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Bodies of dozens of migrants found in two mass graves in Libya
The first mass grave with 19 bodies was found on Friday in a farm in the southeastern city of Kufra, the security directorate said in a statement, adding that authorities took them for autopsy.
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50 killed and buried in mass graves at major transit used by African migrants to get to Europe
Libyan authorities discovered nearly 50 bodies in two mass graves in the southeastern city of Kufra, highlighting the ongoing migrant crisis The victims, many of whom were reportedly shot before ...
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Bodies of 11 more migrants found in southeast Libya, security official says
The main town in Kufra lies about 1,700 kilometres (1,000 miles) from the capital Tripoli. "We expect to find other graves during the ongoing recovering operation," said Mohamed Fadil, the head of ...
The Libya Observer4d
Human traffickers seized in two operations south of Kufra
The Anti-illegal Migration Agency announced that its patrols had arrested human traffickers in two separate operations in the desert south of Kufra. Mohammed Ali Al-Fadiel, head of the agency ...
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Migrants' bodies in Libya mass graves had gunshot wounds, IOM says
Libya's attorney general said on Sunday that at least 28 bodies had been recovered from a mass grave in the desert north of Kufra city and blamed a gang for subjecting illegal migrants to torture ...
The Libya Observer4d
4,000 mango trees burned in Al-Kufra
Around 4,000 mango trees and 25 fruit-bearing palm trees were destroyed by fires at Farm No. 1 of the mango project located ...
Middle East Eye25d
EU urged to stop funding to Libya after ‘horrific’ mass graves found
Libyan authorities found 19 bodies in Jakharrah, while 59 bodies were uncovered in a mass grave in the district of Kufra, near a site where they were allegedly detained and tortured. The United ...
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Some bodies of migrants found in Libyan mass graves had gunshot wounds, UN migration agency says
On Friday, 19 bodies were found in the first mass grave, according to Libyan authorities, with at least 28 more discovered on Sunday in a second mass grave - both in Kufra, in the southeast of the ...
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59 unidentified bodies recovered in SE Libya: police
TRIPOLI, Feb. 15 (Xinhua) -- The Libyan Forensic Police announced on Saturday the recovery of 59 unidentified bodies in the southeastern city of Kufra. "The Forensic Police team has so far ...
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How migrant smuggling has fuelled conflict in Libya
To understand the development of migrant smuggling and trafficking networks through Libya, this paper utilizes a comparative systems analysis of three key transit hubs: Kufra, Sebha and Zawiya. This ...
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Kufra Airport
Observed at 20:00, Friday 21 February BBC Weather in association with MeteoGroup, external All times are Eastern European Standard Time (Africa/Tripoli, GMT+2) unless otherwise stated.