Tag: Libya

Human rights organizations and opposition lawmakers in Italy have condemned the release of a Libyan warlord accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity. Ossama Anjiem, known as Ossama al-Masri, ...

Italian authorities have arrested Libyan warlord Ossama Anjiem, also known as Ossama al-Masri, on an International Criminal Court (ICC) warrant.  The arrest, confirmed by Italy’s Justice Ministry and a Libyan ...

The political, military, and security landscape in Libya has rapidly deteriorated over the past two months, according to a top United Nations official.  Stephanie Khoury, briefing the U.N. Security Council, ...

In a raid on Friday, July 26, South African police detained 95 Libyan nationals at a suspected military training camp on a farm in White River, Mpumalanga province.  Authorities are ...

Ruven Menikdiwela, Director of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) office in New York, has disclosed that between January and September 24, 2023, over 2,500 people seeking to cross ...

Aid organisations such as Islamic Relief and Doctors Without Borders (MSF) have warned that in the coming days, Derna could experience the spread of disease as well as grave difficulties ...

The death toll in Libya's flooded city of Derna has soared to 11,300. This marks an alarming increase as health authorities previously put the death toll in Derna at 5,500. ...

According to eastern Libya’s Health Minister, Othman Abduljaleel, rescuers have found more than 2,000 bodies as of Wednesday, September 13, 2023, morning. He added that over half of them had ...

United Nations Relief Chief, Martin Griffiths has expressed deep concern about the flood disaster in Libya. At least 10,000 people are feared missing in Libya in floods after tropical cyclone, ...

About 750 migrants, including women and children, were onboard of a boat when it capsized and drowned off the waters of Greece, in one of the deepest regions of the ...