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Tunisia and Libya have closed a major border crossing at Ras Jdir due to armed clashes, Tunisian state TV and Libyan authorities said. Libya's interior ministry said in a statement on Tuesday that ...
Tunisian border guards have rounded up migrants and passed them to counterparts in Libya where they have faced forced labour, extortion, torture and killing, according to a confidential U.N. human ...
Libya's interior minister in Tripoli said the major border crossing at Ras Ijdir with Tunisia was fully reopened on Monday three months after being shut due to armed clashes. After calm returned ...
On 20 April, the government reportedly closed at least some sections of Tunisia's border with Libya in response to the alleged incursion of Libyan troops loyal to Muammar Gaddafi into Tunisia in pursuit of refugees. Media reported allegations that rockets and ammunition were fired by Libyan forces across the border into Tunisia as well. [84]
Migrant workers fleeing the violence at Choucha refugee camp, Tunisia. By the end of February 2011, medical supplies, fuel and food were dangerously low in Libya. [1] On 25 February, the International Committee of the Red Cross launched an emergency appeal for US$6,400,000 to meet the emergency needs of people affected by the violent unrest in Libya. [2]
16 July – Two out of three oilfields shut in protest over the arrest of a former finance minister, Faraj Bumatari, resume operations after former finance minister was released on Saturday afternoon. Plant 108 remain closed. [7] The oilfields closure had cost the country the production of 340,000 barrels, said Libya’s Oil Minister Mohamed ...
Libya has had little internal peace or security since the 2011 NATO-backed uprising against Muammar Gaddafi, and its southern desert border has become a major transit route for trafficking networks.
The Chadian government closed its border with Libya in early March, officially to prevent Chadian rebels from crossing the border. As the desert border was impossible to control, the real aim of the announcement remained unclear; observers noted, however, that it coincided with the LNA offensive in southern Libya. [21]