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No fewer than 163 Nigerians who have been stranded in Libya voluntarily returned to the country on Tuesday, February 14.

Nigerian returnees from Libya on arrival at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos Photo credit: Daily Trust

Their return was facilitated by the International Oganisation for Migration (IOM), following the federal governments request for its assistance after confirming that some Nigerians were willing to return home.

Daily Trust reports that aircraft conveying the returnees landed at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) around 3:30pm.

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Three of the deportees require medical care Photo credit: Daily Trust

They were received at the Hajj terminal by the National Emergency Management Agency, (NEMA).

The returnees comprised of 92 adult females; 62 adult males; seven children, and two infants.

Addressing newsmen, the director general of NEMA, Alhaji Mohammed Sidi, represented by the deputy director, Search and Rescue, Dr. Abdullahi Onimode, said the deportees would be given some token to go back to their respective destinations.

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They voluntarily returned from Libya Photo Credit: Daily Trust

Some of the deportees who appeared trumatised said they will never leave Nigeria again.

A month ago, 140 Nigerians were deported from Libya and were received at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos by the South-West coordinator of NEMA, Dr. Onimode Bamdele.

Three weeks ago, the Nigerian government warned citizens against going to Libya for now following the purported killing of black immigrants in the country.

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Their return was facilitated by the International Organization of Migration (IOM) Photo credit: Daily Trust

Elated Nigerian returnee in prayer mood on arrival Photo credit: Daily Trust

Another elated Nigerian giving praises on arrival Photo credit: Daily Trust

One of the deportees being assisted

The deported Nigerians assembled at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos

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According to the latest secondary sources, Libya's oil production has climbed from ~350k b/d last year to ~650k to ~700k b/d in January. The return in Libya's oil production is attributed to the production increase from the west, El Feel and Sharara. We covered this topic here.

With Libya's oil production sitting comfortably around 700k b/d, there are doubts as to whether Libya can continue to increase its oil production past 700k b/d. The first sign of tension is still geopolitics, as the tensions between the West and the East in Libya - along with conflicts with militias - make additional capital investments into Libya's oil infrastructure unlikely. Also, Libya's oil production is reaching current capacity as infrastructure constraints start to impact production and exports. And additional capital will be needed if Libya is to reinvigorate its aged oil fields.

This is what Energy Aspects recently said about Libya's oil production:

The biggest gain came from Libya, up by 40 thousand b/d to 0.62 mb/d (EA: +30 thousand b/d to 0.61 mb/d) due to the restart of the 0.30 mb/d Sharara field during the month. The field continued to ramp up gradually in January, taking Libyan output above 0.70 mb/d early in the month, although bad weather disrupting loadings, a lack of storage, and power outages briefly reduced it to 0.66 mb/d mid-month. Political tensions remain high, which is likely to prompt further disruptions in the coming months.

The estimates we've currently seen peg Libya's oil production to stagnate in the coming months, declining from an average of 600k b/d to 400k b/d from Q2 and onward. The quick ramp up in production will be met with operational difficulties. Unless geopolitical tension eases in Libya, we won't likely see capital return back to the country, and infrastructure constraints and natural production decline will eat into its 680k b/d production.

We do not expect Libya to increase oil production further from here.

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Tripoli - Libya on Tuesday repatriated nearly 200 illegal migrants from Niger who had been held in detention centres in the capital, an AFP photographer said.

They were flown home from Mitiga airport east of Tripoli, in coordination with the International Organization for Migration (IOM).

Hosni Abu Ayana, a spokesperson for Libya's office that deals with illegal migrants, said the repatriated group included 50 women and four children.

He added that more than 900 other detained migrants will be repatriated in the coming weeks.

The IOM website said that in 2016, the organisation "supported 1 589 migrants to voluntarily return to their countries of origin" from Libya, giving priority to "the most vulnerable".

People smugglers have taken advantage of the chaos gripping Libya since the 2011 revolution to greatly boost their lucrative trade.

Most departures take place from the west of the North African country, usually heading for Italy 300km away across the Mediterranean.

Europeans are considering measures aimed at blocking the arrival of thousands of migrants, alarming NGOs which fear those stranded in Libya may suffer mistreatment.

In the absence of an army or a regular police force in Libya, several militias act as coastguards but are often accused themselves of complicity or even involvement in the people-smuggling business.

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Cairo - Egypt's army on Tuesday announced the release of 13 Egyptians kidnapped in eastern Libya, which has been plagued by chaos and security problems since 2011.

Army spokesperson Colonel Tamer al-Rifai said in a statement the 13 "were abducted by an armed criminal group in the Ajdabiya region".

The statement said their liberation had been made possible by "coordination with the general command of the Libyan army", without elaborating.

The Libyan National Army is loyal to Marshal Khalifa Haftar, the strongman in eastern Libya and a rival of Fayez al-Sarraj, leader of the Tripoli-based and internationally recognised national unity government.

Libya has been mired in political and security problems since the 2011 revolution that overthrew longtime dictator Moammar Gaddafi, with rival militias jockeying for power.

In February 2015, the Islamic State group released video footage it said showed the beheading of 21 Coptic Christians, most of them Egyptian, who had been abducted in Libya.

In the wake of the atrocity, Egypt staged air raids against ISIS positions in retaliation and thousands of poor migrant Egyptian workers in Libya returned home.

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Nikki Haley, the newly appointed U.S. ambassador to the U.N., expressed disapproval about U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterress choice for envoy to Libya, reports Reuters.Haley indicated the U.N. has for too long been unfairly biased in favor of the Palestinian Authority to the detriment of our allies in Israel.

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Meanwhile, the U.N. secretary-general argued that that former Palestinian PMs diplomacy skills would prove helpful to bring much-needed peace to Libya. It is a loss for the Libyan peace process and for the Libyan people that I am not able to appoint him, declared U.N. Secretary-General Guterres in Dubai.

I do not think there is any valid reason to avoid someone who is very competent to do a job that is extremely important, he added. Not long ago, ISIS maintained a heavy presence in its stronghold of Sirte, which sits along the coast in Libya. However, some the jihadists have been forced to spread out of Sirte to other places across the country.

The Nation reports:

The extremist group lost its Libya headquarters in the central coastal city of Sirte in December after a six-month offensive by militias backed by US air power, but Libyan officials and foreign diplomats say its fighters have now fanned out across the southern desert into desert valleys and inland hills, as they seek to exploit Libyas political divisions Three separate ISIL groups have been identified based in different parts of the Sahara, and, say officials, they are striking at the countrys vulnerable oil and water infrastructure.

Reuters reported earlier this month:

The jihadist group lost many of its fighters in the battle and now has no territory in Libya, but fugitive militants and sleeper cells are seen to pose a threat in a country that has been deeply fractured and largely lawless since the 2011 uprising that toppled Muammar Gaddafi.

The threat is focused south of the coastal strip between Misrata and Tripoli, arcing to the southeast around the town of Bani Walid and into the desert south of Sirte, said Ismail Shukri, head of military intelligence in Misrata.

Although ISIS in Libya is weaker now than it was about year ago, the jihadist group still poses a threat, noted Martin Kobler, the top official from the U.N. Support Mission in Libya, adding that the fight against terrorism is far from over.

The countrys borders remain porous. Terrorists, human and weapons traffickers and criminal gangs continue to exploit the security vacuum, he warned.

UN chief Guterres suggests that the international community would have to engage with the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump to deal with the remnants for ISIS in Libya and prevent the country from becoming a place where the terrorists can easily launch attacks against Western targets.

U.N. Secretary-General Guterres said, We need to respect our values and we need to make sure a multilateral approach to global problems is implemented.

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