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Arab League calls for Libyan assets to be unfrozen

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Arab foreign ministers have called for the UN freeze on Libyan assets abroad to be lifted. Making the call at the Arab League foreign ministers meeting in Cairo yesterday, they said that access to the money was needed by the Presidency Council (PC) to fund services needed by the Libyan people. The ministers also reaffirmed their backing for the Libyan Political Agreement and the PC and the importance of having no dealings with any other parallel authorities or institutions. However, they also supported new moves for dialogue, but under the supervision of the UN and the Arab League. Declaring the importance of Libya’s sovereignty, unity and territorial integrity, they again stated their rejection of any outside interference in Libya affairs unless there has been a request from the PC.

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Alfano calls Salamé on Libya

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Foreign Minister Angelino Alfano spoke with the UN Special Representative to Libya, Ghassam Salame’, on Tuesday. During the conversation the diplomats discussed the priorities for the political process leading to the stabilisation of Libya. Alfano reportedly reiterated Italy’s full commitment to ensuring the unity of Salame’s action, avoiding dispersion and maintaining unity within the international community in support of the negotiations underway. The minister also asked that the UNHCR and IOM become fully operational in Libya as quickly as possible to ensure the respect of migrants’ rights.

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Harrowing Journeys – Children and youth on the move across the Mediterranean Sea

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Young migrants and refugees set out to escape harm or secure better futures – and face staggering risks in the process. For children and youth on the move via the Mediterranean Sea routes to Europe, the journey is marked by high levels of abuse, trafficking and exploitation. Some are more vulnerable than others: those travelling alone, those with low levels of education and those undertaking longer journeys. Most vulnerable of all are those who, like Mohammad, come from sub-Saharan Africa. These findings come from a new UNICEF and International Organization for Migration (IOM) analysis of the journeys of some 11,000 migrant and refugee children (adolescents aged 14–17) and youth (18–24), as recorded in their responses to the Displacement Tracking Matrix Flow Monitoring Surveys conducted by IOM along the Central and Eastern Mediterranean routes to Europe in 2016 and 2017.

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Arab-Qatari crisis continues to escalate during UN Human Rights session in Geneva

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The three-month old crisis between four Arab countries and Qatar has continued to escalate, as the latest conflict took place on Monday at a UN Human Rights Council session in Geneva.Speaking on behalf of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and Egypt during the session, the Emirati envoy to the UN, Obaid Al-Zaaby, accused the Qatari foreign minister of “distorting facts, reflecting the Qatari approach in misleading the international public opinion towards the political crisis”.Al-Zaaby read a joint statement issued by the four boycotting countries, which stated that the Qatari foreign minister ought to announce the end of his country’s support of terrorism.Meanwhile, Qatar’s Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani maintained that the boycotting states were violating international and human rights, adding that there were about 26,000 complaints filed by Qatari citizens claiming to have faced personal inconveniences. Accusing the four states of imposing a “blockade”, Al-Thani called on the international community to take measures against them.

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Japanese FM discusses North Korea crisis with Egyptian counterpart

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Japanese Foreign Minister Tarō Kōno concluded meetings with President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi and his Egyptian counterpart Sameh Shoukry on Tuesday and Monday.In his meeting with Shoukry Monday stressed upon the necessity for North Korea to commit to the UN Security Council resolutions on Pyongyang nuclear activities.Meanwhile, Shoukry thanked the Japanese Minister for the Japanese support for the Cairo International Centre for Conflict Resolution, Peacekeeping and Peace building since 2008, a ministry-affiliated centre which provides trainings on diplomatic conflict resolution.On a further note, Al-Sisi told the minister he hoped Japanese investments in Egypt would increase.The president expressed Egypt’s proud of the Egyptian-Japanese cooperation in developing education, and keenness on benefiting from the Japan’s experience in several fields including education.

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Egypt says criticism by UN human rights commissioner is ‘politicised, unfounded’

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Egypt said on Tuesday that comments made about Egypt by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights were “politicised” and “irrational”.Egypt’s permanent UN representative Amr Ramadan stated that Commissioner Zeid Raad Al-Hussein disregards the sovereignty of states by comparing countries and terrorist groups.During his speech on Sunday for the UN Human Rights’ 36th session, Al-Hussein, referring to a number of different countries, said that while terrorism cannot “totally obliterate our world,” governments will “break humanity” by choosing authoritarianism over democracy.On Egypt specifically, Al-Hussein said his office has “received reports of oppressive measures including increasing waves of arrests, arbitrary detention, blacklisting, travel bans, asset freezes, intimidation and other reprisals against human rights defenders, journalists, political dissidents and anyone affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood group”.

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Nigerian govt approves concessioning of Lagos, Abuja International Airports – Osinbajo

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The Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, on Monday said the Federal Executive Council, FEC, has approved the concessioning of the Lagos and Abuja International Airports for better management. Osinbajo said: “Infrastructure is in a terrible state and we know that public sector has a poor record on maintenance of facilities”. He said for the economy to be improved, the private sector needed to be involved in many ways. “Partnership with the private sector is not only a policy, it is the most sensible thing to do and our approach is to engage, work collaboratively to take criticisms and suggestions seriously and to respond”. Okechukwu Enelamah, Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, said the progress made in the business community so far had helped the economy come out of recession. He said some of the successes of the federal government were tied to the responsiveness and engagements from the private sector.

No military solution in Libya, Brazzaville summit stresses

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The attendees of the African Union summit on Libya have confirmed in the final statement of the Brazzaville-held political event that there is no military solution in Libya, adding that only a Libyan-Libyan dialogue without foreign intervention can solve the crisis. “There should be more efforts to prevail security and stability for the citizens in Libya so that presidential and parliamentary elections can be democratically held in the country”, the statement said according to the UN-proposed government’s media office. The HoR Speaker, Aqilah Saleh and the Head of the High Council of State, Abdelrahman Al-Sweihli, were also present in Brazzaville in addition to Al-Sirraj.Sources said that Haftar’s invitation to the African Union summit was withdrawn few days before Saturday after his presence was rejected by several parties, most importantly, Al-Sweihli, who threatened of not attending the summit if Haftar did because Haftar has got no political authority to be one of the attendees. The UNSMIL’s Head, The Arab League’s envoy to Libya, representatives from the African Union, European Union, South African President, Nigeria, Algeria, Sudan, Chad, Guinea, Egypt, Tunisia, and Mauritania, in addition to Congo’s President, were all present in the summit.

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10 militants dead, nine Egyptian policemen wounded in Cairo shootout

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Ten militants were killed and nine policemen were injured on Sunday in a shootout in central Cairo’s Agouza district as police were executing a raid, according to a statement by the Ministry of Interior. Security forces had received information that a number of militants who escaped the restive North Sinai were hiding out in two apartments in Agouza and were planning a number of attacks in central governorates. A number of weapons were found in the two apartments. Six of the suspects have been identified. Two of the suspects were wanted on terrorism-related charges in North Sinai.

 

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Bodies of 13 Egyptian migrants found in Libya

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The bodies of 13 Egyptian migrants were found 200 kilometers south of the city of Tobruk in Libya by an army patrol on Wednesday. News channel Libya Now aired footage of a number of bodies scattered around a four wheel vehicle that had seemingly broken down, stranding the passengers.The condition of the bodies indicated that they had passed away long before they were discovered.This comes after a similar incident in July when the bodies of 48 Egyptian migrants lost in the Libyan desert were found. They had crossed Libyan borders and were later abandoned by their guide.Egyptian citizens reportedly cross Libyan borders in search for job opportunities despite the unrest in the country and the continuous warnings issued by the Egyptian Foreign Ministry.

 

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