The Ondo State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps on Monday said it had arrested two persons, Babatunde Oluwasola and Dada Fowowe, for their alleged involvement in human trafficking. He said they were allegedly involved in recruiting three young girls to travel to Libya in April this year. Aidamenbor said, “Babatunde Oluwasola a.k.a Osanle, 56 years, a carpenter from Osun State but resides in Akure recruited three girls from Akure to Libya sometime around April 2023. “He got one of them with the help of Dada Fowowe a.k.a Iya Alaso, 47, a trader from Ondo State. The victims who travelled through the desert to Libya called Babatunde through the agent that received them two weeks after they departed from Akure, Ondo State to inform him of their arrival in Libya.

What is striking about Langley’s trip to Libya is that, after visiting Tripoli, he had meetings with Haftar in Benghazi. The other development was Yevkurov’s Benghazi visit shortly before the death of the PMC’s leader, Evgeny Prigozhin. The visits mentioned above indicate that a new competition and power struggle between the US and Russia is emerging in Libya. A New ‘Cold War’The emerging picture suggests that competition between the two superpowers in Libya resembles a new “Cold War” order. However, the conflicting interests of the United States and Russia suggest that this strategy may not be long-lasting for Haftar.

UN Special Envoy for Libya Abdoulaye Bathily said on Monday that unity is needed amid what he called “unilateral and competing initiatives” by Libyan parties on the reconstruction of Derna and other flood-impacted areas. He urged Libya's rival authorities and their international partners to allow the mechanism to be set up to ensure “transparency and accountability”. Following the disaster, there were calls from within and outside Libya for an international investigation, reflecting the deep public mistrust in state institutions. The country’s east and south have been under the control of general Khalifa Haftar and his Libyan National Army, which is allied with a parliament-confirmed government. “I call on all governmental institutions and political parties to be neutral on the Derna reconstruction file from the political conflict.”

MigrationThe Med9 leaders, in a joint declaration, called on co-legislators to agree on the EU’s migration pact before the legislative term’s end. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni echoed Abela’s sentiments, emphasising the need for a structural solution to migration. Climate ChangeLeaders recognised the disproportionate impact of the climate crisis on the Mediterranean region. Indeed, Slovenian prime minister Robert Golob said that climate change must be tackled immediately, and financially. Meloni said during the Med9 summit that Italy is expecting massive resources from the MFF, while Croatia’s prime minister Andrej Plenković said that resources should also be put towards climate crisis relief.

The Ambulance and Emergency Service announced, on Monday, the collapse of four houses in the city of Ubari, southwestern Libya, due to heavy rains. The agency said that work is underway to assess the damage and provide emergency services, according to a statement on its Facebook account. Ubari General Hospital also announced that it had received an injured person due to the collapse of a house west of the city as a result of the heavy rain. Power went out in areas of the municipality of Ubari, Sunday, as a result of weather fluctuations in the southern region, according to the General Electricity Company. The southern region has been exposed to heavy rain since yesterday evening, and it is expected to continue for two days, according to the latest warning from the Meteorological National Center.

DERNA, Libya : Since a huge flood swept away whole neighbourhoods of Libya's city of Derna last month, Abdulsalam al-Kadi has been searching for his father and brother. Those were really tough days. They still are really tough days," said the 43-year-old who spent two days travelling to Derna from his new home in the United States. COMPLICATED RECONSTRUCTIONDerna, a coastal city in eastern Libya known as a cultural centre, was built on a seasonal river that ran from a mountain range into the sea. For Kadi, the priority remains finding his lost family members - a daunting task for him and thousands of others.

BANGKOK, 3 October 2023: Centara West Bay Hotel & Residences Doha partnered with Red Crescent Qatar to extend vital assistance to the earthquake and flood-affected regions of Morocco and Libya. To facilitate this initiative and engage its community, Centara West Bay Hotel placed donation boxes at the hotel. Centara West Bay Hotel & Residences Doha, General Manager Sean Spinks expressed his pride in the hotel’s ongoing collaboration with Red Crescent Qatar and organisations to support the community and enhance corporate social responsibility. He remarked: “Centara West Bay has taken steps to support Morocco and Libya during their time of need. Centara’s portfolio comprises six brands – Centara Reserve, Centara Boutique Collection, Centara Grand, Centara, Centra by Centara and COSI Hotels.

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BEIRUT: Lebanon’s General Directorate of Internal Security Forces announced on Monday that they had arrested two Syrian nationals, aged 48 and 52, on suspicion of people smuggling. The suspects had been accused of smuggling people of various nationalities from Libya to Europe via boats. The suspects were operating in coordination with people of Lebanese nationality in the Wadi Khaled region in northern Lebanon, on the border with Syria. They also reportedly admitted that hundreds of people were smuggled by sea from Libya to Italy and Greece using boats. The Lebanese army has announced a series of security operations over the past two years that have resulted in the arrest of Daesh-affiliated armed cells preparing to implement terrorist plots inside Lebanon.

Heavy rainfall in Libya’s south-western city of Ubari has led to the collapse of several houses, according to its mayor on Monday, Anadolu Agency reports. “Schools were suspended in a number of areas in the city,” Ahmed Matko told Anadolu. He said a number of people were injured in the rains that hit the city on Sunday, without giving an exact figure. “Power went off in the city since Sunday as some power plants went out of service due to the rains,” Matko said. Derna was hardest hit by the deadly floods, causing the city’s dams to burst, washing away homes and people.

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A fund-raising event set up to help the reconstruction of areas hit hardest by deadly floods in eastern Libya has been postponed, officials said, citing “logistical reasons”. The decision to delay the event was reached after requests by mayors of impacted areas and business owners who had expressed their interest in attending, the Supreme Preparatory Committee's head Saqr Al Jibani said. On Friday, the US called on Libyans to set aside their differences to allow aid to flow more easily to the impacted areas in the east. Terrible consequencesEarlier, UN envoy to Libya Abdoulaye Bathily said the impact of Storm Daniel would have been minimised under a unified Libyan government. A man clears mud from his pharmacy, which was affected by the fatal floods in Derna, Libya.

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(AFP)There is disagreement among experts over why the Middle East appears to suffer from especially poor air quality. Depending on levels of air pollution, people’s lives can be impacted in various ways. Furthermore, cardiovascular diseases, including heart disease and stroke, have been linked to air pollution exposure. • 60 Average number of days a MENA resident reports sick in their lifetime due to exposure to elevated air pollution levels. To address the issue of clean air, the UAE has launched the National Air Quality Agenda 2031 — a comprehensive plan to monitor and manage air quality across the country, providing real-time data in the country.

The Ministry of Education in Libya’s Government of National Unity yesterday announced the resumption of education in 15 municipalities that were severely affected by floods that swept the country on 10 September. Students from the city of Derna, which was most affected by the floods, have been directed to educational institutions in the towns of Karsa, Martubah and Ain Mara, it added. Last week, the Government of National Unity in Libya announced that 95 per cent of educational institutions in the eastern part of the country were affected by the floods, with 114 schools damaged. Mediterranean Storm Daniel struck eastern Libya on 10 September, leading to floods in several cities, including Benghazi, Bayda, Al Marj, Soussa, and Derna, resulting in massive destruction to infrastructure and a significant loss of life. READ: Libya: 4 new officials in detention due to floods