Libya News News Libya » People: 12 Pakistani Immigrants Survive Boat Tragedy Near Libya
At least 18 people lost their lives after a wooden migrant boat sank off the coast of Libya on Tuesday, the United Nations migration agency confirmed.
News Libya » People: Protest hits Rome over Libya migrant deal after boat wreck
Migrants and rights activists protested in Rome Saturday against Italy's migrant deal with Libya, a day after some 20 people were feared dead in the latest boat wreck in the Mediterranean. "The boat ...
News Libya » People: 12 Pakistanis survive shipwreck off Libya
"Among the survivors are 29 Sudanese men, one Sudanese woman, and one Sudanese child; 18 Bangladeshi men; 12 Pakistani men; and three Somali men," it said. No information was yet available about the ...
News Libya » People: Syria and Libya Share Historic Ties; Damascus Keen to Restore Them – Foreign Ministry
The Syrian Foreign Ministry said on Friday that Syria and Libya share historic ties, adding that Damascus is keen to restore them in a way that serves the ...
News Libya » People: UN Security Council renews mandate of Libya support mission
The UN Security Council on Friday unanimously extended the mandate of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) for another year. The resolution, penned by the UK, extends UNSMIL’s mandate until Oct.
News Libya » People: United Nation (UN) in Libya marks 80 years of the United Nation (UN) with a public photography exhibition in downtown Tripoli
United Nation (UN) in Libya marks 80 years of the United Nation (UN) with a public photography exhibition in downtown Tripoli ...
News Libya » People: IOM: Immigration route through Libya is the most dangerous in North Africa
The Director-General of the International Organization for Migration (IOM), Amy Pope, said that Libya remains a dangerous place for immigrants and asylum seekers compared to other North African ...
News Libya » People: Voices from the sea, part three: how do exiled people experience their moment of rescue?
During my year aboard the Ocean Viking, we collected the harrowing stories of 110 people rescued by the ship in the central Mediterranean.
News Libya » People: Protest in Rome against renewal of Italy–Libya immigration deal
Hundreds of immigrants and activists demonstrated in Rome on Saturday against the 2017 immigration agreement between Italy and Libya, one day after a boat sank in the Mediterranean Sea, leaving about ...
News Libya » People: Over 100,000 people displaced in Libya over the past three weeks
With fighting among rival armed groups intensifying in a number of areas of Libya, we are seeing growing displacement - now estimated at 287,000 people in 29 cities and towns countrywide. The need for ...
News Libya » People: Obama on Libya: 'The future of Libya is in the hands of its people"
Click the video tab above to see ABC News video from Libya and hear Pres. Obama's complete remarks on the events taking place there. CHILMARK, Mass. (AP) - President Barack Obama said Monday that ...
News Libya » People: Libya's Tripoli govt says it holds U.N.-sanctioned alleged people smuggler
TRIPOLI, Oct 14 (Reuters) - Libya's internationally recognised Government of National Accord (GNA) has detained Abdalrahman al-Milad, a coastguard commander sanctioned by the United Nations for ...