Tag: Libya
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Slave trade: Buhari inaugurates 17-man committee to rescue, stop exodus of Nigerians to Libya
In a bid to stop the continuous exodus of some Nigerians to Libya with the hope of crossing to the Western world through the Mediterranean and also rescue those who has still trapped in that country, President Muhammadu Buhari has set up a 17-man fact-finding mission. The team may also open talks with Libyan authorities…
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French foreign minister visits Libya ahead of new U.N. peace talks
French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian on Thursday visited Libya to give stalled U.N. talks a new push, saying Libya’s rival factions should stick to a United Nations peace process and prepare for elections in spring 2018. The North African country has two rival governments, one in the east and a U.N.-backed administration in the…
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More than 25,000 Nigerians held in slave and sex camps Lybia in 2017-NAPTIP boss
The Director General of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons(NAPTIP), Julie Okah-Donli, has disclosed that more than 25,000 Nigerians have been held in slave and sex camps in Lybia. Okah-Donli made this known while defending the agency’s 2018 budget before the Senate Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters on…
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Another batch of 167 Nigerians voluntarily return from Libya
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) yesterday received 167 stranded Nigerians from Libya, bringing the number of Nigerians brought back to the country in the last four days to 532. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Boeing 737-800 aircraft, marked 5A-DMH, arrived at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos at 7:47p.m. The returnees…
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Gaddafi’s second son to declare interest for Libyan presidency
Saif Gaddafi, the second son of late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi will announce in coming days his intention to run for president of Libya, the family’s spokesman, Basem Hashimi Soul, told Sputnik Monday. On Wednesday, the Libyan Government of National Accord’s (GNA) foreign minister, Mohamed Siala, said that presidential election in Libya might be held…
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1,317 Nigerians voluntarily return from Libya in 10 days – NEMA
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) says a total of 1,317 Nigerians have voluntarily returned from Libya in the last 10 days having been stranded in the volatile country enroute Europe. The Director-General of NEMA, Mustapha Maihajja, made the disclosure while receiving a fresh batch of 116 Nigerians who arrived the country on Friday morning.…
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249 more Nigerians back from Libya
The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) and the European Union (EU) on Thursday facilitated the return of 249 more Nigerians from Libya. TheNewsGuru reports that the returnees arrived at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos at about 9.47pm aboard an Afriqiyah Airbus A330-300 with Registration Number 5A-ONR. They were received by the Director General of…
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Czech, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia offer 35m euros for Libyan border protection
The Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia have offered 35 million euros (41 million dollars) to assist an EU project aiming at beefing up border protection in Libya. This is in an effort to help tackle the bloc’s migration crisis in the area, the four countries said this in a statement while addressing the root…
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Slave trade: Amnesty International accuses EU of abetting migrant rights violations in Libya
Amnesty International on Tuesday accused European governments of abetting grave human rights violations in Libya through their support for authorities there that often work with people smugglers and torture refugees and migrants. Determined to cut African immigration across the Mediterranean, the governments, via the EU, have provided support to Libya, trained its coastguard and spent…
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You can’t sue Libyan Government for slavery, Falana tells Nigerian returnees
A human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mr. Femi Falana, has stated that the Nigerian victims of slavery cannot sue Libya, stressing that the shameful slave trade which Nigeria is battling with is part of the fallout from the removal and brutal killing of President Muammar Gaddafi by armed gangs supported by…