Rapports

The international conference on Libya, which will take place in Paris on 1 September on the initiative of France and the United Kingdom, is a major step in the transition to the post-Gaddafi era. For the…

Summary: 1 September 2011, Brussels - The European Union has stood by the people of Libya in their quest for freedom. Together with the international community it will continue to help Libya in a Libyan-led process…

Reporting period (21 – 30 August) Highlights: The fighting along various frontlines in the past weeks has left the Libyan capital short of water and fuel. The water supply to Tripoli through the GMR pipelines has completely stopped…

Media release: Dr Craig Emerson, Minister for Trade and Acting Minister for Foreign Affairs Speaking at a conference on the new Libya, Acting Foreign Affairs Minister Craig Emerson today pledged Australia’s support for international efforts to meet…

Joe DeCapua Thousands of sub-Saharan Africans may be too scared to leave Libya. That’s according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM), which said it is “increasingly concerned over the fate of vulnerable migrants.” The IOM has been…

1 September 2011 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today pledged the continued assistance of the United Nations in helping Libya tackle its humanitarian challenges, as well as in building a democratic and stable nation once the current conflict…

1 SITUATION The situation in Tripoli remains volatile and key points of entry, such as the port and airport, are still not fully secured. The situation of roads and cities on the coastline of Libya is frequently…

Pro al-Gaddafi forces left 19 detainees to die of suffocation while locked inside metal containers in the sweltering June heat in north-western Libya, Amnesty International has discovered. Three survivors described how al-Gaddafi loyalists tortured them and then…

On 31 August, the Royal Air Force delivered 280 million dinars (c£140m) to the Central Bank of Libya in Benghazi. The newly minted banknotes were part of a stock of 1.86bn dinars printed in the UK, which…

BENGHAZI, 1 September 2011 (IRIN) - Recent fighting in Libya, especially in the capital Tripoli, has taken a toll on medical services with overstretched personnel working under very difficult conditions, and seriously ill and injured patients…