Browsing Tag

Libya

UN: Libya envoy resigns amidst mediation challenges


Deprecated: preg_split(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($limit) of type int is deprecated in /home/vongov/public_html/wp-content/themes/publisher/includes/libs/bs-theme-core/theme-helpers/template-helpers.php on line 767
The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Libya and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), Abdoulaye Bathily has tendered his resignation to Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. On Tuesday, Bathily…

Sudanese army chief in Libya to deepen bilateral ties


Deprecated: preg_split(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($limit) of type int is deprecated in /home/vongov/public_html/wp-content/themes/publisher/includes/libs/bs-theme-core/theme-helpers/template-helpers.php on line 767
Sudan's army chief, general Al-Burhan, has hosted the head of Libya's presidential council. Mohamed al-Menfi leads an institution of the UN-backed government in western Libya. The visit was officially about strengthening bilateral…

Afrobasket Qualifiers: D’Tigers Lose 89-82 To Libya


Deprecated: preg_split(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($limit) of type int is deprecated in /home/vongov/public_html/wp-content/themes/publisher/includes/libs/bs-theme-core/theme-helpers/template-helpers.php on line 767
D’Tigers suffered a humiliating overtime defeat to Libya who out-fought them to win 89-82 in their first 2025 FIBA AfroBasket qualifying game at the Salle Mohamed Mzali court in Monastir, Tunisia on Friday. With the Nigerian team…

Libya: Sixty-one migrants drown in shipwreck


Deprecated: preg_split(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($limit) of type int is deprecated in /home/vongov/public_html/wp-content/themes/publisher/includes/libs/bs-theme-core/theme-helpers/template-helpers.php on line 767
Sixty-one migrants, including women and children, drowned following a shipwreck off Libya, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Libya said. IOM, in a post on social media platform X, quoted survivors as saying the boat,…

Libya floods kill over 5,000, thousand more missing


Deprecated: preg_split(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($limit) of type int is deprecated in /home/vongov/public_html/wp-content/themes/publisher/includes/libs/bs-theme-core/theme-helpers/template-helpers.php on line 767
The eastern Libyan city of Derna on Wednesday counted its dead in the thousands, and feared a very heavy toll, after two dams broke under the pressure of torrential rains, releasing powerful floodwaters that swept away everything in their…

Libya: Flood, storm Daniel kill at least 150


Deprecated: preg_split(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($limit) of type int is deprecated in /home/vongov/public_html/wp-content/themes/publisher/includes/libs/bs-theme-core/theme-helpers/template-helpers.php on line 767
Hundreds of people are feared dead in eastern Libya after heavy flooding caused by Storm Daniel swept away entire neighbourhoods and wrecked homes in multiple coastal towns, with the city of Derna “cut off completely” following the bursting…

Nigeria Receives137 Migrants From Libya


Deprecated: preg_split(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($limit) of type int is deprecated in /home/vongov/public_html/wp-content/themes/publisher/includes/libs/bs-theme-core/theme-helpers/template-helpers.php on line 767
The Nigerian Government has warmly received 137 Nigerian migrants who were repatriated from Libya, a process facilitated by the International Organization for Migration (IOM). The reception event occurred at the Cargo terminal of the…

Sudanese refugees in Libya seek UN’s help


Deprecated: preg_split(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($limit) of type int is deprecated in /home/vongov/public_html/wp-content/themes/publisher/includes/libs/bs-theme-core/theme-helpers/template-helpers.php on line 767
Large uncounted numbers of Sudanese refugees who flowed into Libya to escape the ongoing fighting in their country are still living in temporary accommodation. Sudanese refugee, Nour Ismail, who came with his family from Khartoum hoping…

Libya: Tripoli denies involvement in drone strikes in east


Deprecated: preg_split(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($limit) of type int is deprecated in /home/vongov/public_html/wp-content/themes/publisher/includes/libs/bs-theme-core/theme-helpers/template-helpers.php on line 767
The Tripoli-based Libyan government has denied any involvement in drone strikes against a base used by the Russian paramilitary group Wagner that had been reported by a military source in the eastern camp of the divided country, media…

Libya: Drone strikes target Wagner base- Military


Deprecated: preg_split(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($limit) of type int is deprecated in /home/vongov/public_html/wp-content/themes/publisher/includes/libs/bs-theme-core/theme-helpers/template-helpers.php on line 767
Drone strikes of unknown origin on Thursday night targeted an air base in eastern Libya where mercenaries from the Russian paramilitary group Wagner are believed to be stationed, without causing any casualties, according to a military…