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Libya’s planned transit centre would keep migrants from risky Mediterranean crossing – UN agency

30 Novembre 2017

Geneva, Switzerland, November 30 (Infosplusgabon) - The United Nations refugee agency has welcomed the decision by the Libyan authorities to set up a “transit and departure facility” in Tripoli for refugees and migrants in need of international protection – an initiative that offers viable alternatives to their dangerous journeys along the Central Mediterranean route.

UN reaffirms two-state solution as only answer to ‘question of Palestine’

30 Novembre 2017

New York, USA, November 30 (Infosplusgabon) - The Question of Palestine is inextricably linked with the history of the United Nations and is one of the longest-standing issues on the Organization's agenda, United Nations Secretary-General António said in his message on Wednesday commemorating the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People.

UN chief spotlights importance of AU-EU strategic partnership

30 Novembre 2017

Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, November 30 (Infosplusgabon) - The importance of regional organizations grows with every decade that passes as they are essential to face the difficult challenges that threaten the world, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said on Wednesday at the African Union-European Union Summit in Côte d'Ivoire.

ICRC says over 65 million displaced worldwide

Écrit par Antoine Lawson | 30 Novembre 2017

Nairobi, Kenya, November 30 (Infosplusgabon) - Today, more people are forcibly displaced than at any point since the end of World War II. Last year it was estimated that 65.6 million people, or one in every 120, were forced from home, escaping violence or vulnerability, the International Committee of the Red Cross said Wednesday.

Nigerian Senate asks foreign ministry to summon Libyan ambassador over slave trade

30 Novembre 2017

Abuja, Nigeria, November 30 (Infosplusgabon) - The Nigerian Senate on Wednesday called on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to discuss with Libya's Ambassador to Nigeria how to end the ongoing Libyan slave trade which, allegedly, involves the sale of Africans, some of them of Nigerian descent, as slaves.