Day: April 24, 2023

The Libyan Embassy in Khartoum announced today, Monday, the evacuation of (105) Libyan citizens from the diplomatic mission staff and their families, Libyan students, and employees of Libyan institutions operating in Sudan, via a ship from Port Sudan to the city of Jeddah in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. .

The embassy stated in a statement today, Monday, that the evacuation process took place in coordination between the Libyan and Saudi embassies in Sudan, and they will be deported to the homeland via a Libyan plane in the near future, noting that this comes within the framework of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ follow-up to the strenuous and continuous efforts to evacuate the Libyan nationals present in brotherly Sudan.

According to the statement, the government of national unity appreciated the role and efforts of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia – a member of the international Quartet concerned with Sudan – in supporting the evacuation operations and facilitating the return of the Libyan community to the homeland through its territory, in addition to coordinating the evacuation of Arab and foreign nationals from Khartoum to their countries via the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Naglaa Al-Mangoush, praised the efforts of the Libyan diplomatic mission in Sudan, which maintained communication and coordination with the Libyan community present in Sudan since the start of the clashes in the capital, Khartoum.

The Libyan embassy in Sudan had announced, on Sunday, that it had succeeded in evacuating most of the stranded members of the Libyan community in Khartoum, numbering (83) of the mission’s employees and their families, students and employees of the African Airlines Company and the Sahel and Desert Bank, to the safe city of Port Sudan, awaiting their travel to Libya soon. Noting that there are only very few left in separate areas of Khartoum, and it is working to prepare for their evacuation as soon as a new truce is launched.

Source: Libyan News Agency

The National Human Rights Committee in Libya expressed its regret and sorrow over the death of 17 illegal immigrants after their boat sank off the shores of the city of Sabratha.

In a statement, the committee held the European Union countries responsible for the atrocities and crimes that migrants are exposed to in Libya at the hands of smuggling and human trafficking networks, crime gangs and organized crime.

The committee called for the intensification of international and regional efforts at the level of the Mediterranean basin to enhance and support maritime search and rescue operations, and to confront gangs of migrant smuggling and human trafficking in the Mediterranean basin countries.

The Committee renewed its call on the Libyan authorities to assume their legal and humanitarian responsibilities towards intensifying efforts to combat human trafficking and smuggling of migrants, and to work to eliminate human trafficking networks, smuggling of migrants and crime gangs.

The committee held the Government of National Unity and the Ministry of Interior fully legally responsible for these horrific incidents of drowning irregular migrants. This is due to the remarkable activity of migrant smuggling and human trafficking networks in the municipalities and cities of the West Coast, according to the statement.

The committee called on the Libyan authorities to work quickly to develop a comprehensive national strategy with all its security, legal and human rights aspects to eradicate the crime of migrant smuggling, human trafficking, crime networks and organized crime.

Also, the Red Crescent Society – Sabratha branch – announced yesterday, Sunday, the recovery of (17) bodies of illegal immigrants off the shores of the city of Sabratha, in the presence of the Public Prosecution and the city’s police station.

Source: Libyan News Agency

Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shukry and his Canadian counterpart Melanie Joly on Monday discussed by phone the current situation in Sudan and Egypt’s efforts to shore up a recently announced ceasefire.

During the phone conversation, the Canadian foreign minister voiced much concern over the worsening security situation in Sudan and negative impacts on Sudanese civilians and foreign communities in this Arab country, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

She said she looked forward to knowing the latest developments in Sudan and Egyptian efforts to shore up the ceasefire, according to the statement.

For his part, the Egyptian foreign minister briefed Joly on Cairo’s endeavors to hold up Sudan’s ceasefire, along with its contacts with regional and internatioal parties in this regard.

Both ministers, further, agreed to continue consultation and coordination during the coming period in a bid to step up efforts to help Sudan find a way out of its current crisis.

Infighting between the Sudanese army and Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary forces has left at least 420 people dead since it began on 15 April.

Source: Kuwait News Agency

Kuwait First Deputy Prime Minister, Interior Minister and Acting Defense Minister Sheikh Talal Khaled Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah stressed keenness of the political leadership on safety and security of the nationals coming from Sudan.

RIYADH – Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan and UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly renewed calls for military de-escalation in Sudan and establishing secure humanitarian corridors for those who wish to leave the Sudanese territory.

BRUSSELS – European Union High Representative Josep Borrell said he spoke by phone both with Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, the leader of the Sudanese Armed Forces, and Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, head of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, and urged them for an immediate ceasefire.

Source: Kuwait News Agency