Libyan armed convoy turns back from Tripoli after clashes feared
Tripoli, LibyaReuters An armed convoy affiliated with Libya’s parliament-backed Prime Minister moved towards Tripoli on Thursday before turning back as he seeks a way to take office in the capital despite the incumbent refusing to cede power. The parliament swore in Fathi Bashagha as Prime Minister a week ago and he said on Tuesday he […]
Tripoli tense amid standoff between Libya’s two rival governments
Tripoli, LibyaReuters A long ceasefire has brought life back to Tripoli’s Algeria Square, its roundabout replanted with grass and customers lingering into the night at the Aurora Cafe, but Libya’s new crisis of two governments threatens to upend that peace. Home to the city hall, post office and a mosque converted from the colonial-era Italian […]
Portrait of poverty: UN visits Tripoli, Lebanon, poorest place on Med
MAYA GEBEILY, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on what United Nations’ special rapporteur on poverty Olivier de Schutter found when he visited Tripoli as part of a fact-finding mission to Lebanon…
UN demands Libya inquiry into shooting of escaping migrants
Geneva, SwitzerlandReuters Libyan security forces used “unnecessary and disproportionate” force to detain African migrants, shooting dead some of those trying to escape, the UN human rights office said on Tuesday as it demanded an inquiry into the violence. Hundreds of migrants and refugees have waited outside a United Nations centre in Tripoli in recent days […]
Migrants in Libya fearful and angry after crackdown and killings
Tripoli, Libya Reuters Hundreds of migrants and refugees waited outside a United Nations centre in Tripoli on Sunday to seek help in escaping Libya after what aid groups called a violent crackdown in which thousands were arrested and several shot. The migrants say they have faced violent abuse and extortion in a country that has […]
After Libyan bombing, Bangladeshis wait for injured migrants’ return
Dhaka, BangladeshThomson Reuters Foundation Six months ago, Sajjad Hossain left Bangladesh hoping to build a new life in Europe, but he is now waiting to be sent home after being injured by an air strike in Libya. Hossain, 19, was hit when the detention centre where he was staying in the capital, Tripoli, was bombed […]