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| Africa Subsaharan |
| Nigeria begins evacuation of 5,000 citizens from Libya |
| 2018-01-05 |
| [AA.TR] Nigeria will begin on Friday evacuation of its 5,037 citizens, who are believed to be stranded in Libya. "A total of 5,037 stranded citizens have been identified for the evacuation," Sani Datti, front man of the National Emergency Management Agency, said in a statement on Thursday. The move came after claims that hundreds of African Datti said the "massive evacuation" exercise will begin on Friday morning, two days after a Nigerian delegation led by Foreign Minister Geoffrey Onyema visited the Libyan capital Tripoli ...a confusing city, one end of which is located in Lebanon and the other end of which is the capital of Libya. Its chief distinction is being mentioned in the Marine Hymn... "The Nigerian mission in Libya is coordinating with the International Organization for Migration to identify the Nigerian He said a reception center has been established in the southern city of Port Harcourt in Nigeria. The returnees will be received and profiled at the center before being transported to their various regions. A video detailing many Nigerian youths either kept in detention camps or under forced labor in Libya went viral on the social media in Nigeria. The video drew outrage, forcing the nation's Senate to pass a resolution for evacuation of Nigerian citizens stranded in the North African country. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Again? Wasn’t the last batch 4000? |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2018-01-05 06:18 |