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TRIPOLI, Libya (AFP) — Libya’s coastguard on Sunday warned against “illegal” fishing in its waters, denying Italian claims it had wounded a fisherman as it fired shots during an operation against four boats from Sicily. Citing “repeated, documented violations”, the coastguard said that on Thursday morning it had “received reports that four Italian fishing vessels were heading from southern Italy” into Libyan waters. The coastguard despatched a patrol to intercept and inspect the boats to […]
CAIRO, Egypt (AFP) — Egypt has received over 854,000 coronavirus vaccines through the Covax facility for lower and middle income countries, the World Health Organization said Thursday. The AstraZeneca vaccines, the first to be provided through COVAX to Egypt, were delivered by plane to Cairo late Wednesday, WHO said in a statement. Egypt has registered more than 200,000 cases of coronavirus, including some 12,000 deaths. The health ministry has said frontline health workers, the […]
(Eagle News) — A 60-year-old Filipina nurse was wounded by artillery fire in the outskirts of Libya, the Department of Foreign Affairs reported on Sunday, May 24. According to the DFA, with the development, the number of Filipinos hurt since the outbreak of fighting in Tripoli more than a year ago has risen to three. Two other Filipinos had been wounded in rocket attacks during the early months of the fighting, the DFA said. The […]
by Imed Lamloum Agence France Presse TRIPOLI, Libya (AFP) — The forces of Libyan military strongman Khalifa Haftar rained rockets on Tripoli on Tuesday after being ousted by unity government loyalists from a string of strategic towns west of the capital. The capture Monday of the coastal towns of Sorman and Sabratha and smaller settlements further south was seen as a major blow to Haftar, who in April last year launched an offensive to seize […]
TRIPOLI, Libya (AFP) — The forces of Libyan military strongman Khalifa Haftar rained rockets on the capital Tripoli early Tuesday after being ousted by government loyalists from a string of towns to its west. Salvo after salvo of rockets caused loud explosions throughout the night, AFP correspondents reported. Several homes were hit around Mitiga airbase in the eastern suburbs, the capital’s sole if intermittently functioning airport. There was no immediate word on any casualties. The […]
TRIPOLI, Libya (AFP) — Libya’s justice ministry announced Sunday over 450 prisoners were being freed in a bid to protect against the spread of coronavirus in the wake of the war-torn country’s first declared infections. Judicial officials decided to “free 466 detainees from correctional facilities” in Tripoli, according to a statement by the Tripoli-based Government of National Accord’s justice ministry. The detainees were in pretrial detention or had qualified for conditional release, the statement added. […]
TRIPOLI, Libya (AFP) — Rockets targeted areas of the Libyan capital Tripoli on Friday, including its only working airport, wounding at least one person and causing material damage, several sources said. Forces backing the UN-recognised Government of National Accord (GNA), based in Tripoli, blamed the attacks on rival forces loyal to Khalifa Haftar, an eastern strongman who launched an offensive to take the capital last April. Rockets targeted the Al-Hadaba al-Khadra, Souk al-Joumaa and Abu […]
(Eagle News) –Ten more Overseas Filipino Workers repatriated from Libya have arrived, the Department of Foreign Affairs said on Wednesday, Feb. 12. In a Tweet, Charge d’Affaires Elmer Cato said the group is the first batch to be assisted by the government in returning home this year. “This is also the first joint effort of the (DFA) and International Organization for Migration,” he said. An alert level 4 is currently hoisted over Libya, which is […]
by Rim Taher TRIPOLI, Libya (AFP) — The Libyan capital’s sole functioning airport came under renewed fire Sunday, as fighting broke out hours after the UN mission in the country condemned ongoing violations of an arms embargo. The UN mission in Libya, UNSMIL, condemned “in the strongest possible terms” the rocket strikes on Tripoli’s Mitiga airport, which has been hit by repeated attacks in recent months. UNSMIL said in a statement Sunday evening that the […]
by Philippe RATER Agence France-Presse UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) — The UN Security Council called Tuesday on Libya’s warring sides to quickly reach a ceasefire that would pave the way for a political process aimed at ending conflict in the oil-rich state. The United Nations meeting followed up on a weekend Libya summit held in Berlin, which saw the formation of a military commission that is supposed to define ways of consolidating a cessation […]
TRIPOLI, Libya (AFP) – The head of Libya’s UN-recognised Government of National Accord (GNA) Fayez al-Sarraj and his rival, strongman Khalifa Haftar, are expected to sign a ceasefire agreement in Moscow on Monday, a senior Libyan official said. The oil-rich North African country has been wracked by bloody turmoil since a 2011 NATO-backed uprising killed long-time dictator Moamer Kadhafi, with multiple foreign powers now involved. The signing of the agreement will pave the way for […]
(Eagle News)-The Department of Foreign Affairs has reiterated its appeal for Filipinos in Libya to leave areas where clashes between eastern Libya and the UN-recognized Government of National Accord are taking place. In a statement, the DFA reiterated its appeal to Filipinos in Tripoli to “avoid and, if necessary, immediately evacuate areas close to where fighting is taking place.” The embassy issued the appeal after eight Filipino nurses were evacuated on Thursday afternoon from a […]
