Libya

More than 5.000 refugees and migrants have been arrested in the past week; according to the last MSF report, many are subjected to severe physical and sexual violence and held in unbearable conditions in detention centers

After being fully restored and equipped by IOM, the People's Municipal Theatre was reopened to promote social cohesion in Sabha as part of the Japan-funded Learning for Life initiative

A new agreement will allow medical personnel to be trained in Malta, where hospitals will provide medical care to Libyan patients, while Libyan hospitals will open up to Maltese administrators and host top surgeons for specific treatment

The Libyan dossier will be discussed by the UN Security Council this month, while Dublin sources announced Ireland is to take over the UN body in a few days

35.000 members of the police force will be ready to secure the elections scheduled for December and training to increase their specific efficiency in electoral security have been organized, as Interior Minister assured the U.S. ambassador

Economist Kamal Mansouri expects Libya's reconstruction to be one of the largest in the Middle East and North Africa, estimating the budget needed to exceed US$100 billion

UNICEF has signed a work plan on child protection in the country that will continue to ensure that protection, psychosocial and reintegration services for children are delivered until 31 December 2021

Attacks, theft and vandalism on (Hasawna) Manmade River water (MMR) wells threaten the collapse of the entire system and interruption of water supply to most cities and agricultural projectsontinuing at

€21 million will be given by Italy to fund the activities of the so-called Libyan Coast Guard and detention centres in the country, just as Amnesty international published a new report on violations and abuses in detention centres in the first six months

The House of Representatives has begun discussion on a law for the direct election of the president by the people and the distribution of electoral constituencies, with a view to ensuring timely elections

The unity government has reopened the coastal highway linking the country's east and west, closed for two years due to local fighting hazards

The city of Benghazi is hosting a culture week with art, music and theatre, debates on Libyan cinema, a concert of Arab-Andalusian music, with the aim of 'reviving the artistic and cultural life of Benghazi'

Meeting in Tripoli between the Minister of Interior and the Maltese Minister of Interior and National Security