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SOUEAST Accelerates African Strategy with Grand Debut in Libya
GlobeNewswire, Inc.
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July 3, 2025
TRIPOLI, Libya, July 03, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- SOUEAST officially announced its entry into the Libyan market with a grand brand launch ceremony at the Royal Palace of Tripoli. The event commenced with an imaginative visual presentation that...
Greece Deploys Warships Off Libya to Combat Illegal Migration
MENAFN
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July 3, 2025
(MENAFN) Two Greek warships have commenced patrols off the coast of Libya to curb illegal migration, according to local media reports on Monday. The ships' mission focuses on identifying and intercepting the boats and smaller vessels often used by...
How US Policy Is Taking Shape – From Libya To Iran
Middle East Institute
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July 1, 2025
Stephanie Williams, former US diplomat and deputy head of the UN mission in Libya, sits down with Brian Katulis for a wide-ranging conversation about what’s happening in the Middle East today. They talk through the latest on Israel and Iran and...
Explosion Hits Oil Tanker Off Libya
MENAFN
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July 1, 2025
(MENAFN) A vessel transporting approximately one million barrels of crude oil has experienced an explosion off Libya’s shoreline. Although the detonation caused serious damage, there have been no reports of injuries or environmental contamination....
Libya’s UN ambassador expresses frustration over UN lack of roadmap
MENAFN
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June 25, 2025
(MENAFN) Libya’s representative to the United Nations expressed deep disappointment on Tuesday regarding the absence of a concrete UN strategy to advance the political process in the country. Following a briefing to the Security Council by the UN...
Libya Blasts UN Over Stall in Political Roadmap
MENAFN
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June 25, 2025
(MENAFN) Libya’s UN envoy, Taher El-Sonni, voiced strong dissatisfaction Tuesday over the continued absence of a defined political roadmap from the United Nations to resolve Libya’s ongoing crisis. Speaking after UN Special Representative Hanna...
EU EXTERNAL PARTNERS: European Parliament committee probes human rights in EU-Southern Neighbourhood deals ― EU approves €4 billion aid to Egypt ― Sudanese refugees fleeing Egypt ― Italian NGOs demand end to Italy-Libya co-operation ― EU allocates €202…
European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE)
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June 26, 2025
The European Parliament (EP) Subcommittee on Human Rights has organised a public hearing on the human rights implications of the EU’s memoranda of understanding (MoU) with its partners in the Southern Neighbourhood. The EP has approved €4 billion...
Libya to Host Its First Major Tech Expo: Code Libya 2026 to Launch in Benghazi
EIN Presswire
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June 19, 2025
Code Libya 2026, Libya’s first tech & AI expo, kicks off May 11–14 in Benghazi to spotlight innovation and digital growth in North Africa. BENGHAZI, LIBYA, June 19, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Libya to Host Its First Major Tech Expo: Code Libya...
Libya experiences one of most severe state collapses in modern North Africa
MENAFN
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June 12, 2025
(MENAFN) Libya has experienced one of the most severe state collapses in modern North Africa since the United Nations Security Council passed Resolution 1973 in March 2011, authorizing international intervention during the uprising against Muammar...
OHCHR reports findings of dozens of dead bodies in Libya
MENAFN
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June 16, 2025
(MENAFN) The UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) has reported the discovery of mass graves containing dozens of bodies in detention centers across Libya, urging an independent investigation into what it described as “grim findings.” The announcement on...
Mass graves unveiled in Libya
MENAFN
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June 12, 2025
(MENAFN) Dozens of bodies have been found in detention centers across Libya, the UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) reported on Wednesday, urging an independent investigation into the disturbing discoveries and reported abuses at these sites. Since...
IOM Reports Hundreds of Migrants Intercepted Off Libya’s Coast in One Week
MENAFN
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June 11, 2025
(MENAFN) The International Organization for Migration (IOM) reported Tuesday that 414 migrants were intercepted off Libya’s coast between June 1 and June 7, 2025. "From June 1 to 7, 2025, 414 migrants were intercepted and returned to Libya," IOM...
EU EXTERNAL PARTNERS: UNHCR calls for urgent funding for refugees in Egypt ― EU co-operation with ‘dodgy’ Libyan authorities continues unabated ― Turkish border guards convicted for torturing and killing migrants
European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE)
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July 3, 2025
|Published on: 3rd July 2025|Categories: News| The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has issued an urgent appeal for increased international funding to support the rising number of refugees in Egypt. European Commissioner for Internal Affairs...
MEDITERRANEAN: More deaths and rescues ― German government to stop funding ‘civil fleet’ ― Spanish police investigating murders of people on the move near Balearic Islands ― NGO report reveals use of torture against people on the move ― Greece deploys …
European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE)
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July 3, 2025
There have been more deaths and NGO-led rescues along the Mediterranean migration routes. The German government has announced that it is cancelling the funding that it has been providing to search and rescue NGOs since 2022. Spanish police have...
Trump plans on deporting migrants to war-torn African states
MENAFN
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June 30, 2025
(MENAFN) The US Supreme Court has approved the Biden administration’s authority to deport immigrants to third countries, including conflict-affected nations like South Sudan and Libya, regardless of the migrants’ countries of origin. This ruling,...
UN Reports Sudanese Refugees Face Rising Hunger, Malnutrition
MENAFN
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July 2, 2025
(MENAFN) The UN's refugee and food agencies issued a critical warning on Tuesday about the worsening food insecurity and malnutrition crisis affecting millions of Sudanese refugees, as severe funding shortages continue to disrupt life-saving aid...
US appears to have ignored lessons from its post-Cold War unilateral, regime-change policies in Middle East
MENAFN
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June 29, 2025
(MENAFN) The US appears to have ignored the lessons from its post-Cold War unilateral and regime-change policies in the Middle East. Instead of fostering peace and stability, these interventions resulted in country collapses, chaos, civil wars,...
Turkey criticizes EU summit learders' conclusions
MENAFN
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June 28, 2025
(MENAFN) Türkiye has sharply criticized the conclusions of the European Union leaders' summit held on June 26, 2025, accusing Greece and the Greek Cypriot Administration of Southern Cyprus (GCASC) of persistently advancing what it described as...
Statement on the Cabinet meeting of Wednesday, 25 June 2025
South African Government
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June 26, 2025
A. Issues in the environment 1. National Dialogue 1.1 70 Years of the Freedom Charter 1.1.1 On this day, 70 years ago viz. 26th of June 1955, more than 3000 delegates from various racial and social backgrounds, gathered in Kliptown, Johannesburg...
The alternative to regime change: Changing the regime’s behavior
Middle East Institute
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June 27, 2025
Past foreign-led efforts to bring about regime change in the Middle East have all too often unleashed instability, extremism, and enduring strategic risk. A different future with Iran is possible — if we try a different approach. Historical...