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The UN Independent Fact-Finding Mission on Libya has concluded its fifth investigative mission to the country, an extended field visit to Tripoli which took place from 20 October to 21 November. The mission was the FFM’s first to Libya since the Human Rights Council extended its mandate from July 2022 to March 2023. During the mission, investigators met with and interviewed witnesses, civil society organizations and women human rights defenders. FFM Libya has also not received permission from local authorities to visit the city of Sebha, despite repeated requests. FFM Libya will continue its work in Libya, and will report to the Human Rights Council at its session in March 2023.

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Zenenga underscored the need for progressive steps to bring weapons under the control and responsibility of the Libyan State, which can exercise their use in a legitimate and accountable manner, aimed at providing security to the Libyan people under the rule of law, the statement pointed out.

Europe's largest airline by passenger numbers, Ryanair, is in talks with authorities in Egypt and Libya about operating flights to the countries for the first time, chief executive Michael O'Leary said. Its Hungary-based rival Wizz, which flies to Egypt and Morocco, has also been expanding aggressively into the Middle East, flying 36 routes from Abu Dhabi on its Wizz Air Abu Dhabi joint venture. "We're talking to the Egyptians, the Libyans," Mr O'Leary told a Eurocontrol event, without giving any more details. Mr O'Leary added that Ryanair would be the first airline to return to Ukraine when it is safe to do so. "This is the most optimistic time I've seen in air travel for the last 25 years.

Libyan Prime Minister Abdul-Hamed Dbeibah on Tuesday expressed his government’s willingness to hold general elections in the country, calling for local and international pressure to complete laws regulating elections. Libyan people. “The current political bodies cannot represent the will of the Libyan people. Unfortunately, everything those bodies seek is aimed at spreading by making parallel political paths that the Libyan people reject,” Dbeibah said. Libya was unable to hold general elections in December 2021 as scheduled, due to disagreements over electoral laws between Libyan parties.

IOM Libya, also reports that 514 have died on this migration route, and another 865 migrants went missing this year. Libya is considered one, if not the most common, of the routes of illegal migration to Europe for several reasons. However, he adds that Libya also is a country that has an extended, relatively permeable border to the south, so it is accessible from sub-Saharan Africa. In Libya, she says, migration mostly comes from sub-Saharan Africa and its Gulf of Guinea, and that some migrants also arrive in Libya from neighboring countries. Landau notes that those intercepted at sea while attempting to reach Europe face multiple outcomes depending on where, and who, has intercepted them.

FILE PHOTO: Ryanair Chief Executive Michael O'Leary holds a news conference in Budapest, Hungary September 13, 2022. REUTERS/Bernadett SzaboRYAAY -1.28% Add to/Remove from a Portfolio RYAOF 0.00% Add to/Remove from a PortfolioDUBLIN (Reuters) - Europe's largest airline by passenger numbers, Ryanair (LON: ), is in talks with authorities in Egypt and Libya about operating flights to the countries for the first time, Chief Executive Michael O'Leary said on Tuesday. "We're talking to the Egyptians, the Libyans," O'Leary told a Eurocontrol event, without giving any more details. O'Leary added that Ryanair would be the first airline to return to Ukraine when it is safe to do so. Ryanair was one of the largest foreign airlines in Ukraine before it suspended all of its flights following Russia's invasion in February.

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He, therefore, cautioned me not to be unduly influenced by each day’s headlines or the reactions of commentators to daily events. As a result, they help to create an “accepted wisdom” about the meaning of events which, despite being wrong, shapes broad public understanding and even policy. The party leaders wouldn’t allow it to be put to a vote because, said one, “We need to show strength and we don’t want to be on the wrong side of this one.”It’s not just that the commentators are wrong. Once again, it’s not just that the commentators are wrong. It’s that they project such certainty that they are believed, by the public and policy makers alike.

Libya’s Government of National Unity and the High National Election Commission (HNEC) are ready to hold elections “in the logistical and technical aspects,”announced the Tripoli-based government on Tuesday. This came following a meeting between GNU’s premier Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh and HNEC’s director, Imad al-Sayah, at the latter’s headquarters. During the meeting, the two agreed on “the necessity of coordinating the implementation of programs and activities that contribute to supporting efforts and holding elections.”They also stressed upon “the need for local and international pressure to complete appropriate laws to achieve the Libyans’ demand.”

The French Ambassador to Libya, Mustafa Mihraje, met with Mohamed El-Haddad, Chief of Staff in the Western Region. “I was pleased to meet Lieutenant General Muhammad al-Haddad, Chief of Staff of the National Unity Government forces,” the French ambassador said via Twitter. Mustafa Maharaj added, “We discussed the prospects for unifying the armed forces and stabilizing Libya.”

British oil giants BP and Shell are returning to the oil-rich north African country just over a decade after the UK took part in destabilizing the nation with the 2011 military intervention. BP is one of the few international oil and gas companies with exploration and production permits in Libya. BP operations resumed after the signing of a memorandum of understanding in 2018 between the NOC and Eni, the Italian oil major, to resume exploration, with Eni as the oil field operator. Oil briberyIn September of last year, a third British company, Petrofac, which provides engineering services to oil operations, was awarded a $100 million contract to help develop the Erawin oil field in Libya's deep southwest. UK ministers have long sought access to Libya's oil in the international rivalry over access to the key resource.