Rapports

RAS AJDIR, 18 March 2011 (IRIN) - While the UN has just backed a no-fly zone over Libya and "all necessary measures" short of an invasion "to protect civilians and civilian-populated areas", humanitarian agencies just across the border in…

Mar 18, 2011 - 01:00 - RAS GADIR, TUNISIA: An aircraft carrying 40 tonnes of humanitarian aid from the UAE has arrived in Garba Airport, Tunisia. The planeload which consists of medicines, medical material, food stuff and tents, is part…

Author: Micah Zenko, Fellow for Conflict Prevention March 18, 2011 Foreign Policy As the United States, France, and Britain take the plunge into Libya's internal conflict, we need to be very careful about understanding what the objectives really are. Proponents of intervention offer…

Amnesty International has today urged all parties to make the protection of civilians in Libya their top priority, after the passing of UN Security Council Resolution 1973 paved the way for possible military action by international forces. "While we welcome…

U.N. Security Council approves military action * Gaddafi says no mercy for Benghazi * Fighting rages along road to rebel stronghold * U.S. official says pro-Gaddafi forces made big strides (Updates with reaction) By Maria Golovnina and Patrick Worsnip TRIPOLI/UNITED NATIONS, March 17 (Reuters) - The…

7 March 2011 - The Security Council today effectively authorized the use of force in Libya to protect civilians from attack, specifically in the eastern city of Benghazi, which Colonel Muammar Al-Qadhafi has reportedly said he will storm tonight to…

RAS JEDIR - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has stepped up assistance to people fleeing the violence in Libya with the provision of more than 15,000 daily hot meals cooked in a transit camp along the Libyan…

Introduction Increasing and widespread use of explosive weapons in Libya's urban areas is having a devastating impact. In addition to a growing number of civilian casualties, shelling and aerial bombardment by both Libyan and rebel forces are damaging infrastructure, civilian…

By Gihan Hassanein in Tunisia Every day, there are new arrivals at Shousha camp on the Tunisian-Libyan border, but on 12 March, the camp welcomed someone special: baby Qamar. Qamar was born at 9.30 in the morning in the Moroccan military…

Selah Hennessy | London March 17, 2011 The European Union is urging member countries to prepare for a possible exodus of refugees from Libya as forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi close in on rebel strongholds. The EU's humanitarian…