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Killing of 26 migrants in Libya in 2019 CID to press charges for trafficking, not murder Nearly two years after investigating the cases filed for trafficking and killing of 26 Bangladeshi migrants in Libya, the CID is mulling to submit charge sheet only for the human trafficking charges in a month, keeping the murder charges pending. Investigators said since except for one, all Bangladeshi trafficking syndicate godfathers and members who had direct link to the killings could not be brought back...

Refinery news roundup: Some refineries in Africa remain offline In South Africa, both the Engen and Cape Town refineries remain offline, whereas Zambia’s Indeni is not expected to restart after a maintenance until later this year. Overall refining output in Africa remains low as many refineries remain closed or are operating intermittently, according to Africa-focused oil consultancy CITAC. In South Africa alone, refinery output fell 28% last year as all refineries were closed in April and Ma...

The United Nations Accountability is an important step on the road to peace in Libya, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) told the Security Council on Monday. Fatou Bensouda welcomed the country’s new interim government and other measures to bring long-sought peace and stability in the country, however, she maintained that no peace is possible without accountability for serious crimes committed on its soil. Respect arrest warrants Prosecutor Bensouda said that unexecuted...

May 16, 2021 04:45:32 am On Thursday, the UK government imposed new sanctions on Libya’s al-Kaniyat militia and its leaders for violations of international law. The militia is reportedly responsible for 27 mass graves containing hundreds of residents reported missing in the Libyan town of Tarhuna. The group has allegedly committed atrocities such as torture, murder, arbitrary detention, and enforced disappearance. Such acts being in direct violation of the principles established under intern...

In the Encyclical Fratelli Tutti, I expressed a concern and a hope that remain uppermost in my thoughts: “Once this health crisis passes, our worst response would be to plunge even more deeply into feverish consumerism and new forms of egotistic self-preservation. God willing, after all this, we will think no longer in terms of ‘them’ and ‘those’, but only ‘us’” (No. 35). For this reason, I have wished to devote the Message for this year’s World Day of Migrants and Refugees t...

Summary: Most regions (12) in Libya lie in the Subtropical desert climate zone (Köppen: Bwh). The mean average of annual temperatures range from a high of 26.17°C (79.11°F) in Kufra to a low of 20.65°C (69.17°F) in Jabal al Akhdar. Climate Libya: Weather By Month Month

Location: Home-based Peaceful Change initiative (PCi) is a not-for-profit network, registered in the UK, with operations in North Africa, the Middle East, Europe, and the South Caucasus region. PCi was founded in 2012, with the aim to break cycles of violent conflict and build the mechanisms and relationships that support long-term peace. To that end, we: · Work to support more effective management of conflict in societies undergoing significant change, by increasing skills and opportunities f...

I pray for revival. I preach and teach for revival. | Unsplash Edward Cisneros @everythingcaptured Oh, that You would rend the heavens! That You would come down! That the mountains might shake at Your presence! (Isaiah 64:1) Our space-time universe is held together by a spiritual universe at its core. In that spiritual realm, Scripture reveals the existence of an epic battle. The battle rages between good and evil, light and darkness, God and the devil, angels and demons. That fierce battle i...

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Leaders in Africa and around the world give lip service to addressing underlying causes of terrorism, violent internal conflicts, criminal violence and other threats. In practice, they prioritize militarized responses that are not only abusive of human rights but also ineffective and counter-productive. African conflicts are most often seen in terms of simplistic narratives and applied to the entire continent. But each country is distinct. Most are at peace, afflicted not by war and warlords, b...