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Food & Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) mark World Food Day in Libya
African Press Organization
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October 17, 2020
Download logo The Food & Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) are marking World Food Day with initiatives to strengthen and support Libya’s efforts to realise the Sustainable Development Goal of...
Libya: Sirte Rapid City Profiling and Monitoring System: By The United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) & United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
African Press Organization
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June 28, 2018
In support of the stabilization and development efforts in Libya, international partners and the United Nations agencies in Libya work together to strengthen the capacity of Libyan institutions to design, develop and implement social policies with...
The Libyan Oil Industry’s Story of Recovery - And What it Means for the Rest of Africa (By NJ Ayuk)
African Press Organization
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November 16, 2020
By NJ Ayuk, Executive Chairman, African Energy Chamber (www.EnergyChamber.org) If I called 2020 a terrible year for the oil industry, no one would take exception. Demand collapsed in the spring, during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, and...
Coronavirus - Libya: The Stabilization Facility for Libya rehabilitates Health Clinic in Sebha improving COVID-19 response
African Press Organization
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October 2, 2020
Download logo The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), through the Stabilization Facility for Libya (SFL) completed the renovation of the Mansheya Community Health Clinic in Sebha and handed it over to Sebha Municipal Council to improve...
Angolan, Libyan diplomats discuss elections in African Union
Angola Press Agency
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September 24, 2020
Addis Ababa, ANGOLA, September 24 - Angolan permanent representative to the African Union Francisco da Cruz and his Libyan counterpart Guma Amer discussed Wednesday the issues related to the election of senior leaders in the African Union...
Coronavirus - Libya: Committing to a lasting ceasefire in Libya
African Press Organization
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September 3, 2020
Download logo Statement by Ambassador Jonathan Allen, UK Chargé d’Affaires to the UN, at the Security Council briefing on the situation in Libya Thank you very much, Mr President. Congratulations on your presidency for the month of September. Can...
Libya: Residents of Tawergha ‘dying in desert’ in attempt to return home after seven years
African Press Organization
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February 21, 2018
Libya must ensure the safety of hundreds of former residents of the northern town of Tawergha, who are stranded and even dying in the desert despite an agreement allowing their safe return, a UN human rights expert has said. The entire population...
Coronavirus - Libya: Over 200 children stopped at sea and sent to Libyan detention centres; International Rescue Committee (IRC) calls for their release
African Press Organization
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July 29, 2020
Download logo Of the 200 children trying to reach Europe who have been intercepted at sea and returned to Libya so far this year, almost all have been arbitrarily detained, the International Rescue Committee says. The majority of those seeking a...
Coronavirus - Libya: “They were shot and killed as they fled arbitrary detention”
African Press Organization
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July 31, 2020
Download logo Three people were shot dead and two were severely injured at the disembarkation site in Khoms on Tuesday night, 28 July, after being returned to Libya, the country they were trying to flee. The victims are aged between 15 and 18....
Libya: UN, Canada and UK mark the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action
African Press Organization
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March 29, 2018
The Canadian Embassy hosted an event under the theme “Advancing Protection, Peace and Development” to celebrate the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action. The event, organized in partnership with the United Nations...
Libya’s slave trade shocks AU-EU leaders into action
African Press Organization
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December 7, 2017
The warning bells had been sounding for months. In April this year, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) warned that its staff in Niger and Libya had ‘documented shocking events on North African migrant routes, which they have...
Coronavirus - Libya: Acting Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Libya Stephanie Williams’ message on World Press Freedom Day
African Press Organization
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May 3, 2020
Download logo By Stephanie Williams An independent media, free from intimidation and threats, is crucial to laying the foundations of democracy. On this day, I want to pay tribute to the brave journalists and media workers in Libya who, despite...
Coronavirus - Libya: Statement of the Regional Director Dr Ahmed Al-Mandhari
African Press Organization
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April 28, 2020
Download logo By Dr Ahmed Al-Mandhari Dear colleagues and friends, Ramadan Kareem. Thank you for joining us once more as we continue our collective fight against COVID-19. Over the past few weeks, this fight has become even more challenging with...
Libya: Situation of Water and Sanitation Facilities in Schools
African Press Organization
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August 15, 2017
During the first quarter of 2017, UNCIEF in partnership with the National Centre for Disease Control and the Ministry of Education conducted an in-depth assessment of the quality of water and sanitation facilities in 140 schools in west, east and...
The Government of Japan Pledges half a million dollars to support UNICEF’s emergency response for vulnerable children in Libya
African Press Organization
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February 12, 2020
Download logo The Government of Japan has allocated half a million dollars to support UNICEF emergency assistance for vulnerable girls and boys affected by the prolonged conflict and displacement in western Libya. The partnership extends for 12...
Nearly 1,000 migrants returned to Libya in the first two weeks of 2020: International Organization for Migration (IOM)
African Press Organization
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January 14, 2020
Download logo At least 953 migrants, among them 136 women and 85 children, have been returned to Libyan shores in the first two weeks of 2020. Most were disembarked in Tripoli and all were taken to detention centres. NGO search and rescue vessels...
More than 50,000 Migrants in Libya have Benefited from Voluntary Humanitarian Return Assistance Since 2015
African Press Organization
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February 27, 2020
Download logo A charter flight from Mitiga airport in Tripoli to Lagos, Nigeria, yesterday pushed the total number of people assisted through the International Organization for Migration’s (IOM) Voluntary Humanitarian Return programme (VHR) to...
Trump travels to a Middle East in transition
Middle East Institute
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May 12, 2025
This week, US President Donald Trump makes his inaugural visit to the Middle East since the start of his second term, traveling to Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates on May 13-16. Amid the heightened focus on US policy toward the...
International Organization for Migration (IOM) Flies Bangladeshi Migrants Arrived Home from Libya
African Press Organization
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November 29, 2019
More than 150 Bangladeshi migrants including conflict wounded, survivors of failed sea crossings to Europe and former detainees returned home from Libya Thursday morning with the assistance of the International Organization for Migration’s (IOM)...
U.S. Travel Restriction on Sierra Leone – Separating Facts from Fictions
EIN Presswire
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June 7, 2025
Travel Restrictions on Sierra Leone: What Facts are Saying FREETOWN, SIERRA LEONE, June 8, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- In keeping with his July 2024 campaign promise to restore the travel ban and refugee admission into the United States upon...