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By Rebecca Murray TRIPOLI, Mar 2, 2012 (IPS) - At the battered terminal of Tripoli’s tiny Mitiga airport, over 150 young men and women jostle to be repatriated home to Nigeria on Libya’s Buraq airlines. This journey…
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2 March 2012 – The United Nations-mandated commission of inquiry that probed human rights abuses in Libya reported today that crimes against humanity and war crimes were committed by both the troops loyal to the former…
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The destruction of chemical weapons stockpiles in Libya and the possible existence of similar stockpiles in Syria have topped the agenda during talks between Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the head of the international body dedicated to…
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Locusts may dramatically increase in SW Libya outbreak During the last week of February, an increasing number of adults were seen copulating and ready to lay eggs in areas of recent rainfall within the current outbreak area…
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The top United Nations official in Libya visited East Libya on a three-day trip ending Monday to assess how the region’s conflict-affected cities – some of them still littered with mines and unexploded missiles – are…
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SC/10563 Security Council 6728th Meeting (AM) UN’s Top Envoy Ian Martin Briefs, Says People Expect UN Support in Transition;Describes Progress on Elections, Security, Human Rights, Humanitarian Concerns Reporting the peaceful celebration of the first anniversary of the start of Libya’s…
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DUBAI, 29 February 2012 (IRIN) One year after a popular uprising toppled its former dictator, Libya's new transitional government has failed to provide coherent state leadership and control, analysts say. A continuing power struggle with hundreds of militias…
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28 Feb 2012 13:47 TRIPOLI, Feb 28 (Reuters) - Tribal elders from around Libya are negotiating an end to clashes in the far southeast of the country which have killed dozens of people in the last two…
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Tripoli 27 February, 2012 - A team composed of the UN Humanitarian Country Team and the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has completed an assessment in Kufra, the scene of recent intercommunal fighting. The assessment mission…
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By Rebecca Murray MISRATA, Libya, Feb 25 2012 (IPS) - This week more than half the residents eligible to vote in Libya’s embattled coastal city of Misrata cast their ballots for local council representatives in their first…
