102 stranded Nigerians have been brought back to the country from Tripoli, Libya by the Nigeria’s National Emergency Management Agency. The Daily Vendor gathered that the agency brought back the 102 distressed citizens mostly young women to the country on a chartered flight via Al Buraq Air Boeing 737-800 with registration number 5A-DMG. NEMA confirmed
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Turkey says she is follow with great concern the ongoing clashes in Libya which have also caused the death of civilians. Turkey noted that the preservation of the hard-won calm on the ground is of critical importance for the security, stability and future of Libya. “We call on parties to be cognizant of this; to
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President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed concern over the lack of tangible progress and the worsening security and humanitarian situation in Libya. President Buhari raised these concerns at the African Union Peace And Security Council Summit on Situations in Libya and the Sahel in Addis Ababa on Saturday. A statement from the Nigerian Embassy in Addis
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Weapons that have been used in inter-communal violence that has killed thousands of people in Nigeria were trafficked from Ivory Coast, Libya and Turkey. A new report by the Conflict Armament Research group said some of the weapons from Turkey were linked to a major organized trafficking network. It explained that the weapons were used in the
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The Libyan capital’s sole functioning airport came under renewed fire Sunday, as fighting broke out hours after the UN mission in the country condemned ongoing violations of an arms embargo. The UN mission in Libya, UNSMIL, condemned “in the strongest possible terms” the rocket strikes on Tripoli’s Mitiga airport, which has been hit by repeated
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