Informes

IOM staff have begun boarding migrants wanting to leave the Libyan capital, Tripoli, on its chartered boat heading for Benghazi. The IOM chartered boat, which had remained anchored off the Tripoli coast since Tuesday evening, was finally…

A three-person Médecins Sans Frontières MSF (Doctors Without Borders) team is currently in Tripoli with supplies and is starting to support facilities that are already overwhelmed with patients wounded in the fighting currently taking place in…

Geneva (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) helped journalists leave the Rixos Hotel in Tripoli today and led them to safety. The reporters had been unable to leave the hotel for several…

Highlights Health partners are ready to respond to the evolving situation. Public health priorities remain focused on the following interventions. • Treating conflict-related injuries, especially in the Tripoli area • Ensuring equitable access to essential health services by all…

National Transitional Council Should Lay Foundation for Rule of Law (New York, August 24, 2011) – The National Transitional Council (NTC) should take urgent steps to secure a political transition in Libya that respects its human rights…

Basic medical supplies needed as fight for control of Libyan capital continues. By Assad Riyany - The Arab Spring Arab Spring Issue 27, 24 Aug 11 Conditions in Tripoli’s hospitals are really tough. They are short of everything. Even…

Op-Ed Author: Micah Zenko, Fellow for Conflict Prevention August 24, 2011 New York Daily News Though reporting from Tripoli remains spotty, it appears that a coordinated Libyan rebel ground offensive and precise NATO air power have ended the 42-year-old…

The success of Libya's uprising will have a great deal to do with the willingness of its leadership to break its dependency on the United States and NATO. The origins of the Libyan transition emerged very much…

Summary: 24 August 2011, Brussels - Following the dramatic events in Libya with the speedy progress of National Transition Council troops into Tripoli, the European Commission confirms that it is fully prepared to respond to humanitarian…

BENGHAZI, 24 August 2011 (IRIN) - The entry by Libyan opposition fighters into Tripoli clearly marks a turning point for the Libyan opposition after six months of fighting against Col Muammar Gaddafi's government. But while the…