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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

The Displacement Tracking Matrix programme was established in Libya in October 2015 to fill the need for accurate and timely data on displacement, return and migration dynamics in the country.

DTM Libya tracks IDPs, returnees and migrants through two complementary modules:

Mobility Tracking carries out regular baseline assessments gathering data on the numbers, locations, characteristics and needs of IDPs, returnees and migrants across Libya, providing country-wide baselines on these population groups.

Flow Monitoring gathers data on migrants mobile in Libya. Flow Monitoring consists of daily assessments quantifying the flow of migrants at key entry, transit and exit points in the country. Flow Monitoring Surveys are also conducted with a randomly selected sample of observed migrants on a daily basis to obtain more detailed information about migrants origins, characteristics, routes used, and migratory drivers. All Flow Monitoring reports are available on the DTM Libya website.

DTM Libya launched its first round of Mobility Tracking in January 2016. During 2016 DTM carried out 7 displacement tracking rounds concluding its last round in November through to December. This report will focus on Mobility Tracking data on IDPs and returnees. Mobility Tracking Round 7 data on migrants is presented in a separate report, Libya 2016 Migration Profiles and Trends (i).

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Internal Displacement in Libya: 2016 in Review - Rounds 1-7 - ReliefWeb

A GECOL official in Al-Jufra, Mohammed Enkam, said the five electric towers (66 k.v) are being repaired after they fell down during the sand storm few days ago and led to a blackout in Zillah. He added that the electricity will return to the district once the repairing works end in the coming days.

Libyan coastguards rescued 215 migrants including 47 women en route to Italy. A spokesperson for the Libyan Coast Guard said the migrants were on two boats inside Libyan waters. Eyewitnesses said as many as 30 migrants who were on the second boat are missing in the sea. Libyan coastguards added that they recovered three women's bodies from the sea.

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TheNational Commission for Human Rights in Libya warned of the growing of hate speech as well as violence, extremism and radical religious ideologies as well as tribal and regional fanaticism via media outlets and social media platforms. It said this could lead to more division among Libyans. It called for adopting a speech that advocates for tolerance, reconciliation, peace and forgiveness, and a speech that respect the right of citizenship and political pluralism.

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Sirte is undergoing a water shortage crisis as water supplies have been cut from the main sources of Al-Sarir and Tazerbo fields that pump into Ajdabiya reservoir, besides the outage from Omar Al-Mukhtar pipeline from Benghazi and Gerdabiya reservoir. The officials at the Man-Made River said power outage at the two fields led to this bad situation as water stopped pumping out of the wells.

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Aman Bank will soon open a branch in Tarhouna city, according to an agreement between the administration and Tarhouna mayor, Ayyad Albey. The head of the media office at Tarhouna municipality said a committee from Aman Bank will visit the lot allocated for the building of the bank in the coming days, adding that this will help take some banking work off the shoulders of the city's banks and create a competitive atmosphere.

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A patrol nearby Kalinja mountains in southeastern Libya intercepted several trucks smuggling Libyan fuel to Chad. Local media reported the patrol's personnel as saying that the truck drivers are Chadian nationals, who have entered Libya illegally. They added that Kufra military zone warned earlier of smuggling fuel, humans, and foods as well as other commodities as it is very harmful to Libya's sovereignty.

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News Roundup - Mon, Mar 20, 2017 - The Libya Observer

The Islamic Research and Studies Council (IRSC) of the Fatwa House in Libya has said that the action taken by certain armed groups in Tripoli to "deter" outlaws is in itself an act of outlawry because of the panic it caused for the people, the damage it did to personal and public properties and the burning of some TV channels that oppose their ideologies.

The IRSC added in a statement Sunday that the armed groups that clashed in Tripoli had violated the laws as they attacked public institutions such as Hadba Prison, where several Gaddafi henchmen, including his son Al-Saadi, are being held, and killed a number of its guards.

"Not to mention the attack they conducted on the Guest Palaces in Rixos and the building of the General Intelligence Department." The IRC indicated.

The council also denounced the protests that were staged with slogans against the February revolution igniting revenge from certain cities, which were named by those men who organized the protest, and hailing the crimes committed in Benghazi with all the inhumane atrocities done by the coup plotters in there.

"We support the right of peaceful demonstrating and protesting for all Libyans as long as they commit to the moral and sharia ethics." The IRSC remarked.

The IRSC of the Fatwa House also slammed the so-called Dignity Operation crime gangs as inhuman after they had killed the women and entire families who tried to break out of the siege laid on Ganfouda.

"Digging up tombs and parading the bodies of the dead as well as burning the corpses are acts of brutality and can only be described as bestial behavior of nonhuman creatures." The IRSC explained, saying that the perpetrators and the silence voices among their tribes must await the wrath of Allah for such atrocities.

The IRSC remarked that the damage done by the latest incidents and violations in the country would not be healed by apologies or ornamented statements full of wordplay to silence the damaged people and the families of the martyrs by giving them compensations or the like.

"Libya has the right to put a decisive end to the growing threat of the coup plotters who are messing with the safety and security of the country." The Islamic Research and Studies Council concluded.

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Islamic Research and Studies Council: Time to protect Libya against inhumane atrocities committed by Dignity Operation - The Libya Observer

New York Times

Where Fiction and Reality Collide: Books and Black Lives Matter New York Times When Black Lives Matter started, it was polarizing, Mr. Reynolds said. Does any publishing company want to bring forth static around something so fresh? In fact, All American Boys, which came out in 2015, became a commercial hit, selling more ... More Teen Novels Wrestle With Black Lives Matter, Police BrutalityDaily Caller Talking With Angie Thomas, Author of the Best-selling YA Novel Inspired by Black Lives MatterNew York Magazine all 4 news articles »

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Where Fiction and Reality Collide: Books and Black Lives Matter - New York Times

A panel being held Sunday afternoon in Rochester had a goal of trying clear up any misunderstandings about the Black Lives Matter movement.

Speakers included the Pastor of Salem United Church of Christ Reverend Julius Jackson, Jr, Monroe County legislator and mayoral candidate James Sheppard and the President of the Interfaith IMPACT for New York State Richard Gilbert.

The main focus of the discussion, Gilbert said, was to try and answer questions about the Black Lives Matter movement and what its goals are; as well as how it relates to issues in the prison system today.

"Its how the two relate. Because our prison system is very much based on racism. We hope to demonstrate that and indicate ways that people can work against the racism."

Panelists also discussed the school to prison pipeline, minimizing the use of solitary confinement, and raising the age of criminal liability in New York State from 16 to 18 years old.

Gilbert said organizers wanted to offer a number of different perspectives on the movement and what it means for racism in Rochester and in New York State.

"We are so divided in our country right now that we need every possible means to bring us back together again and this is one way to do it."

He hoped the event would reach people who were curious, and ready to initiate change in our community.

"We've for too long been apathetic about the racism that surrounds us every day. So we'd like people to feel that they are empowered to take action to begin to end it."

Interfaith IMPACT of New York State is an organization that works on state legislation through progressive religious advocacy.

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Panel discussion tries to answer questions about Black Lives Matter ... - WXXI News