Tag Archives: France

The deputy ambassador of France, Iyad Jaber, visited the shelter for illegal immigration control in Janzur on Monday. He praised the conditions of shelter and the good treatment received by illegal immigrants at the center. Jabir praised the efforts of the branch and its use of an electronic system to …

An agreement for the emergency evacuation of migrants in Libya was reached at the African Union-European Union summit in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. The agreement was discussed in the presence of the European Union, the African Union, and the United Nations. Nine countries present agreed to undertake the initiative – Libya, …

French President Emmanuel Macaron said that he would propose an initiative to evacuate vulnerable Africans in Libya, saying the Libyan authorities could not be left alone in the crisis. On Tuesday in an address to university students in Burkina Faso, Macaron said that the initiative he will propose at the …

  The Minister of Justice of the GNA, Mohamed Abdel Wahid, denied during a meeting with the Special Envoy of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission to Libya, Amira Al-Fadil, of the  media reports on the trafficking of humans in Libya.   He stressed that the Libyan government is …

On Tuesday a briefing in regards to the Refugee crisis in Libya was held at the UN Security Council The French delegate, François Delattre, stated that France denounces the circumstances of human trafficking that is being witnessed in Libya. He added that human trafficking poses a threat to international peace …

  On Sunday, Italian Foreign Minister, Angelino Alfano said that Italy had welcomed the French proposal to hold a Security Council meeting in regards to the disposition of the illegal migrants in Libya. According to a statement by the Italian Foreign Ministry, Alfano discussed with French Foreign Minister, Jean-Yves Le …

On Sunday, the Libyan consul general in Marseille, France, Abdel Salam Al-Qadi, said that Libyans sympathize with their African brothers due to the circumstances that led them to emigrate. A source in the consulate said that the judge, during his speech at the gathering, denounced what he deemed as a …

  On Saturday, the Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni discussed with Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi on regional issues, and mainly of situation in Libya.   Gentiloni said his country is keen on continuing its consultations and support with UN envoy Ghassan Salame’s efforts in order to  reach a permanent …

On Wednesday French Foreign Minister, Jean-Yves Le Drian, said that France had called on the Security Council to meet to discuss “treatment of migrants” in Libya. At a meeting of the French National Assembly, Le Drian threatened to impose sanctions on Libya if its justice system proves to be “impotent”. …

On Friday, the French government awarded the United Nations Voluntary Trust Fund € 430,000 to support mine clearance and war remnants in Misrata. The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) released a statement on their official page saying that the amount granted would enable the United Nations Mine Action …

(Author: Libyan Gazette Editorial Staff) One of Al-Qaeda’s most wanted senior operatives was the target of a French aerial attack in southern Libya. Mokhtar Belmokhtar is likely to have been killed by the French attack that took place earlier this month, according to US officials. Belmokhtar has been proclaimed dead …

(Author: Libyan Gazette Editorial Staff) An aircraft on its way to Libya from Malta’s airport on Monday crashed killing five crew members, said authorities. The plane was on route to the Libyan coast to monitor migrants on route to Europe from Libya. Officials said the five crew members killed in …

(Author: Libyan Gazette Editorial Staff) The French government excluded Libya from a meeting in Paris on Monday to discuss the crisis in the North African country. French foreign minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said, “I took this initiative on behalf of France because we want the government of national accord of Mr …

(Author: Libyan Gazette Editorial Staff) Sources inside Ganfouda, a suburb in Benghazi, have informed the Libyan Gazette that they have access to the coast but passage through the sea is being blocked. Shockingly, residents are claiming that it is not Haftar’s local military that is cutting off sea evacuations, rather, …

(Author: Libyan Gazette Editorial Staff) On Monday, France spoke out against General Khalifa Haftar’s takeover of Libya’s oil ports saying that he is sending Libya backwards. The French government is urging the UN-backed Libyan unity government (GNA) to work towards unifying Libya by breaking the political deadlock. The GNA has …

(Author: Libyan Gazette Editorial Staff) ISIS has survived in the city of Mosul in northern Iraq even though a range of anti-ISIS forces have been fighting them for over two years to no end. Such forces include the Iraqi army, Kurdish and sectarian militias and Western armies such as the …