ICC finds Italy failed to comply with its Rome Statute obligations by releasing wanted Libyan militia leader Njeem
Oct 19 Sami Zaptia

ICC finds Italy failed to comply with its Rome Statute obligations by releasing wanted Libyan militia leader Njeem

The International Criminal Court (ICC) in the Hague found in a decision last Friday 17 October that Italy failed to comply in the case of Libyan wante...

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India to send commandos to protect its embassy in Tripoli
Jul 28 Sami Zaptia

India to send commandos to protect its embassy in Tripoli

India will be sending commandos to protect its embassy in Tripoli, the Times of India reported yesterday. The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) will...

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UNSMIL deeply concerned over the deteriorating situation in Libya resulting from unilateral decisions
Aug 27 Sami Zaptia

UNSMIL deeply concerned over the deteriorating situation in Libya resulting from unilateral decisions

In a statement issued yesterday, the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) expressed its deep concern over the deteriorating situation in...

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UNSMIL calls for ceasefire in Zawia militia clashes
May 19 Sami Zaptia

UNSMIL calls for ceasefire in Zawia militia clashes

The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) said yesterday that it is closely monitoring the sporadic clashes in Zawia that broke out earlier...

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UNSMIL condemns unexplained murder of 10 militiamen in Tripoli
Feb 19 Sami Zaptia

UNSMIL condemns unexplained murder of 10 militiamen in Tripoli

The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) condemned yesterday what it referred to as ‘‘the violent killing that occurred in the Abu Salim a...

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17th of July - daunting attack on Libyan women politicians: Dark mark in the history of women’s political participation
Jul 19 Sami Zaptia

17th of July - daunting attack on Libyan women politicians: Dark mark in the history of women’s political participation

Monday marked four years since the forcible disappearance of Siham Sergewa, a member of Libya's House of Representatives, in Benghazi on July 17th, 20...

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UN withholds from publication LPDF bribery section of its report
Mar 17 Sami Zaptia

UN withholds from publication LPDF bribery section of its report

By Sami Zaptia.UN Panel of Experts report on LPDF bribery allegations (Photo: Social media).     London, 17 March 2021:The United Nations has chosen t...

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Mapping of 5,000 air and artillery strikes in Libya since 2012 published
Jan 16 Sami Zaptia

Mapping of 5,000 air and artillery strikes in Libya since 2012 published

By Sami Zaptia.London, 16 January 2021:NGO Airwars has yesterday released comprehensive mapping of more than 5,000 air and artillery strikes in Libya...

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Slovak Jan Kubis candidate to succeed Salame as new UNSMIL head
Jan 13 Sami Zaptia

Slovak Jan Kubis candidate to succeed Salame as new UNSMIL head

By Sami Zaptia.London, 13 January 2021: Sources in the UN Security Council announced that the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterre...

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Jan 9 Sami Zaptia

Tarhuna’s Kani militia abducted, detained, tortured, killed, and disappeared people who opposed them: HRW report

By Sami Zaptia.London, 9 January 2021: Hundreds of residents of the Libyan town Tarhuna were abducted or reported missing between 2014 and 2020, Human...

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