Press Releases

US operates a strategy to relocate Palestinians to Libya

(MENAFN) The White House has refuted the allegation that the government of the US Leader Donald Trump is operating a strategy to forever reposition approximately one million Palestinians from Gaza to Libya, as this statement has been reported,...

Authorities Announce Discovery of 58 Unidentified Bodies in Libya's Tripoli

(MENAFN) Libyan authorities announced the discovery of 58 unidentified bodies that had been stored for a prolonged period within a morgue at Abu-Saleem Hospital in southern Tripoli. The Interior Ministry stated on Facebook that the morgue was...

UN, Libyan Authorities Form Truce Committee

(MENAFN) The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has declared the establishment of a "truce committee" in coordination with Libya’s Presidential Council. This move follows recent violent confrontations in Tripoli. According to...

UN, Libya Forge Joint Truce Committee After Tripoli Clashes

(MENAFN) The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) announced Sunday the creation of a joint truce committee with Libya's Presidency Council, the supreme commander of the Libyan Army. Formed in the wake of recent deadly clashes in...

Groups Protest in Libyan Capital

(MENAFN) Multiple factions organized protests on Friday in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, following a series of violent incidents in the city. The gatherings took place in Martyrs' Square, where participants voiced their opposition to the current...

US Considers Permanent Relocation of Gazans to Libya

(MENAFN) According to a report by a news agency, the administration of U.S. Leader Donald Trump is allegedly developing a proposal to permanently transfer up to one million Palestinians from Gaza to Libya. The information was reportedly provided...

UNICEF: Libya’s Tripoli Violence Threatens Thousands of Children

(MENAFN) The escalating conflict around Tripoli, Libya, has put nearly half a million children at risk, UNICEF warned on Wednesday. The humanitarian organization reported that children, families, and medical staff were trapped in hospitals,...

Powerful fighting continues in Libyan capital

(MENAFN) restored stability and completed its military operations in the capital. Gunfire and explosions were reported into Wednesday across several districts, with eyewitnesses noting the mobilization of militias on major roads such as Al-Shat...

Deadly Overnight Clashes Rock Libya's capital, Claim Six Lives

(MENAFN) Violent overnight fighting in Libya's capital, Tripoli, resulted in at least six fatalities, according to emergency medical services on Tuesday. The Emergency Medicine and Support Center stated that "the Recovery Unit at the Emergency...

UN Mission Calls for Immediate Ceasefire in Libya

(MENAFN) The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has voiced serious concern over the resurgence of violent confrontations in the capital of the North African country. On Tuesday, the mission highlighted the severity of ongoing armed...

Tripoli-located Libyan administration announces capital secure

(MENAFN) Libya’s Tripoli-based Government of National Unity (GNU) announced on Tuesday that it has successfully wrapped up a security operation in the capital, Tripoli, following violent clashes triggered by the reported assassination of a top...

UN Urges Calm Amid Escalating Tensions in Libya's Capital

(MENAFN) The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) urged for calm on Monday as military mobilization and escalating tensions were reported in Tripoli, Libya's capital. "UNSMIL is closely monitoring reports of the military build-up and...

Weaponized groups collide in Libyan capital

(MENAFN) Armed clashes broke out in Libya’s capital, Tripoli, on Monday evening following the assassination of a senior military commander. Abdul Ghani al-Kikli, head of the UN-backed government’s Stability Support Apparatus (SSA), was reportedly...

President Cyril Ramaphosa arrives in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia leading South African delegation to the African Union Summit

President Cyril Ramaphosa has arrived in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to lead the South African delegation to the 38th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of African Heads of State and Government. This gathering of continental leadership will take place...

Minister Dion George attends Committee of African Heads of State and Government on Climate Change (CAHOSCC) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 15 Feb

The Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Dr Dion George, will attend the annual Committee of African Heads of State and Government on Climate Change (CAHOSCC) on 15 February in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The meeting, where Heads of...

Chiz says U.S. plan to send Pinoys facing deportation to Libya 'cruel'

PHILIPPINES, May 8 - Press Release May 8, 2025 CHIZ SAYS U.S. PLAN TO SEND PINOYS FACING DEPORTATION TO LIBYA 'CRUEL' Senate President Francis "Chiz" G. Escudero has denounced a reported plan by the United States to send Asian immigrants,...

EU EXTERNAL PARTNERS: EU deepens police co-operation with Egypt ― Libyan authorities escalate crackdown on humanitarian organisations ― NGO accuses Moroccan authorities of ‘forced disappearances’ ― EU announces financial support for Palestinian Authori…

The European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol) has signed a working agreement with Egypt. Libyan authorities have suspended the operation of ten humanitarian NGOs after accusing them of facilitating the “resettlement” of...

EU EXTERNAL PARTNERS: UNHCR suspends programmes in Egypt ― Rise in hate speech and violence targeting people on the move in Libya ― Shipwreck survivors deported to Tunisian desert

EU EXTERNAL PARTNERS: UNHCR suspends programmes in Egypt ― Rise in hate speech and violence targeting people on the move in Libya ― Shipwreck survivors deported to Tunisian desert The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has suspended most of its...

Libyan Crown Prince HRH Prince Mohammed El Hassan El Rida El Senussi Delivers Independence Day Address

Calls for Unity, Stability, and a Return to Constitutional Monarchy to Secure Libya’s Future LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, December 26, 2024 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- On the occasion of Libya’s Independence Day, His Royal Highness Crown Prince Mohammed El...

Training course on trade in services concludes in Geneva for WTO acceding governments

The governments represented were Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Belarus, Bhutan, Curaçao, Ethiopia, Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. Participants received training on the GATS disciplines, including how to create schedules of...