The Sabha municipality said Friday that about 120 families were internally displaced from Tayori neighborhood in Sabha due to the clashes in southern region, and the city in particular. On Facebook, the municipality said that it had formed a committee to register the families, adding that so far, 700 men and women plus 200 children have been documented. Meanwhile, the Head of the Public Relations Bureau at Al-Taher Al-Zawiy Organization in Sabha, Ali Al-Kashekri, said they have talked to the displaced families, who took refuge in Abu Bakr Al-Siddiq School, and manged to provide them with the necessary foods they need, in cooperation with the volunteers from Menshiya neighborhood.
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The Investigation Unit of Zuwara Security Directorate has intercepted a group of illegal immigrants in the eastern part of the city while on their way to start their trip to Italy. On its website, the Zuwara Security Directorate clarified that a joint security force from the northern and southern police stations detected a boat that was about to carry illegal immigrants on Friday night and managed to bring down the smuggling operation in the early hours of Saturday. The Directorate added that around 47 illegal migrants were arrested from African, Pakistani and Bangladeshi nationalities, noting that search is still on for persons involved in the operation.
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The Ministry of Education has congratulated Saturday Libyan student Kholod Hamza for receiving an award for the best graduation project among 35 European countries at the International Conference on Electrical Engineering in Germany. The Minister of Education, Osman Abdul-Jalil, expressed his civic pride on behalf of the Ministry of this achievement, which adds value to the record of scientific achievements of Libya. Kholod received a patent for an “Intelligent Car Tracking System.” She was nominated for best introduction and lecture by the President of the European Universities Union, and named as the youngest professor of the master's degree.
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A protest was held by the 19 February movement on Saturday against corruption and poor living conditions in the country, especially in terms of lack of cash and the high prices of the dollar in the parallel market. Hundreds of peaceful protesters rallied in the streets of central Tripoli demanding politicians and officials in the west of the country to leave, and chanting "get out, we have had enough." The movement called on the Attorney-General to intervene and hold accountable the beneficiaries of the appropriations and the counterfeiters who ravaged the livelihoods of the Libyans, and led the country to this dire state, according to the protesters.
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