The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, has commended Libya for putting in place measures to address the problem of instability in the country since the Libyan Uprising 10 years ago. Also, she expressed hope that the new Transitional Government in the country will uphold its declared commitment to organize general elections for a […]
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Gaddafi’s special team of female bodyguards: A dark story of rape and violence
Muammar al-Gaddafi was described by his father as a man “always serious, even taciturn”. If we grant that the father knew his son, then we may ask how a son of very few words succeeded in commanding so much attention. At the peak of his power, Gaddafi was unavoidable. Perhaps, what he lacked in words was expressed in […]
12 scammers who shipped bags of cement as Gold to their clients arrested
The issue of internet scamming is one thing that has been frowned on by many but most of the youth are engaged in it with the hope of amassing wealth at a very fast way. Even though most of them get arrested for their criminal actions, others on the other hand still continue to engage […]
Scores of migrants feared drowned off Coast of Libya
At least 115 people are missing, feared drowned, after a boat carrying migrants sank off the coast of Libya, a navy official says. Gen Ayoub Kacem said 134 people were rescued and a body recovered. The boat was carrying some 250 people from a number of African and Arab countries when it sank 8km (five […]
Libya: Nine Nigerians killed in Migrant Detention Camp
Nine Nigerians have been confirmed dead in the airstrike, which struck a Libyan Migrant Detention Camp in Tripoli on Tuesday night. The foreign ministry in its statement in Abuja on Thursday, said the casualty figure were preliminary findings by a diplomatic mission that visited the hangar in the suburb of Tajoura. “A diplomatic mission confirmed that nine nigerian men […]
Libya: Gaddafi’s son Saif Al Islam to run for Libyan president’ in 2018 elections
The son of the late Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi is to run as a candidate in the country’s presidential elections this year, according to local media reports. Saif al-Islam Gaddafi was once the heir apparent to his father’s regime but is now wanted by the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity during his father’s brutal […]