Mauritania dismantled nearly 150 migrant smuggling networks in 2024
Mauritania shut down nearly 150 migrant smuggling networks in 2024, with dozens more disrupted in just the first few months
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni began a visit to Libya on Tuesday to sign cooperation agreements, and was set to meet leaders from rival administrations in the conflict-torn country.
Accompanied by a ministerial delegation on her second visit to Libya since
taking office in October 2022, Meloni met the head of the Tripoli-based
government, Abdelhamid Dbeibah, Libyan officials said.
"Declarations of intent" were due to be signed on cooperation in health,
education and research as well as youth and sports, an Italian government
statement said.
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