-to-face meeting between representatives of two warring parties in Libya: the Government of National Unity (Tripoli) and the Libyan National Army (Benghazi). Agreements have been reached to address the very difficult situation of civilians. It is an agreement in six specific points which, once implemented, will make the daily lives of Libyans less difficult. These points were recorded at a press conference held on…

Direct talks between two opposing Libyan delegations began on Monday 19 October in Geneva beneath the auspices of the United Nations. Ten members of the Navy and Safety Fee, representing the Authorities of Nationwide Unity (Tripoli) and the Libyan Nationwide Military (Benghazi), should proceed negotiations till October 24 to be able to obtain an enduring ceasefire in Libya.…