AU offers help to stop abuse of migrants in Libya
Nov 27 Michel Cousins

AU offers help to stop abuse of migrants in Libya

By Libya Herald reporter. Serraj with AU Commissioner for Social Affairs Amira El Fadil (Photo: PC media office)Tunis, 27 November 2017:The African Un...

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Serraj calls on UN to lift sanctions on Libya's assets
Sep 20 Michel Cousins

Serraj calls on UN to lift sanctions on Libya's assets

By Zeinab Mohammed Salih.New York, 20 September 2017:The head of the Presidency Council (PC), Faiez Serraj, has called the international community to...

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Southern border reported blockaded as Qatrun leader confirms "big" drop in migrants coming from Niger
Sep 7 Michel Cousins

Southern border reported blockaded as Qatrun leader confirms "big" drop in migrants coming from Niger

By Libya Herald reporter.Tunis, 7 September 2017:Reports that the border with Niger and Chad has been closed today by an independent force from Qatrun...

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Aug 28 Nigel Ash

EU parliament head says Libya should be paid €6 billion to stop migrants

By Gabriel Harrison. Migrants crossing the Sahara from Niger (Photo: Der Spiegel)Tunis, 28 August 2017:The EU should be prepared to pay Libya €6 billi...

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Hafter says southern migrant border closure will cost $20 billion 
Aug 12 Nigel Ash

Hafter says southern migrant border closure will cost $20 billion 

By Gabriel Harrison.Tunis, 12 August 2017:To block Libya’s southern border and so stem the flow of migrants would cost some $20 billion over the next...

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Italian parliament backs naval mission in Libyan waters as HoR condemns it
Aug 2 Michel Cousins

Italian parliament backs naval mission in Libyan waters as HoR condemns it

By Jamie Prentis.Tunis, 2 August 2017:Italy’s parliament has voted to allow its navy into Libya’s waters to help the Libyan coastguard. It agreed to t...

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Jul 30 Nigel Ash

Siala says Serraj did invite Italian warships into Libyan waters

By Gabriel Harrison. FM Mohamed Siala and Faiez Serraj in Rome last March (Photo:AFP)Tunis, 30 July 2017:Presidency Council (PC) head Faiez Serraj has...

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Jul 17 Nigel Ash

EU to crack down on sale of rubber dinghies to Libya

By Jamie Prentis. A semi-inflated raft from which the migrants had disappeared (File photo)Tunis, 17 July 2017:The EU is pressing member states to lim...

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Italian interior minister begs southern mayors to help fight human trafficking
Jul 13 Nigel Ash

Italian interior minister begs southern mayors to help fight human trafficking

By Libya Herald reporters.Tunis, 13 July 2017:Italy's interior minister Marco Minneti  in Tripoli today for talks on migrants  proposed a deal with ma...

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Italy pledges help to reduce flow of migrants from Libya as numbers increase
Jul 6 Michel Cousins

Italy pledges help to reduce flow of migrants from Libya as numbers increase

By Hadi Fornji.Tunis, 6 July 2017:A conference in Rome on trying to control migration from what are being called “countries of transit” – which mainly...

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