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NESDB meets with UNDP.
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Tripoli, 22 September 2025 (Lana) Director General of the National Economic and Social Development Board, Mahmoud Alftise, discussed with Resident Representative of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Libya, Sophie Kemkhadze, the joint memorandum of understanding signed between the two parties in early 2025.The two parties agreed to provide technical support from UNDP for the project to design the National Strategy for Risk and Disaster Management, which resulted in the... Read more
Conclusion of a workshop in Tripoli on victims of human trafficking.
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Tripoli, 21 September 2025 (Lana) A training workshop organized by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), in collaboration with the International Organization for Migration (IOM), on identifying victims of human trafficking and irregular migrants concluded in Tripoli.The workshop, sponsored by the Netherlands and attended by representatives from the Ministries of Interior, Health, and Social Affairs, and the Emergency Medical Support Center, aimed to strengthen the... Read more
“We are committed to strengthening cooperation with Libya in border management,” Orlando says.
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Tripoli, 18 September 2025 (Lana) The EU Ambassador to Libya, Nicola Orlando, met yesterday with MG Mohammed Marhani, in his capacity as technical head of the Supreme Committee for Migration, and representatives of the Ministries of Interior, Defense, and Foreign Affairs.Orlando stated in a tweet that this meeting, which he described as productive discussions, came in preparation for the upcoming meeting of the EU–Libya Technical Mission on Rights-Based Migration and Border.... Read more
Two vehicles and illegal migrants were seized in Al-Jufra.
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Sukna, September 17, 2025 (Lana) Security forces at the Sukna Police Station, affiliated with the Jufra Security Directorate, thwarted an attempt to smuggle a large number of illegal migrants of various African nationalities, and they were on their way to an unknown destination within the country.Security sources at the directorate told (Lana) that police officers became suspicious of two passenger vehicles belonging to a rural bank. Upon searching the vehicles, they found 24 illegal... Read more
Koury meets with the Ambassador of Qatar to Libya.
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Tripoli, 7 September 2025 (Lana) UNSMIL and Qatar called on the Government of National Unity and Deterrence Apparatus for Combatting Organized Crime and Terrorism to come to an agreement on security arrangements, advance the UNSMIL-facilitated political roadmap, and restore the country’s stability.This came during a meeting held last Thursday by the Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Political Affairs in Libya, Stephanie Koury, with the Ambassador of Qatar to... Read more
