Most black Africans in Libya have been living here for years doing casual manual labour.

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Support Mission in Libya and with the nations here today to assist the Libyan people in the hard work ahead.

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The UN envoy to Libya has warned that the conflict in Mali risks spilling over here as guns and heavily armed rebels cross borders from one conflict zone to another.

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