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Five killed in human smuggling attempt in S. Libya
Xinhua News Agency
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TRIPOLI, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- Libya's Criminal Investigation Department (CID) said Tuesday that a vehicle carrying about 20 migrants overturned along a desert road south of the city Jalu, during which five people were killed. The CID said its...
Libyan Coast Guard Fires on Migrant Rescue Ship in Mediterranean
teleSUR
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A migrant rescued by the Ocean Viking, Aug. 24, 2025. X/ @SOSMedIntl August 25, 2025 Hour: 9:06 am On Sunday afternoon, the SOS Mediterranee vessel Ocean Viking, carrying 87 migrants rescued hours earlier, was struck by multiple bullets fired from...
World News | Libya Coast Guard Opens Fire on Rescue Ship During Migrant Search
Latestly
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August 26, 2025
Tripoli [Libya], August 26 (ANI): Libya's coast guard fired upon a European humanitarian vessel while it was searching for a refugee and migrant boat in distress in the Mediterranean Sea, Al Jazeera reported, citing the non-profit SOS...
Mediterranean NGO Reports Libya Shot and Damaged its Rescue Boat
The Maritime Executive
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The NGO SOS Mediterranee released details on an encounter in the Mediterranean on Sunday, August 24, in which it says the Libyan Coast Guard opened fire on its ship and continued to attack the ship for up to 20 minutes. The group released pictures...
Egypt, Libya, Sudan And Tunisia Advance Cross-Border Collaboration For Migrant Health
MENAFN
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August 25, 2025
(MENAFN- APO Group) Government representatives from Egypt, Libya, Sudan and Tunisia - major countries on migratory routes in North Africa - convened in Cairo from 18–20 August for a 3-day table-top simulation exercise (SimEx) organized by the...
Libya launches major campaign against scorpions in the south
The Libya Observer
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Authorities in southern Libya have launched a wide-ranging campaign to combat the spread of scorpions, following growing concern among residents over rising infestations in farms and residential areas. The operation, led by the Agricultural...
Three young sisters drown, dozens rescued from boat carrying migrants from Libya to Italy
Times LIVE
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Three young sisters drowned when the rubber boat carrying them and dozens of other migrants got into difficulties on the perilous central Mediterranean crossing from Libya to Italy, a German sea rescue charity said on Sunday. RESQSHIP said the...
North African Nations Unite to Strengthen Migrant Health Security
News Ghana
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August 25, 2025
Four major North African countries have committed to standardizing cross-border health procedures for migrants and refugees following a landmark simulation exercise designed to improve regional health security coordination. Government...
Compassion is a woman’s superpower, says Emirati colonel
The National News
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Colonel Dr Fayeza Al Ameri says the compassion women can bring to leadership roles – and her ability to multitask – are her unique powers. A physician with the UAE military, she is a prime example of the leading role women are playing in the...
Three sisters drown in migrant boat tragedy off Libya, 65 rescued
Saudi Gazette
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August 24, 2025
MILAN — Three young sisters drowned when the rubber boat carrying them and dozens of other migrants capsized during the dangerous central Mediterranean crossing from Libya to Italy, a German sea rescue group said Sunday. RESQSHIP said the bodies...
'This is unacceptable': Libya farm owner in trouble after 'Prank' with pet lion attacking worker, WATCH
DNA India
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The footage shows a lion grappling with a man and repeatedly trying to bite him. A farm owner in Libya has been arrested for allegedly releasing his pet lion on an Egyptian worker. According to reports, the video of the incident went viral,...
The Western Media: Psychopaths with Pens
Modern Ghana
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“The press is a gang of cruel faggots. Journalism is not a profession or a trade. It is a cheap catch-all for fuckoffs and misfits—a false doorway to the backside of life, a filthy piss-ridden little hole nailed off by the building inspector, but...
Rabin Medical Center reports genetic disease breakthrough
The Jewish World - New York
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August 21, 2025
Prof. Idit Maya in her laboratory at the Genetics Institute of Rabin Medical Center, Aug. 6, 2025. Photo courtesy of Howard Blas. By HOWARD BLAS JNS If Prof. Idit Maya has her way, countless Jewish families in Israel and around the world will be...
Libya: Security Council invited to support popular “desire” for national elections
The European Times
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August 22, 2025
Hannah Tetteh, who also directs the United Nations Mission in Libya (Little vintage), informed the ambassadors following the elections of the municipal council last week and described a roadmap proposed in the general elections, which should have...
Africa: A Century of Oppression
Modern Ghana
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When the African Union launched its 38th summit in Addis Ababa this year, it marked one of the continent’s boldest moves to demand accountability for centuries of slavery, colonialism and exploitation. But words carry consequences, and some cannot...
Libya and Africa CDC Discuss Strengthening Cooperation in Public Health Initiatives
The Libya Update
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August 21, 2025
Tripoli – The Director-General of the National Center for Disease Control, Haider Al-Sayeh, held a meeting with a delegation from the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), led by the Director of the North Africa Region,...
UN report: Kufra under pressure from influx of Sudanese refugees and shortage of health workers
The Libya Update
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August 23, 2025
The International Medical Corps published its 16th report on the humanitarian response situation in the municipality of Kufra, as of August 19, highlighting the Sudanese refugee crisis and its repercussions on the health sector. Influx of Sudanese...
Libyan health ministry and African Centre for Disease Control officials discuss transboundary diseases
Panapress
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August 20, 2025
20 august 2025 - 13:22:04 MA/BBA 203 Views Panafrican News Agency Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Officials of Libya's Ministry of Health and African Centre for Disease Control and Prevention met on Tuesday in Tripoli to discuss strengthening coordination...
The Paddystinians of Belfast: On the Palestinian Solidarity Movement in Northern Ireland
Literary Hub
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August 27, 2025
I couldn’t believe my eyes: not one, but bunches of Palestinian flags kept appearing, every time we turned onto another Belfast street—waving at me, beckoning, inviting me into their story. It was 2011, my first trip to Northern Ireland, and I was...
Part 5: How a Nigerian teen trafficked through Libya became a celebrity barber in Europe
Pulse
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August 22, 2025
In Part 4, Jimmy’s desperate wait for rescue turned into a trap. The men who came promising Europe delivered him instead into the hands of traffickers. Chained, tortured, and forced to call home for ransom, he turned seventeen in a Libyan cell...