Libya’s Tripoli-based National Unity Government and Tunisia have reached an agreement to reopen the Ras Ajdir border crossing between the two North African countries after more than three months of closure. Many people on both sides of the border share the same first and family names, leading to some being mistakenly identified as wanted criminals or terrorists. That will come after the completion of maintenance operations, changes of security personnel and upgrading the quality of the border crossing in accordance with international standards. People queue to cross into Tunisia through the Libyan Ras Ajdir border crossing in September 2021. AFPArmed confrontations on the Tunisia-Libya border recur due to long-running conflicts in Libya that broke out after the toppling of dictator Muammar Al Qaddafi in 2011.

Source: Libya Today June 12, 2024 22:31 UTC