LIBYA RECOVERS 15 BODIES OF MIGRANTS EAST OF CAPITAL TRIPOLI. (PHOTO).

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 Libya recovers 15 bodies of migrants east of capital Tripoli The bodies of at least 15 migrants have washed ​ashore in Libya in a ‌coastal city east of the capital, Tripoli-based medics said on Monday, Reuters reported. The Emergency ​Medicine and Support Centre, ​which operates under the health ministry, ⁠said the bodies washed up ​in Khumas city, some 118 ​km (73 miles) east of Tripoli. The centre said all the bodies have been buried. Pictures ​were posted by the centre ​on its Facebook page showing their medics ‌wearing ⁠white hazmat suits carrying bodies in black and white plastic bags and other pictures taken during ​the burials. Since ​an uprising ⁠in 2011, Libya has become a North African ​transit route for hundreds ​of ⁠thousands of migrants fleeing conflict and poverty, often in sub-Saharan Africa, ⁠with ​many risking dangerous journeys ​across the desert or the Mediterranean.

BUKAR IBRAHIM, 'THREE-TERM' EX-YOBE GOVERNOR, DIES IN SAUDI ARABIA. (PHOTO).


 Bukar Ibrahim, ‘three-term’ ex-Yobe governor, dies in Saudi Arabia

Bukar Ibrahim, the first civilian governor of Yobe state, has died in a Saudi Arabia hospital.


Mai Mala Buni, governor of Yobe, confirmed the death of Ibrahim, a three-term governor of the state.


In a statement, Mamman Mohammed, the governor’s spokesperson, said Ibrahim died on Sunday and would be buried in Saudi Arabia.


He said condolences are to be received by the governor at the government house in Damaturu, the state capital.


Ibrahim first served as the governor of the state from January 1992 to November 1993 before the military took over the government.


Following transition to civilian rule, he contested again for election and became governor serving from May 1999 to May 2007.


After his term as governor, he was elected to the senate to represent the Yobe east constituency.


He ran for re-election in the April 2011 senatorial contest on the ANPP platform and defeated Lawan Zarami at the polls.


In 2017, the former governor was involved in a sex scandal when was caught on camera frolicking with two young women.

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