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Libya: At least 74 migrants drown after boat capsizes off coast of al-Khums, says UN

The incident on Thursday is the latest in a series of at least eight shipwrecks in the Mediterranean sea since 1 October, said UN's International Organisation for Migration

Seven Indians kidnapped in Libya, govt in touch with country's authorities to secure their release, says MEA

The Indians were kidnapped at Asshwerif on 14 September while on their way to the Tripoli airport to catch a flight to India, said MEA spokesperson Anurag Srivastava

30 killed, 33 wounded in airstrike on Tripoli military academy; attack in Libyan capital comes amid fears of escalation of violence

Tripoli, controlled by internationally recognised Government of National Accord, is facing an offensive by military commander Khalifa Haftar's Libyan National Army

African Union summit: Continent leaders to meet and sign landmark free trade agreement, discuss looming migration crisis

African leaders will meet on Sunday in Niger for the African Union (AU) summit, to sign a landmark free trade agreement and to discuss looming security and migration crises on the continent. Nigeria's chief trade negotiator, Ambassador Chiedu Osakwe, said President Muhammadu Buhari would sign the landmark agreement, 'opening Africa up to abundant opportunities'. The AU estimates that implementing the AfCFTA will lead to a 60 percent boost in intra-African trade by 2022.

UN Security Council to hold urgent Libya talks after air strike at migrant detention centre near Tripoli kills 44, injures 130

The UN Security Council has called an urgent meeting on Libya to discuss an air strike at a detention centre in Tajoura near Tripoli that killed at least 44 people and severely injured more than 130

40 killed as airstrike hits Libyan migrant detention centre in Tripoli; UNHCR condemns attack

An airstrike hit a detention center for migrants in the Libyan capital, killing at least 40 people, a health official in the country's UN-supported government said.

Violence in Tripoli: Cholera outbreak imminent with 60,000 living in makeshift refugee camps, says WHO

A month-old battle for Libya’s capital Tripoli risks causing an “exponential” rise in civilian casualties as well as outbreaks of deadly diseases including cholera, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday.

Tripoli battle prolongs Libya conflict

Libya is seeing a standoff between Islamists and Saudi-backed Madkhalists

Sushma Swaraj says 17 coordinators appointed in Tripoli to help Indians leave Libya; Indian embassy helping people with exit visas

Efforts to evacuate all Indians have been underway ever since tensions rose in Tripoli on 4 April, when Khalifa Haftar announced an attack on the Libyan capital to capture the region from the UN-backed Government of National Accord

Sushma Swaraj appeals to 500 Indians to leave Tripoli immediately as situation in Libya deteriorates

Efforts to evacuate all Indians have been underway ever since tensions rose in Tripoli on 4 April, when Khalifa Haftar announced an attack on the Libyan capital to capture the region from the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA).