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News Libya Social: 150 feared dead in shipwreck off coast of Libya, ‘worst Mediterranean tragedy of this year,’ UN Refugee Agency chief says

Published on: Wednesday 24 July 2019
150 feared dead in shipwreck off coast of Libya, ‘worst Mediterranean tragedy of this year,’ UN Refugee Agency chief says
News source: https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ny-150-dead-shipwreck-libya-mediterranean-un-refugee-agency-20190725-qubp5l4k45fsrnfn2w44khucqm-story.html

migrant and refugee detention in Libya must end and safe pathways must be increased. “A reminder, if it was needed, that there MUST be a shift in approach to the Mediterranean situation,” Yaxley said ...

News Libya Social: Should We Limit Social Media Posting To Experts?

Published on: Monday 29 July 2019
Should We Limit Social Media Posting To Experts?
News source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/kalevleetaru/2019/07/29/should-we-limit-social-media-posting-to-experts/

What would happen if social media enforced such gatekeeping rules and would ... esteemed advice via tweetstorm on how to solve intricate local tribal conflicts in Libya despite not being able to even ...

News Libya Social: Libya: GNA Threatens to Sue Salame

Published on: Thursday 01 August 2019
Libya: GNA Threatens to Sue Salame
News source: https://aawsat.com/english/home/article/1839291/libya-gna-threatens-sue-salame

Libya’s High Council of State (HCS ... Descalzi assured Eni’s full commitment to its operational activities and projects in the country especially in the social area, particularly about the ...

News Libya Social: Migrants stranded in Libya endure sewage, maggots, disease

Published on: Sunday 30 June 2019
Migrants stranded in Libya endure sewage, maggots, disease
News source: https://www.heraldmailmedia.com/news/nation/migrants-stranded-in-libya-endure-sewage-maggots-disease/article_b3be9a02-326e-5315-9e94-859f2e935e2f.html

Their plight, detailed in interviews with The Associated Press and social media images leaked last month, brings new attention to the waves of migrants from across Africa who have flowed into Libya in ...

News Libya Social: Under fire on Libya’s front lines

Published on: Monday 08 July 2019
Under fire on Libya’s front lines
News source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2019/world/amp-stories/libya-front-lines/

Western Libya has dispatched fighters to support the U.N.-backed ... Every day, residents check Facebook community pages and other social media to see if the front lines have changed, just as denizens ...

News Libya Social: Migrants, Stuck in Libya, Demand Evacuation as Conflict Escalates

Published on: Sunday 07 July 2019
Migrants, Stuck in Libya, Demand Evacuation as Conflict Escalates
News source: https://www.voanews.com/middle-east/migrants-stuck-libya-demand-evacuation-conflict-escalates

“We don’t need to eat,” said a young man held in a Libyan detention center five days after the compound was bombed killing more than 50 people and injuring at least 130.  “We didn’t touch the food. We need to be out of Libya.”     The hunger strike in the detention center was on its third day Sunday, according to the protester communicating with VOA via phone and social media. He sent pictures of detainees holding signs like “We are in the grave” and “Save us from the next bomb.

News Libya Social: Libya's GNA head unveils new political plan, promises...

Published on: Saturday 15 June 2019
Libya's GNA head unveils new political plan, promises...
News source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/afp/article-7147205/Libyas-GNA-head-unveils-new-political-plan-promises-polls.html

He proposed a forum that would be attended by "influential national forces on the political and social scene, and supporters of a peaceful and democratic solution" to Libya's crisis. Sarraj's GNA ...

News Libya Social: Libya's National electricity company battles to keep lights on

Published on: Thursday 30 May 2019
News source: https://www.africanews.com/2019/05/30/libya-s-national-electricity-company-battles-to-keep-lights-on/

Honestly, the damage is substantial”, said Executive Director of GECOL, Ayad al-Guenedi. Libya has been experiencing political, economic and social crisis since the fall and subsequent death of long ...

News Libya Social: Peoples under Threat 2019: The role of social media in exacerbating violence

Published on: Monday 03 June 2019
News source: https://reliefweb.int/report/world/peoples-under-threat-2019-role-social-media-exacerbating-violence

from Libya to Afghanistan, combatants often wield a gun in one hand and a smartphone in the other – their cameras weaponized in a propaganda war uniting battlefields and cyberspace. Social media ...

News Libya Social: UNHCR secures release of 96 detainees from Libya's Zintan detention centre

Published on: Monday 03 June 2019
News source: https://www.unhcr.org/news/briefing/2019/6/5cf61e4e4/unhcr-secures-release-96-detainees-libyas-zintan-detention-centre.html

Ninety-six people were yesterday relocated to safety from the Zintan detention centre in Libya’s Tripoli to a Gathering and ... medical assistance including psycho-social support, as well as clothes, ...

News Libya Social: Libya Frees Dozens of Sub-Saharan Refugees, Migrants

Published on: Wednesday 05 June 2019
News source: https://www.voanews.com/a/libya-frees-dozens-of-sub-saharan-refugees-migrants/4947232.html

UNHCR spokesman Babar Baloch said his agency is providing them with food, shelter, medical care and psycho-social support to help them deal ... who are caught up in these dire conditions inside Libya. ...