The Federal Government has evacuated another batch of 107 Nigerians stranded in Libya. Kabiru Musa, who confirmed the development in a statement in Tripoli, said the returnees would arrive at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos, on Tuesday. He said: “The federal government in collaboration with the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has successfully carried out four evacuation exercises, repatriating about 700 stranded Nigerians from Libya in 2023 already. Join the conversationOpinionsSupport Ripples Nigeria, hold up solutions journalismBalanced, fearless journalism driven by data comes at huge financial costs. If you like what we do, and are ready to uphold solutions journalism, kindly donate to the Ripples Nigeria cause.

The National Emergency Management Agency has confirmed receiving 107 stranded Libya returnees at the Murtala Muhammad International Airport, Ikeja. “The profile of those brought back shows that 48 adult females including three medical cases, five female children and one infant female were among the returnees. Also, the profile further indicates that 49 adult males, three male children and one male infant completed the 107 number of today’s returnees.”Farinloye elaborated in February 2023, a total of 105 stranded Nigerians were repatriated with an additional 281 assisted back to the country in March 2023. He said, “In April 2023, a total of 259 have so far been assisted back into the country. The International Organisation for Migration with support of international partners had been assisting distressed Nigerians stranded in Libya back to the country since 2017.”

Libyan authorities have imposed “severe restrictions” on local and international civil society groups, obstructing their work in the war-scarred country, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Tuesday. “Libya’s Government of National Unity (GNU) and other authorities are cracking down on non-governmental domestic and foreign organisations,” the New York-based rights group said in a statement. The GNU, a nominally interim government based in the capital Tripoli, “should withdraw onerous registration and administration requirements and ensure that civic groups are free to operate,” HRW added. Libyan legislators and authorities must also “repeal the death penalty as a punishment for establishing or participating in unlawful organisations”, HRW said. “Libyan authorities are crushing civic space using the tired pretext of enforcing regulations,” said HRW’s Hanan Salah.

The G-7 communique laying out their commitments also included strong words over an unprecedented run of North Korean missile tests. But it was China's growing assertiveness in Asia and Russia's invasion of Ukraine that highlighted the three-day summit hosted by Japan in this hot springs resort town. “There can be no impunity for war crimes and other atrocities such as Russia’s attacks against civilians and critical civilian infrastructure,” the ministers said. Russia’s current offensive is largely stalled and Ukraine is preparing a counteroffensive, but there’s widespread global worry about the Russian leader’s repeated threats to use tactical nuclear weapons. “Russia’s irresponsible nuclear rhetoric and its threat to deploy nuclear weapons in Belarus are unacceptable,” the ministers said.

So far, the Russian presidency of the U.N. Security Council has been the most contentious in the memory of longtime U.N. diplomats and officials. More fireworks are to come later in the month when Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov presides over the premier event of the presidency — an open council meeting on defending the principles of the U.N. Charter. The presidency of the Security Council rotates monthly in alphabetical order of its 15 members. The Security Council president presides over meetings and gets to decide the topics of signature sessions, often chaired by foreign ministers and sometimes presidents. To start their presidency, the Russians chose one of the hottest issues of the Ukraine war — the fate of Ukrainian children taken to Russia.

NEMA has received another set of 107 stranded Nigerians from Tripoli, Libya. The profile of those brought back shows that 48 adult females including 3 medical cases, 5 female children and 1 infant female were amongst the Returnees. Also, the profile further indicates that 49 adult males, 3 male children and 1 male infant completed the 107 number of today’s Returnees. In April this year, a total of 259 has so far being assisted back into the country. The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) with supports of international partners have been assisting distressed Nigerians stranded in Libya back to the since 2017

UNITED NATIONS (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 19th April, 2023) International actors in Libya should let the Libyan people decide on a political settlement, Russian Ambassador to the UN Vasily Nebenzia said on Tuesday. "Political settlement in Libya should not be a state for international rivalries ... We believe it is counterproductive to pursue any unilateral initiatives to create parallel formats to support settlements without the involvement of Libya itself and other stakeholders," Nebenzia told the Security Council. But matters have been complicated by international actors who exploit Libya's energy resources for their own interest, he added. Libya has been grappling with multiple crises after the Western military intervention of 2011 overthrew its longtime adversary, Muammar Gaddafi, and created a power vacuum that split Libya into rival factions. The UN has been struggling to fill the void by helping Libyans hold a general election, although internal divisions led it to cancel the vote set for 2021.

The Libyan National Army has released six detainees as a result of negotiations between the warring parties in Libya, United Nations Special Representative Abdoulaye Bathily said on TuesdayUNITED NATIONS (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 18th April, 2023) The Libyan National Army has released six detainees as a result of negotiations between the warring parties in Libya, United Nations Special Representative Abdoulaye Bathily said on Tuesday. "As a result of these consultations, on 8 April 2023, Libyan National Army authorities released six detainees from western Libya as a confidence-building measure," Bathily said during a meeting of the UN Security Council. The meetings between military units and security formations from the east, west and south of Libya achieved a breakthrough and have a symbolic value, Bathily said. The military intervention created a power vacuum that split Libya into rival factions. The United Nations has been trying to assist Libya hold a general election but internal divisions resulted in canceling of the vote that was set for 2021.

Last week Libya’s Internal Security Agency launched a campaign in the city of Tripoli to arrest Libyan citizens and foreigners accused of apostasy from Islam and preaching Christianity. The security agency did not specify the number of those arrested and refrained from publishing their names, stating only their initials. On April 6, he reported that he was apprehended by the Internal Security Agency on charges of converting to Christianity. Open Doors reported that the current number of Christians in Libya is 35,400 (0.5% of the population). The Internal Security Agency statement confirmed that the accused were transferred to the Office of the Public Prosecutor and thus face the risk of execution.

Italy’s Eni has started the ball rolling on two key bid processes on its $8 billion Structures A&E project offshore Libya. Due on stream in 2026, this is Libya’s most significant project for 20 years and will see 750 million cubic feet per day of gas exported from the A and E fields. The project will centre on two big fixed steel platforms tied in to the existing onshore treatment facility at Mellitah where a carbon capture and storage plant will also be built.

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Recent developments in Sudan have significant implications for Libya, according to Italian expert Guido Lenfranqui. The armed crisis in Sudan was expected given the precarious balance between the military formations. He added that the challenge of competition for control of the country between the Sudanese Armed Forces and Rapid Support Forces aims to ensure security for its system. Lenfranqui pointed out that Sudan found itself in a special situation, where there are in fact two separate armed forces with separate leadership structures and different political and economic interests. The Italian expert added that after the fall of Omar al-Bashir in 2019, both the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces put their differences aside to protect their common interests.

InternationalPutin's secret visit to Ukraine amid war: discussed with military commanders in Kherson, Ukraine said – went to see the crimes of its dear onesIn the midst of the war, the President of Russia made a secret visit to the Kherson area of Ukraine. There was no prior preparation for Putin's visit to Kherson. He discussed the war with the military commanders. The Ukrainian city where Putin reached Kherson was completely occupied by Russia till September 2022. Putin met military officers in Mariupol.

Since 2015, over 19,000 people have been shot and wounded or killed in mass shootings. Each shooter’s life story is unique, yet the growing number of mass shootings suggests a general trend that transcends personal details. I took part in a recent study carried out in the aftermath of the 2016 Orlando mass shooting. Yet even someone who really really wants to feel significant is not necessarily going to carry out a mass shooting. They together combine into a toxic mixture, driving a person to carry out a mass shooting.

I recognized one word - ‘Giado.’ That was all I understood.”The diary reads: “I did everything not to trip or stumble. Lattes deciphered and translated as Abramovich wrote a book using the original diary text: “The hidden diary of Giado concentration camp” (published by Yedioth Ahronoth Books). 7 View gallery Shimon Dadush ( Photo: Ezry Lazar, Different Angle Studio )Libyan Jews holding British citizenship were transferred to the Innsbruck-Reichenau concentration camp, Bergen Belsen, camps in Tunisia and Italy and then onto camps in Germany. 562 Libyan Jews died in the concentration camp in Giado. “A doctor arrived at the camp and declared that typhus had broken out in the camp,” writes Dadush.