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Nov 29, 2017 9:44 AM France's ambassador to the UN has urged the Security Council to impose sanctions on the people involved in Libya's slave trade of African refugees and migrants. Francois Delattre's comments come as human trafficking in Libya has become a burning topic since a CNN investigation produced footage of West Africans being sold at slave markets in November. "France will propose to assist the sanctions committee … in identifying responsible individuals and entities for trafficking through Libyan territory," he told the council on Tuesday. "We count upon support of the members of the council to make headway to that end." A sanctions programme set up in 2011, the year of the US-supported invasion of Libya which saw the overthrow of long-time leader Muammar Gaddafi, allows the Security Council to place sanctions on "individuals and entities involved in or complicit in ordering, controlling, or otherwise directing, the commission of ...

Nov 29, 2017 8:19 AM A protest against slavery in Libya has been announced to hold on Friday in Lagos.This follows global outcry on alleged slave trade boom, killings of migrants and human trafficking going on in the country. The protest tagged ‘movement against second slavery’ would be held on Friday at the United Nations High commission Office. Some prominent Nigerians, including a former Minister of Aviation,  Femi Fani - Kayode   have called out the Nigerian Government for keeping quiet over the ugly development. 193 dislike

Nov 29, 2017 2:06 AM SAN FRANCISCO, November 28, (THEWILL) – 31 people have been reported dead and another 40 missing when Sharks attacked migrants who fell from overcrowded boats in the Mediterranean. According to the Libyan Navy said, it arrived the scene of accident and found two upturned boats that were headed for Europe. Many of the bodies had bite marks from deadly blue sharks, with some of the killer fish spotted nearby, the navy said on its Facebook page. It described how terrified survivors were found scurrying to get on top of the upturned hulls away from the sharks saying three children and 18 women were among the dead. “We found dozens of bodies floating in the water and two small boats with hundreds of people crowded on board and others holding on or trying to climb aboard to escape from the sharks,” the post read. One sailor told Italian newspaper Il Giorno: “There were lots of bodies all around and we saw there were four or five sharks...

Nov 29, 2017 1:00 PM What is the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari doing to stop or wade into the killing of Nigerians in Libya? The other day, it was South Africa. Up till today, no one has been held accountable for the heinous crimes against the Nigerian residents in South Africa. Unaccountable number of Nigerians were heinously killed in South Africa only for APC governor in Buhari’s administration to compensate fouled Jacob Zuma with the Status of Shame! This is a common situation in an abnormal situation in Nigeria. Our system adequately compensates evils with veneration and generosity, while good people are rewarded with evil deeds and degradation. Yesterday, it was South Africa, today, it is Libya. Tomorrow where? This is an unending question whose answer can easily be predicted. Nigeria had in the past played crucial roles to help brotherly African countries including Southern Africa and Libya. Why is our country being compensated with killings and...