Libya: UN alarmed at reports of violence against sub-Saharan migrants

The United Nations refugee agency has voiced alarm at increasing accounts of violence and discrimination in Libya against sub-Saharan Africans in both the rebel-held east and the Government-controlled west, including the reported rape of a 12-year-old girl. The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) 'reiterates its call on all parties to recognize the vulnerability of both refugees and migrants from sub-Saharan Africa and to take measures to ensure their protection,' spokesman Adrian Edwards told a news briefing in Geneva.