The Super Eagles of Nigeria will play Guinea-Bissau, Sierra Leone and Sao Tome and Principe in Group A of the AFCON 2023 qualifiers.
The returnees were made up of 83 male adults, 49 female adults, six male and seven female children, with 13 infants.
The resolution received 93 votes in favour, 24 against, and 58 abstentions. African countries like South Africa, Cameroon, and Ghana abstained from the vote.
“The evacuees included victims of human trafficking and irregular migrants on voluntary return who had hitherto considered Libya as a transit point.
While the situation on the ground remains relatively calm, reports are emerging of threatening rhetoric.
“If only I had known this or I had someone to advise me against travelling illegally, I wouldn’t have suffered this way and be scarred for life.”
South Africa has recorded the most COVID-19 cases in Africa with 3,654,824 cases, followed by Morocco with 1,158,145 cases.
Disputes over validity of the government and how and when elections should hold threaten to undermine Libya’s fragile peace.
“The victims were rescued by the Nigerien police in the Niger Republic, on their way to Libya,” Mr Babale said.
The landscape is still in flux and will evolve.
