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On this week’s podcast, Rad features Ethan Chorin, a former diplomat posted to Libya during the 2012 Benghazi attack. This single catastrophe continues to have far-reaching effects on the domestic and foreign policy of the US and Ethan shares his account of the events prior to the attack and its aftermath. He gives an insider’s perspective on Ambassador Chris Stevens’ thoughts leading up to this fateful day and the tremendous amount of risk he volunteered to take on entering Benghazi. Ethan also comments on the rather unfair portrayal of Ambassador Stevens in the Hollywood dramatization. Grab a copy of Ethan’s book Benghazi!

Sea rescue NGO Open Arms have rescued 294 migrants, including 49 women and 60 children, on Sunday after they spent 5 days adrift central of the Mediterranean Sea. On Saturday, the Open Arms picked up 59 migrants from Syria, Egypt, Sudan and Eritrea, among them 10 minors, from an oil platform in international waters off Tunisia. Inside the flimsy smugglers’ boat, the charity found the wrapped body of a migrant who had been shot on shore by smugglers, AP reported citing Open Arms spokesperson Laura Lanuza. They spent a day or so at sea, and kept the corpse until they were saved,” Lanuza said. In late June, UN investigators reaffirmed previous reports about migrants and refugees detained in Libya facing serious abuse, with women especially being subjected to sexual violence.

At least one police officer was wounded after armed groups clashed last night in the area near Mitiga International Airport, south of Tripoli. According to press reports, the clashes erupted after an armed group affiliated with the Ministry of Defense, known as the Second Security and Support Force, attacked police patrols with heavy weapons. At that point, another militia, called the Directorate Support Force, affiliated with the Ministry of the Interior, intervened and attacked the other militia in question and seized an armed vehicle bearing the rival group’s logos. Press reports indicated that Brigade 444, which affiliated with the Presidential Council, intervened to resolve the conflict and restore calm in the area.

A NEWLY framed Taifa Stars pitch the camp today ahead of their two-match mission in Libya where they will play international friendly matches against Uganda and Libya. On September 24th, Stars will host Uganda Cranes before facing Libya on September 27th in the last build-up match. The full squad consist of Aishi Manula (Simba), Beno Kakolanya (Simba), Saidi Kipao (Kagera Sugar), Kibwana Shomari (Young Africans), Datius Peter (Kagera Sugar) and David Luhende (Kagera Sugar). In his remarks after parading the new squad, Janza insisted that the two friendly encounters against Uganda and Libya are important in shaping the team. Let me say that this technical bench, we will open doors for new and old players," he said.

“There is no law preventing the Libyan government from assigning land to foreign embassies,” this is how Adel Jumaa, the Minister of Cabinet Affairs for the Government of National Unity, responded to criticisms against his government’s decision to assign land to four foreign embassies. The decision in question was made by the Tripoli-based government, under leadership of Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, last week. The United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Turkey and the United States are the beneficiaries of the decision which will see the embassies of the four countries acquiring land worth approximately 100 million dollars. The idea is to create a “diplomatic citadel”, a compound under the protective umbrella of Turkey’s attack drones, located east of Tripoli’s Mitiga International AirportIn a press conference on Saturday, Jumaa defended the move, claiming that it is “legitimate and in accordance with the interests of the Libyan state”. “The Council of Ministers has the right to allocate Libyan state property or proposes to do so,” he said.

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The Minister of Economy and Trade in the Government of National Unity, Mohammed Al-Hawij, has affirmed his full support for small projects and the productive activities of families. This came during his meeting with a delegation from the municipality of Daraj represented by the mayor of the municipality and the head of the higher committee of the Darj exhibition for dates, agricultural production and associated industries, to discuss the preparations for the exhibition that the municipality will hold soon. Al-Hawij pointed out that such exhibitions contribute to introducing the local product and enhancing the value of national production, as it is an essential pillar of economic growth.

Spanish charity rescues 372 in central Mediterranean; 1 deadBy PETROS KARADIJAS - Associated PressPetros Karadjias - staff, AP Migrants rescued by the Spanish NGO Open Arms in the Mediterranean sea huddle in a boat early Sunday, Sept. 18, 2022. Petros Karadjias - staff, AP Spanish NGO Open Arms lifeguards rescue a migrant baby during a rescue operation in the Mediterranean sea early Sunday, Sept. 18, 2022. Petros Karadjias - staff, AP Migrants in the sea wait to be rescued from Spanish NGO Open Arms lifeguard during a rescue operation at the Mediterranean sea, early Sunday, Sept. 18, 2022. On Saturday morning, the Open Arms rescued 19 people from a rubber dinghy in off Libya in international waters. An Associated Press photographer on board the Open Arms said during each rescue, desperate people flung themselves into the water, complicating the operation.

The Speaker of Libya’s House of Representatives, Aguila Saleh, will take a trip to Russia “within days” to hold talks with Moscow officials about “common interests between the two countries”. This was reported by the Egyptian news website Cairo 24, which cited Saleh’s media advisor Fathi Al-Marimi as the source. He did not disclose any further details about the trip. The Russia visit is the latest in a series of overseas trip which Saleh conducted this month. Last week, he travelled to Doha for talks with Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and other top officials of the country.

The Security Council showed its impotence to the world in February as diplomats carried on reading pre-written statements just as Russia started bombarding Ukraine. Because we all know that the countries that are most allergic to the idea of council reform are Russia and China,” he said. Ukraine has recently made the novel argument that the Security Council seat belonged to the former Soviet Union and not Russia. The biggest push for Security Council reform came on the 60th anniversary of the war’s end as Brazil, Germany, India and Japan launched a joint bid for permanent seats. It could fizzle out.”Diplomacy watchers doubted any Security Council reform could happen so long as Russia and China see their interests at risk.

Minister of Culture and Knowledge Development, Mabrouka Toghi, has discussed with the Tunisian Ambassador, Al-Asaad Al-Ajili and his accompanying delegation, ways to develop cultural relations between the two countries. The two sides reviewed, during a meeting held Thursday at the Ministry's office, aspects of cultural and technical cooperation between both countries through implementation programme of cultural cooperation between Libya and Tunisia, to be signed soon, which aims to activate partnership and exchange experiences in culture and arts. They also discussed mechanisms for reopening cultural centers in Tripoli and Tunis and ensuring their cultural continuity through joint activities, to be the link in support of this joint cooperation.

Analysts say the move could cause deep strain between the U.K. and the European Union, and undermine peace in Northern Ireland. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said the move “would not create a conducive environment” for crafting a long-awaited U.S.-UK trade deal coveted by Truss and her Conservative Party. The White House confirmed the U.N. meeting just as the president boarded Air Force One. Truss, as foreign secretary, accompanied her predecessor, Boris Johnson, on a White House visit last year. Biden staunchly opposed Brexit as a candidate and had expressed great concern over the future of Northern Ireland.

Libyan Parliament Speaker Aqila Saleh will visit Russia in the coming days. The visit will address common interests between Libya and Russia, Parliament Media Adviser Fathi Al-Marimi told Alwasat newspaper on Saturday. Last Sunday, Saleh visited Qatar and met with its Emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, two days after a visit by Government of National Unity Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dabaiba. A statement by parliament stated that the Emir of Qatar reiterated his country’s position towards the Libyan people, supporting their choices, and achieving development and prosperity for the sake of Libya’s unity and stability.

The Pro Asyl charity in Germany has called for the dismissal of the trial against three young migrants accused of terrorism in Malta. The migrants from Guinea and Ivory Coast were rescued in the Central Mediterranean in 2019 by a freighter, which brought them to Malta, according to Infomigrants website.