Sarkozy, Libya and Paris Jail
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CNN has revealed that the number of refugees in Libya exceeded 100,000 as of last October, according to data from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). According to the report, Sudanese nationals constitute the majority of refugees in the country,
Libya's new unity government took office on Tuesday from two warring administrations that had ruled eastern and western regions, completing a smooth transition of power after a decade of violent chaos.
DUBAI (Reuters) -Libya said it had detained senior police officer Osama Almasri Njeem, months after Italy arrested him on international war crimes charges before swiftly repatriating him, triggering political uproar.
The UN Security Council is scheduled to vote on November 25 on a draft resolution to renew the authorization granted to member states to inspect ships off the Libyan coast that are bound to or from Libya,
Doctors Without Borders says it was told to leave by November 9 and that it hopes to find ‘positive solution’ soon.
Libya has played host to its second oil and gas discovery within a few weeks. Fresh from OMV finding up to 42 million barrels of resources in the onshore part of the Sirte basin last month, state-owned Arabian Gulf Oil Company (Agoco) has now hit oil and gas with a well in the Ghadames basin.
The arrest of Osama Najim, a former police chief accused of running a brutal detention network in Tripoli, comes 10 months after Italy’s botched release sparked outrage and renewed scrutiny of Libya’s fragile justice system.
The Iraqi Embassy in Tripoli has announced the repatriation of 25 Iraqi migrants who had entered Libya without legal documentation. Chargé d’affaires Ahmed Al-Sahhaf said the group’s return from Mitiga International Airport was part of the embassy’s ongoing voluntary repatriation programme.
Vienna-based OMV has made an oil discovery onshore Libya, according to the country's state oil company. Libya's National Oil Corporation (NOC) reported late last week that OMV's B-1 exploration well in contract area 106/4 had successfully flowed oil and gas.