Informes

Katherine Roux in Tunisia Sitting quietly under the shade of a tree, two volunteers from the Tunisian Red Crescent play games with a family recently arrived from the Libyan town of Zawiya. Of the thousands of people fleeing the violence and…

Secretary of State for International Development Andrew Mitchell arrived at the Libyan Tunisian border today to see for himself the situation on the ground and understand what more Britain can do to help avoid a major humanitarian crisis. ?Spending time…

By Arwa Al-Woqayyan KUWAIT, March 6 (KUNA) -- Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS) announced on Sunday that Kuwait has donated one million US dollars to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to aid it in its humanitarian mission. KRCS President…

Saloom - Under the directives of UAE President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the UAE has launched a relief programme to alleviate the suffering of the brotherly Libyan people. In this context, the Mohammed Bin Rashid Al…

Catherine Ashton, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, has today sent a technical fact-finding mission to Libya - the first international mission of its kind to the country since the recent violence. The team will be led…

I. HIGHLIGHTS/KEY PRIORITIES - The Secretary-General has appointed the former Foreign Minister of Jordan, Mr. Abdelilah Al-Khatib, as his Special Envoy to Libya. - United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator Ms. Valerie Amos called for urgent humanitarian access to Misurata in the west…

During the past few weeks of uprising in Libya, hundreds of African migrant workers have been detained, beaten, or harassed by Libyans due to reports that African mercenaries are fighting for Muammar Qaddafi. By Clair MacDougall, Contributor / March 6, 2011 Accra,…

Fall in migrant flows suggests "something dramatic" * UNHCR seeks satellite view of situation inside Libya By Douglas Hamilton RAS JDIR CAMP, Tunisia, March 6 (Reuters) - The United Nations refugee agency is seeking satellite imagery of Libya that might explain the dramatic…

06-03-2011 News Release 11/50 Geneva/Benghazi (ICRC) - On 6 March two ICRC medical teams, comprising in all 10 surgeons and nurses, joined forces with Libyan medical and surgical teams in the cities of Benghazi and Ajdabya who are treating people…