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KSrelief Delivers Ramadan Food Baskets in Sudan, Yemen

KSrelief Delivers Ramadan Food Baskets in Sudan, Yemen
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KSrelief Delivers Ramadan Food Baskets in Sudan, Yemen

KSrelief Delivers Ramadan Food Baskets in Sudan, Yemen

The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) delivered this week 950 food baskets to those quarantined in Yemen to limit the spread of the novel coronavirus.

This came in cooperation with Al-Khair Coalition for Humanitarian Relief which reached 5,700 people.

The delivery comes within the framework of the humanitarian efforts exerted by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, represented by the KSRelief, to face the COVID-19 in the Yemen.

Also in Sudan, the Riyadh-based center worked with Al-Igtinam Organization for Human Development to distribute 4,711 food baskets to those in need, benefiting 28,266 individuals.

During the delivery of aid, all the necessary procedures to stop the spread of COVID-19 were taken.

This comes within the framework of a project to distribute 38,211 food baskets during the holy month of Ramadan in Sudan.

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Libyan Authorities Order Detention of Militia Leader over Killing of UN-sanctioned Human Trafficker

A hawker at Martyrs’ Square in Tripoli on Tuesday sells Libyan flags. (AFP)
A hawker at Martyrs’ Square in Tripoli on Tuesday sells Libyan flags. (AFP)
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Libyan Authorities Order Detention of Militia Leader over Killing of UN-sanctioned Human Trafficker

A hawker at Martyrs’ Square in Tripoli on Tuesday sells Libyan flags. (AFP)
A hawker at Martyrs’ Square in Tripoli on Tuesday sells Libyan flags. (AFP)

Libya’s chief prosecutor ordered the detention of a militia leader and one of his aides pending an investigation into the killing of one of the country’s most notorious human traffickers.

Mohamed Bahroun, commander of the First Support Battalion and an influential militia leader, as well as one of his associates, handed themselves over after allegations surfaced about their role in last week’s killing of Abdel-Rahman Milad in the capital, Tripoli, The AP reported.

The office of General Prosecutor al-Sediq al-Sour said in a statement late Saturday that prosecutors ordered both men to remain detained after they were interrogated and shown evidence of their involvement in Milad's slaying.

Milad, sanctioned by the United Nations Security Council and imprisoned in Libya on trafficking charges, was shot and killed on Sep. 1 while in his vehicle in the Sayyad area, in the western part of Tripoli.

The late human trafficker and Bahroun hailed from the western town of Zawiya where Milad commanded a notorious coast guard unit. Both rose to prominence during the chaos after a NATO-backed uprising — that turned into civil war — toppled and killed longtime dictator Moammar Gadhafi in 2011.

UN experts monitoring sanctions claimed Milad and other coast guard members “are directly involved in the sinking of migrant boats" by opening fire to intercept the vessels.

The intercepted migrants are held in government-run detention centers rife with practices that amount to crimes against humanity, according to UN-commissioned investigators. The abuse often accompanies attempts to extort money from the families of the imprisoned migrants before releasing them or allowing them to leave Libya on traffickers’ boats to Europe.

Milad had denied any links to human smuggling and said traffickers wear uniforms similar to those of his men. He was jailed for about six months between October 2020 and April 2021 on human trafficking and fuel smuggling charges.