We drank our urine to survive, Libya returnee recounts desert ordeal
A 23-year-old female Libya returnee, Endurance Daniel, on Wednesday recounted how she and other migrants drank their urine to survive due to lack of water in the desert.
Most Libya flood casualties could have been avoided – UN
The United Nations said Thursday that most of the thousands of deaths in Libya’s flood disaster could have been averted if early warning and emergency management systems had functioned properly.
Turkey sends three planes carrying rescue teams, aid to Libya after floods
Turkey had sent three planes carrying search and rescue teams and humanitarian aid to Libya after heavy floods swept the eastern part of the country, the Turkish Defense Ministry said.
Egypt declares 3-day mourning after natural disasters hit Morocco, Libya
Egypt has declared three days of mourning on Tuesday following the earthquake and storm that ravaged Morocco and Libya in recent days.
150 dead, 10,000 missing as flood wreaks havoc on Libya
“The humanitarian needs are much more beyond the abilities of the Libyan Red Crescent and even the abilities of the government”
Libya deports 486 illegal migrants to different African countries
Libyan Interior Minister, Emad al-Tarabelsi, has announced that 486 illegal migrants had been deported to their various African countries of origin.
Central Bank of Libya reunify after 9 years
The Central Bank of Libya has reunited since it divided into western and eastern branches since 2014.
Libya deports thousands of illegal Egyptian migrants
Eastern Libyan forces have staged the deportation of thousands of Egyptians who were in Libya illegally in recent days.
Nigerian women, children rescued from human traffickers in Libya
Some Nigerian children and women have been rescued from human traffickers by security operatives, Reconnaissance Company in the Libyan town of Umm Al Aranib on Friday.
107 stranded Nigerians arrive from Libya
107 stranded Nigerians on Tuesday afternoon arrived in Lagos Nigeria from Tripoli, Libya.
Nigerian woman, three others nabbed for operating Libya’s prostitution ring
Four migrants, including a Nigerian woman, have been arrested by Libyan security agents for allegedly running a prostitution ring in the Hawari area of Benghazi, Libya.
174 Nigerians, 23 sick, arrive from Libya
By Bose Adelaja Twenty-three Nigerians with minor medical cases and 151 other Libya returnees, on Tuesday, arrived Nigeria. The returnees arrived the cargo wing of the Murtala Muhammad International Airport, Lagos, at about 3.35p.m., aboard Al Buraq Air Boeing 737-800 with registration number 5A-DMG. This makes it about 2,044 Libya returnees that arrived Nigeria in […]
95 Libya returnees arrive Nigeria
Another batch of 95 Nigerians, who were stranded in Libya, have arrived Nigeria under the Assisted Voluntary Programme.
NBM condemns sexual violence against Nigerians in Libyan detention centres
A non-governmental organisation, NBM of Africa Worldwide, has condemned what it described as the horrific treatment meted out to sub-Saharan Africans, who fail to make it to Europe through the Mediterranean sea, in Libya.
100 illegal immigrants drown off Libyan coast ― Report
More than 100 illegal immigrants have drowned when their boat capsized off the Libyan coast, Eugenio Ambrosi, Chief of Staff of the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), announced later Thursday. “Reports of at least 100 lives lost in the Central Mediterranean today,’’ Ambrosi tweeted. “These are the human consequences of policies which fail to uphold […]
Libya stops 1,000 Europe-bound migrants in two days
Libya’s coastguard intercepted almost 1,000 Europe-bound migrants off its western coast in two days, the International Organization for Migration said on Monday. The North African country is a major route for migrants trying to reach Europe via the Mediterranean, and traffickers have thrived in the lawlessness that followed the 2011 overthrow of dictator Moamer Kadhafi. […]
