The Secret Service report: “Ready mass arrivals from Libya”A new wave of immigration is coming. The Corriere della Sera writes it, based on the reports of the Italian Secret Services. Like the 998 migrants who landed in Lampedusa in just 24 hours, a number not seen for some time. But the real problem is that this migratory wave, albeit substantial and dramatic, risks representing only an advance, a warning of what could happen in the next few days”, reads the Corriere della Sera. Meanwhile, the decree law on migrants, approved on Thursday by the Council of Ministers in Cutro, is in force.

ROME, MARCH 12 – “We have lost contact with the 47 people and we are very worried! The so-called Libyan coastguard told us that the Italian authorities would coordinate the rescue but did not give any information. People need to be rescued and brought to safety in Europe now.” Alarm Phone, an NGO created by a network of activists to alert sea rescue, writes it during the night, about the boat adrift among the waves in the central Mediterranean since yesterday.

Tripoli, March 12 (IANS) The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) for Libya, Abdoulaye Bathily, has stressed the importance of holding national elections in the country to achieve peace, stability, and prosperity. "Giving the Libyan people the opportunity to choose their leaders through the ballot box is, without doubt, the way towards peace, stability, and prosperity in the country. Elections are needed to restore and rebuild legitimate public institutions that represent and serve the people of Libya," he said. Bathily also urged all Libyan leaders to "seize this opportunity to commit themselves to this vision and meet the aspirations of their great people". Libya failed to hold general elections in December 2021 as previously scheduled due to disagreements over election laws among the Libyan parties.

Lebanese cleric urges choice of female candidate for the presidencyBEIRUT: A Lebanese clergyman has expressed his support for a woman candidate for the presidency. The names of Chamoun and Rihani were absent during the 11 parliamentary sessions held for the presidential elections. Although Lebanese women won the right to vote in 1952, and despite the presence of an active feminist movement, women’s representation in political affairs remains below expectations. Eight women won parliamentary seats in the 2022 elections, some of whom were active protesters during demonstrations in 2019. It is undecided whether municipal elections will be held next May, or if the terms of the current councils will be extended amid the presidential vacuum.

Terrorist groups take advantage of the weaknesses of states - such as instability or the absence of strong political authorities - to expand and gain influence. "Despite the current border-related security coordination between Egypt and Libya - resulting in numerous seizures - the issue requires greater intelligence sharing between the two sides," he said. From this area, in addition to transporting arms to Egypt, weapons are also supplied to other bordering countries such as Chad and Niger. Due to instability in the neighbouring country, Cairo has conducted numerous operations along the border to protect national security. "We are eager to achieve security and stability for the residents of Sinai," Al-Sisi said, according to Egypt Today.

GUJRAT: Six more bodies of victims of Libya boat wreck were brought to their native areas on Thursday. The Federal Investigation Agency’s Gujrat circle has so far registered 10 cases against human traffickers involved in sending the victims illegally to Italy via Dubai and Libya. Sources in the families of victims said that the bodies were flown to Lahore from Saudi Arabia. As per the cases lodged with the FIA, the human traffickers had reportedly received Rs 1.5mn to 2 million from each client. “The Government of Pakistan and our embassies are in contact with the families and are in the process of transportation of bodies back to Pakistan.

Senegalese diplomat Abdoulaye Bathily told the UN Security Council last month he planned to create a panel tasked with delivering presidential and legislative elections in conflict-torn Libya later this year. But his blunt criticism of the North African country’s two houses of parliament for failing to agree on a legal basis for elections has sparked a backlash that threatens to derail Bathily’s plans. Last month, the eastern-based House of Representatives passed an amendment to the country’s Constitutional Declaration — an interim constitution — which it said would provide a legal basis for elections. Western Libyan efforts to prevent Haftar, a US citizen, from standing in presidential polls have been a key factor in the stalemate over the legal basis for polls. Dbeibah summed up the fears of many in western Libya in a recent speech.

Despite their rivalry, both see the UN initiative as "an attempt to impose international will on Libya" and "interfering with their sovereign decision-making power," Montresor told AFP. He claimed that the two chambers specialize in time-wasting and political horse-trading and that the international community wanted to humiliate them. "Everyone must agree to the terms of the election, and the results must be respected. Moscow is a key player in Libya and has influence over Haftar, the speaker claimed. In a recent speech, Dabibah summed up the concerns of many in western Libya.

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Egyptian Minister of Transport Kamel El Wazir speaks during the World High Speed Rail Conference in Marrakesh, Morocco. Ministry of TransportCAIRO – 8 March 2023: Minister of Transport Kamel El Wazir said Egypt plans to extend its high-speed railway service to Sudan and Libya as he spoke during the World High Speed Rail Conference in Marrakesh, Morocco on Tuesday. The ministry plans to extend the second line of the high-speed train from Abu Simbel in southern Egypt to Sudan’s Wadi Halfa, Wazir said. In addition, the ministry plans to extend the train’s first line to Salloum in northwestern Egypt then to Benghazi in Libya, Wazir added. In May last year, Egypt and Siemens Mobility finalized a contract to build 2,000 km high-speed rail system in Egypt with Siemens Mobility’s share of the contract totaling 8.1 billion euros.

Surjit Bhalla in an article in this paper ( Developed by 2047? Yes ; February 20, 2023) has tried to quantify PM Modi’s call for making India a developed economy. He has suggested that we adopt the level of per capita income in PPP terms that South Korea had reached in 1996, the year it was admitted as a member of the OECD .Thus, the implicit suggestion is that we should take OECD membership as the criteria for being categorised as a developed country.

Amnesty International, Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS), Danish Institute Against Torture (DIGNITY), Defender Center for Human Rights (DCHR), Human Rights Watch (HRW), International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), Lawyers for Justice in Libya (LFJL), Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), and World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) wrote a joint letter to draw UN Human Rights Council's (HRC) attention to the critical need to establish a strong, independent follow-up accountability mechanism to continue documenting and reporting on the human rights and impunity crisis in Libya and monitoring the implementation of the Fact-Finding Mission (FFM) recommendations. They said that throughout its mandate, the FFM has documented grave and widespread human rights violations and abuses, and crimes under international law, committed in Libya by all parties since 2016. They also indicated that Human rights conditions in Libya today remain precarious as systematic abuses carried out by militias, armed groups and the authorities remain rampant, and impunity for past abuses continues. Internationally banned landmines and other unexploded ordnance abandoned since the 2011 conflict continue to cause substantial civilian harm and displacement. They also indicated that they stand ready to assist with these efforts in any way they can.

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The Libyan Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah discussed on Tuesday with the Governor of the Central Bank of Libya (CBL) Al-Siddiq Al-Kabir and the Head of the Audit Bureau, Khalid Shakshak, the government’s preparations for the month of Ramadan. The meeting at the office of the CBL Governor touched upon the availability of basic commodities, price control, salary payments, allowance for the wife and children, and basic pensions for the month of March before Ramadan begins, in addition to the agreement to complete those procedures and refer them to the CBL to start implementation. The attendees agreed to follow up on the General Electricity Company's plan to increase production capacity, and to launch a number of approved new projects that would help in this regard, reviewing as well the plan to establish 500 new schools and the need to involve municipalities in follow-up and supervision work to ensure sound implementation of this project, when they said was important and requested that it would include in its first phase the poorly-constructed schools in all Libyan cities to be rebuilt according to modern designs, and a specific timetable. The attendees reiterated the need for increasing disclosure and transparency in all government procedures, including expenditures, contracts and administrative procedures, in coordination with the CBL and the Audit Bureau.