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Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) Libya IDP and Returnee Report: Mobility Tracking Round 33 | (September - October 2020) Format OVERVIEW This report presents the findings of round 33 of the Mobility Tracking component of IOM Libya’s Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) programme, covering September – October 2020. During the reporting period, the cessation of hostilities and progress made towards peace resulted in a ceasefire agreement between the conflicting sides, as a result an increasing...

Recoveries: 350,792 Actions to slow the spread of Covid-19: 10 December: Saudi Food & Drug Authority (SFDA) says it has approved the registration of Pfizer-BioNTechs Covid-19 vaccine in the kingdom. The approval was based on the data provided by Pfizer on 24 November. 7 December: The first group of Umrah performers from outside the country have arrived in Madina, including 135 visitors from Indonesia. The visitors have been quarantined for three days and their entry will be managed using the E...

Recoveries: 350,549 Actions to slow the spread of Covid-19: 10 December: Saudi Food & Drug Authority (SFDA) says it has approved the registration of Pfizer-BioNTechs Covid-19 vaccine in the kingdom. The approval was based on the data provided by Pfizer on 24 November. 7 December: The first group of Umrah performers from outside the country have arrived in Madina, including 135 visitors from Indonesia. The visitors have been quarantined for three days and their entry will be managed using the E...

Egyptians celebrate the fall of Hosni Mubarak in Tahrir Square in February 2011. Photograph: Tara Todras-Whitehill/AP The extraordinary shock of people power gave way to a bitter backlash. So where to now? Mon 14 Dec 2020 00.00 EST Last modified on Mon 1 Feb 2021 09.14 EST A decade ago this week, a young fruit seller called Mohammed Bouazizi set himself alight outside the provincial headquarters of his home town in Tunisia, in protest against local police officials who had seized his cart and p...

Marvelous Miracles Occurred for Many in the Middle East This Year, Including Camels (with VIDEO) Tara Kavaler 12/14/2020 In the shadow of a global pandemic, we recount eight unusual events as Israel celebrates the Jewish festival of lights The Hanukkah holiday, which Jews around the world are observing this week, celebrates two different miracles: the overthrow of Greco-Syrian control over Judea and the discovery in the Temple in Jerusalem of a sealed vial of oil that is said to have burned ...

A road trip through Libyas desert would long have sounded like a holiday in hell but, two months into a ceasefire, adventurous travellers are exploring the Sahara by four-wheel drive. Foreigners are still staying clear of the country after a decade of war -- but some 1,000 Libyans recently set off in a pioneering convoy of 300 all-terrain vehicles through the sandy wilderness. Hopeful that the October truce will hold, they sought to rediscover the natural beauty of a country that boasts sweepin...

Sunday, 13 December, 2020 - 07:00 Speaker Aguila Saleh. (Reuters file photo) Cairo - Khalid Mahmoud The east-based Libyan parliament renewed on Saturday its call on members to convene on Monday at the legislature’s constitutional headquarters in Benghazi. The move is believed to be an attempt to thwart efforts to oust Speaker Aguila Saleh ahead of a parliament meeting scheduled for the city of Ghadames in the west. The schedulin...

Libya 4WD Road Warriors On Bumpy Ride To Revive Tourism By Jihad Dorgham on December 13 2020 2:21 PM A road trip through Libyas desert would long have sounded like a holiday in hell but, two months into a ceasefire, adventurous travellers are exploring the Sahara by four-wheel drive. Foreigners are still staying clear of the country after a decade of war -- but some 1,000 Libyans recently set off in a pioneering convoy of 300 all-terrain vehicles through the sandy wilderness. ...

Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) Libya’s Migrant Report: Round 33 | September - October 2020 Format Overview A total of 574,146 migrants of over 43 nationalities were identified in Round 33 of DTM data collection (September and October 2020). Migrants’ presence was recorded in all 100 Libyan municipalities and in 579 (out of 667) communities (muhallas). The number of migrants in Libya has been declining since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic and continues to decline, but at a slower rat...

Recoveries: 350,347 Actions to slow the spread of Covid-19: 10 December: Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) says it has approved the registration of Pfizer-BioNTechs Covid-19 vaccine in the kingdom. The approval was based on the data provided by Pfizer on 24 November. 7 December: The first group of Umrah performers from outside the country have arrived in Madina, including 135 visitors from Indonesia. The visitors have been quarantined for three days and their entry will be managed using the...