by Client Client | Aug 2, 2023 | Libyan actors
On 2 August, Libyan National Army (LNA) security forces managed to free some 385 Pakistani migrants in the Lakhwer area, 8 kilometres southeast of the city of Tobruk, who were being held in a warehouse belonging to a gang of human traffickers. The migrants were moved...
by Client Client | Aug 1, 2023 | International actors
On 1 August, Farhan Haq, the deputy spokesperson for the United Nations Secretary-General, issued a statement expressing ‘deep concern over the expulsion of migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers from Tunisia to the borders with Libya and also Algeria’. Haq condemned...
by Client Client | Aug 1, 2023 | International actors
On 1 August, GNU Minister of Foreign Affairs Najla al-Mangoush held a phone call with her Chadian counterpart about the situation in Niger. They both condemned the recent coup and the ‘disruption of Niger’s democratic development’. Al-Mangoush emphasised Libya’s...
by Client Client | Jul 31, 2023 | Libyan actors
On 31 July, Ali Wali, spokesman for the 19th Brigade of the Libyan Border Guard, said that efforts to prevent smuggling and ensure full control of the entire border route with Tunisia have been massively increased. A Joint Coordination Room was established to better...
by Client Client | Jul 29, 2023 | International actors
On 29 July, Government of National Unity (GNU) Foreign Minister Najla al-Mangoush spoke by phone with Counsellor of the US State Department Derek Chollet about the situation in Niger. Both are deeply concerned that events there could destabilize the region. They said...
by Client Client | Jul 29, 2023 | Libyan actors
Late on 29 July, forces affiliated with Zintani commander Osama Juwaili set up earth berms and closed roads in the al-Aziziyya area around 40km south of Tripoli, temporarily restricting movement to and from Tripoli. In response, armed groups in Tripoli aligned with...
by Client Client | Jul 27, 2023 | Libyan actors
On 27 July, protests against Government of National Unity (GNU) Prime Minister Abdul Hameed Dabaiba were held in Zawiyya. They were largely peaceful and called for the removal of Dabaiba and the GNU, the removal of UN Special Envoy Abdoulaye Bathily, and an end to...
by Client Client | Jul 26, 2023 | International actors
On 26 July, soldiers in Niger (which borders Libya to the south-west) announced a coup on national TV, saying they had dissolved the constitution, suspended all institutions, and closed the nation’s borders. They also detained Niger President Mohamed Bazoum. The...
by Client Client | Jul 24, 2023 | International actors
On 24 July, Bathily and the the Ambassadors of Italy, Egypt, France, Germany, Tunisia, Turkey, and the United Kingdom met with Haftar in Benghazi to discuss the preparations for the Security Working Group meeting which took place the following day. In his opening...
by Client Client | Jul 18, 2023 | International actors
On 18 July, Amnesty International highlighted that activist and professor of geography at the University of Benghazi Belkacem Eljard was kidnapped by armed men affiliated with the Internal Security Agency (ISA) from his home in Benghazi on 27 June. It called on the...
