Reports

Highlights Following UNHCR’s suspension of activities at the Gathering and Departure Facility (GDF), transfers of refugees and asylum-seekers to the urban community are ongoing. This week, some 300 individuals previously hosted at the GDF were transferred to…

Displacement Since the last update of IOM Libya’s Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) on 31 January 2019, the security situation in Abu Qurayn and surrounding areas reportedly remained tense. DTM identified an additional 153 internally displaced families (approximately…

During the last week, Cameroon and Mali experienced increased violence, while the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) expanded their operational range in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). In the Anglophone regions of Cameroon, both Ambazonian separatists…

1. OPERATIONAL CONTEXT Since 2014, armed conflict between the Government of National Accord (GNA) and the Libyan National Army (LNA), fuelled by the proliferation of non-state armed actors as well as growing foreign interference, has had an…

Tripoli (ICRC) – Civilians in Libya are suffering deeply from a war that is hitting neighborhoods, health facilities and schools. Daily life for many Libyans is marked by chronic fear and uncertainty as families find it…

Stop Use; Secure and Destroy Stocks (Beirut) – Forces affiliated with the Libyan National Army (LNA) used cluster munitions in a residential area in Tripoli on December 2, 2019, Human Rights Watch said today. The forces, under…

Ongoing hostilities in Libya have left numerous cities severely “re-contaminated” with unexploded ordnance, threatening schools, universities and hospitals, the UN Mine Action Service (UNMAS) said on Wednesday. The warning about hazardous military hardware - often referred to…

OVERVIEW This report presents the findings of DTM Round 28 (October - December 2019) data collection, in which at least 654,081 migrants from 40 countries of origin were identified in Libya. The majority of migrants identified (65%)…

Tripoli, 12 February 2020 – The Government of Japan has allocated half a million dollars to support UNICEF emergency assistance for vulnerable girls and boys affected by the prolonged conflict and displacement in western Libya. The…

SG/SM/19963 Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks at the African Union Peace and Security Council session on Libya and the Sahel, in Addis Ababa today: Je remercie le Conseil de paix et de sécurité de l’Union africaine…