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Libyan Parties Agree to Continue Efforts to Unify Army, Form Unified Govt

The 5+5 Joint Military Committee (JMC), in the presence of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations for Libya, organized in Tripoli on Sunday a meeting between commanders of the military and security units in the western, eastern, and southern regions.  The meeting was the largest of its kind in Libya in…

Asharq Al-Awsat

UN mission accuses EU of aiding crimes against humanity in Libya

Fact-finding mission says state security forces and armed militia groups have committed a wide array of crimes.

Al Jazeera

UN-backed probe cites crimes against humanity in Libya

U.N.-backed human rights experts say there is evidence that crimes against humanity — including women being forced into sexual slavery — have been committed against Libyans and migrants in the North African country

The Independent UK

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Libyan migrants are victims of crimes against humanity - UN mission

A U.N. fact-finding mission on Libya said on Monday that it had reasonable grounds to believe war crimes and crimes against humanity had been committed, including against migrants, and that it would relay the evidence to the International Criminal Court (ICC).

Reuters

Türkiye: Normalization of Ties with Egypt Will Reflect Positively on Libya, Palestine

Türkiye stressed that the normalization of relations with Egypt would reflect positively on the situation in Libya, the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, and the region in general. Spokesman for the Turkish presidency Ibrahim Kalin said in a televised interview that Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu’s recent visit to Egypt was "very important…

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At Least 29 African Migrants Die when 2 Boats Sink Off Tunisia

At least 29 migrants from sub-Saharan Africa died when their two boats sank off the coast of Tunisia as they tried to cross the Mediterranean to Italy, the Tunisian coast guard said on Sunday. Separately, in the last four days, five migrant boats have sunk off the coast of the…

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Group Says Libyan Coast Guard Fired Shots over Rescue Ship

Libya’s coast guard fired warning shots over a humanitarian vessel as it attempted to rescue a rubber boat carrying migrants off Libya's coast, a sea rescue group said.

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UN Nuclear Watchdog Says Missing Libya Uranium Found

UN inspectors visiting southern Libya found drums containing natural uranium reported missing earlier this month in the chaos-stricken country, the UN nuclear watchdog said Saturday. The International Atomic Energy Agency said earlier this month that some 2.5 tons of natural uranium stored at a site in the southern town of…

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Exclusive-IAEA confirms almost all missing uranium in Libya now accounted for

Most of the roughly 2.5 tons of natural uranium ore concentrate (UOC) recently declared missing from a site in Libya have been found at that site, the U.N. nuclear watchdog told member states on Friday in a statement seen by Reuters.

Reuters

UN Libya Envoy Points to ‘Alternatives’ If Political Bodies Duck Electoral Pact

If Libya's legislative bodies are unable to agree on electoral laws in a timely manner "we will look at what alternative we will find", the UN Libya envoy said on Friday, indicating he would not accept moves to derail a march to elections. Envoy Abdoulaye Bathily is seeking to break…

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U.N. Libya envoy points to 'alternatives' if political bodies duck electoral pact

If Libya's legislative bodies are unable to agree on electoral laws in a timely manner "we will look at what alternative we will find", the U.N. Libya envoy said on Friday, indicating he would not accept moves to derail a march to elections.

Reuters

Libya Revives Cannon Salute to Break Ramadan Fast

The blast of a cannon booms across Tripoli, but it doesn't signal another round of fighting in the Libyan capital -- rather, the revival of a long-lost Ramadan tradition. Officers in berets rolled out a red carpet on the iconic Martyrs' Square on Thursday for the 600-year-old weapon, setting of…

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US says Tunisia president weakened checks and balances

Tunisian President Kais Saied has caused "enormous concern" about where Tunisia is headed with moves that have weakened democratic checks and balances, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Barbara Leaf said on Thursday.

Reuters

IAEA Team Inspects Uranium Storage Site South Libya

A team from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) arrived Tuesday in southern Libya to inspect a natural uranium storage site containing 6,400 barrels, Fawasel media reported. The site said the IAEA team arrived in Sabha airport in southern Libya coming from Vienna. “The team left Libya after completing the…

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Blinken Says US ‘Actively’ Working to Re-Establish Diplomatic Presence in Libya

The United States is "actively" working on re-establishing a diplomatic presence in Libya, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday, although he declined to provide an exact time on when the US embassy can be reopened. Libya has had little peace since the 2011 NATO-backed uprising that ousted…

Reuters

Blinken says U.S. 'actively' working to re-establish diplomatic presence in Libya

The United States is "actively" working on re-establishing a diplomatic presence in Libya, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday, although he declined to provide an exact time on when the U.S. embassy can be reopened.

Al Jazeera

In Niger, migrant footballers strike joy but field Europe dreams

Agadez, previously a major migration route before smuggling was criminalised in Niger, is home to many footballers.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Security Patrols Crack Down on Smugglers in South Libya Desert

A security force in western Libya pledged to crack down on gangs smuggling fuel and weapons and trafficking illegal migrants. It said it will deploy more patrols to track them in the southwestern desert and combat their activities “that are undermining national security”. Libya suffers from the widespread smuggling of…

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Turkish FM: Sisi, Erdogan Meeting Was a Turning Point for Normalization of Ties

Turkiye’s foreign minister confirmed that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan meeting Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi last December in Doha had offered a main turning point in the course of normalizing relations between Ankara and Cairo. Speaking to the Turkish press on Monday, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said that his recent…

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Libya: Reports Emerge About Security Cooperation between Haftar, Dbeibeh

The Libyan National Army (LNA), led by Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar and the head of the interim unity government, Abdulhamid Dbeibeh, are having "undisclosed" understandings to coordinate security and military cooperation ahead of the postponed presidential and parliamentary elections, according to informed sources. The sources told Asharq Al-Awsat that the…

Al Jazeera

Top Egypt, Turkey diplomats hold first Cairo talks in a decade

Diplomatic relations to be upgraded to ambassador level ‘as soon as possible’, say foreign ministers.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Libya: LNA Says it Found Missing Uranium

The Libyan National Army led by Khalifa Haftar said on Thursday that 10 drums of uranium declared missing by the UN nuclear watchdog had been found near the warehouse they were taken from in southern Libya. The IAEA said in a confidential statement to member states seen by Reuters that…

Reuters

Explainer-Everything to know about nuclear fuel uranium

Eastern Libyan forces said on Thursday that 10 drums of uranium declared missing by the U.N. nuclear watchdog had been found near the warehouse they were taken from in southern Libya.

Radio France Internationale

Nuclear inspectors discover tonnes of uranium missing from Libya

Some 2.5 tonnes of natural uranium stored in a site in Libya that is not under government control have gone missing say UN nuclear watchdog inspectors, raising concerns about nuclear safety.

The Guardian - UK

Libyan general says 2.5 tonnes of missing uranium found near storage base

UN nuclear watchdog raised alarm hours earlier amid concerns about radiological and security risks

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