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ROME: Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs Luigi Di Maio said on Wednesday that Italian firms “may” help rebuild Benghazi airport, and confirmed that Italy’s project to extend a coastal motorway from Libya’s border with Tunisia to its one with Egypt would begin “in a few months.” During questions at the Italian Chamber of Deputies, Di Maio also said that a visit to Rome by Libyan Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Mohammed Dabaiba is in the pipeline, during which Dabaiba would meet with a forum of Italian business leaders to “boost our chances of economic cooperation.” No date has yet ...

Chad’s French-backed President Idriss Déby dies fighting opposition militia Chadian President Marshal Idriss Déby Itno died yesterday from wounds sustained Monday while fighting the rebel Force for Change and Concord in Chad (FACT) militia in northern Chad. His son Mahamat Idriss Déby, aged 37, seized power at the head of a military commission staffed with 15 hand-picked generals. Military spokesman General Azem Bermandoa Agouna issued a communiqué yesterday, declaring: “The president of the republic, the head of state and supreme commander of the armies, Idriss Déby Itno, just breat...

Listen to the story. Chadian President Idriss Déby arrives for a group photograph during the G5 Sahel summit, in Nouakchott, Mauritania, on June 30, 2020. Déby, who ruled the central African nation for more than three decades, was killed on the battlefield on April 20, 2021, in a fight against rebels, the country's top military commander announced on national TV and radio. Credit: Share For days, as Chad’s military clashed with rebels north of the capital N’djamena, the government fiercely attempted to project a message of calm and control. On Monday, government spokesperson,...

Biweekly health sector Libya operational updates 1-15 April Format Pillar 1: Leadership, Coordination, Planning and Monitoring • TDH: Coordination with relevant authorities in Fezzan and Tripolitania as well as with OCHA, IOM and UNICEF for COVID-19 response and vaccine campaign rollout. • IMC: Coordination with relevant authorities such as the NCDC, PCHI and MOH are ongoing. Activities pertinent to COVID-19 preparedness and response are implemented through the support of BHA, EUTF and GIZ. • CEFA: Organized a conclusive workshop in Zawiya in order to sum the work of a group of 13 local...

InfoMigrants By ANSA Published on : 2021/04/08 Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi has chosen Libya for his first trip abroad as prime minister with the aim of relaunching relations between the two countries, including on immigration. Draghi expressed "satisfaction for what Libya is doing in rescue operations", prompting criticism from a number of lawmakers and NGOs. "The time has come to rebuild the ancient friendship between Italy and Libya," Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi said on April 6 after meeting Libyan Prime Minister A...