Italy’s geopolitical ascendancy is prefigured around developing closer hydrocarbon ties to Libya in order to create an “enlarged Mediterranean” — the ultimate prize of Italian policy in North Africa.

A Senegalese former migrant who was tortured in Libyan detention camps and was comforted by Pope Francis said Thursday he will attend the late Argentine pontiff's funeral in St Peter's Saturday. When ...

Equally notable are the representatives from NGOs like Mediterranea Saving Humans and Refugees in Libya, whose inclusion reflects Francis' unwavering advocacy for the marginalized. Francis' legacy of ...

Advocating for migrants was one of Pope Francis' top priorities. His papacy saw a refugee crisis in the Mediterranean, ...

In this context, Cardi stated that the meeting of the International Follow-up Committee on Libya planned for March 19 in Rome would be postponed due to the coronavirus epidemic," the message informs.

Alessandra Morelli, from the University of Oxford, has worked in disaster zones in Libya and Turkey. Rome's decision to release Osama Almasri Najim drew condemnation from Italian opposition ...

Italian energy giant Eni plans to invest €8 billion in Libya by 2029 to support hydrocarbon production, as part of a broader regional strategy aimed at securing Italy's energy supply through the ...

Key human rights treaties not signed by Libya include the 1951 Convention on the Status of Refugees 187 and the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. 188 The Libyan government has ...

Libya has always been a dangerous transit point for migrants hoping to reach Europe, but the recent wave of racially driven violence signals a disturbing shift. Black migrants and refugees in ...

Libya and Egypt over the next four years to help boost energy production, CEO Claudio Descalzi said on Tuesday. The investments would coincide with the Rome government's efforts to relaunch its ...

Meeting migrants who had been in Libya, he decried their suffering and ... one of those families that settled in Rome said Francis didn't just change their lives. “He wanted to begin a global ...