Libya
The conflict in Libya may be over but civilians are still at risk. The country is littered with anti-personnel mines and explosive remnants of war (ERW) used during the conflict. Three Handicap International mine clearance teams…
Libya
In Brief The new school year officially started for more than 1.2 million children across Libya on 07 January 2012. The Ministry of Education and UNICEF organized a joint press conference in Al-Salam school in central Tripoli…
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The fighting in Libya is over but civilians are still at risk. Thousands of explosive weapons lie scattered across the country. Three Handicap International teams have now been deployed in Tripoli and Surt. They each consist…
Libya
DCA destroys 193 dangerous items in Dafnya Two DanChurchAid (DCA) teams conducted Battle Area Clearance (BAC) on the Misratah power line after a fatal accident involving an electric company worker. A total of 197,000 square meters were…
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When Ibrahim Zouka, director of Al Markaziya Middle School in Misrata, heard during last year’s conflict that Colonel Gaddafi’s military was on its way, he drove to the school and, with the help of a colleague,…
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DDG clears 120 ERW in Sirte After a week of training and “gearing” up, all Danish Demining Group (DDG) teams were eager to get dirty again and dispose of explosive remnants of war (ERW) in Sirte. Three teams…
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By Yosi Burckhardt TRIPOLI, Libya, 13 January 2012 – On 7 January, nearly a year after conflict broke out in Libya, more than 1.2 million children returned to school, many for the first time in many months. “I…
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Libya Holds Second National Mine/ERW Risk Education Workshop As 2011 came to an end, real progress on the national coordination of risk education (RE) for mine and other explosive remnants of war (ERW) in Libya seemed to…
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Reporting period: 23 November – 15 December Highlights: The Council of Ministers (CoM) of the transitional government has in its second meeting in late November identified ten priorities that will need to be addressed urgently. These include the…
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TRIPOLI/BENGHAZI, Libya, 6 January 2012 – More than 1.2 million children return to school in Libya on Saturday, 10 months after evacuating classrooms because of the fighting during the country’s popular uprising. The conflict took a heavy…
