Reports

Unexploded Ordnance in Libya Claims Another Victim In the past week, one incident involving to unexploded ordnance (UXO) was reported in Libya, resulting in one fatality. The incident occurred in Misrata and Initial reports suggest that a…

TRIPOLI, 1 May 2012 (IRIN) - Six months after an uprising brought down Muammar Gaddafi's government, thousands of displaced Libyans are still living in abandoned construction sites, empty student dormitories or with host families, too afraid…

Compelled to help those on the frontlines of the Libyan conflict, Igbal, a mother of four, created For Our Country, an association run by local women who delivered care packages and food to fighters. Igbal herself…

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Libya (SRSG), Mr. Ian Martin, visited Zuwara, al-Jumail and Regdalin on 25 April 2012, where he met with their respective local and military councils, and members of civil society. Discussions…

By Rebecca Murray KUFRA, Libya, Apr 28, 2012 (IPS) - The recent outbreak of violence between the largely segregated Zwai and Tabu tribes in Libya’s remote, Saharan town of Kufra shattered the uneasy calm that held since…

Number of UXO-Related Accidents Continues to Rise in Libya In the past week, two accidents related to unexploded ordnance (UXO) were reported in Libya, including two fatalities. The first involved three male victims who had been working…

UNSMIL welcomes today's announcement by the High National Election Commission (HNEC) on the date of voters' registration as well as the registration of candidates/entities which are both scheduled to start on 1 May, 2012. Voters' registration is…

Göttingen, 24. April 2012 After new armed conflicts in southeastern Libya, the Society for Threatened Peoples (STP), asks the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navanethem Pillay, to campaign for a better protection of the distressed…

Since the end of February 2011, 790,000 migrant workers and their families have crossed the Libyan border into other countries to escape the conflict and ongoing violence in Libya. Although migration crises of this kind are…

By Yosi Echeverry Burckhardt NAFUSA MOUNTAINS, Libya, 23 April 2012 – “I didn’t feel anything when it happened,” said 9-year old Mahmoud from Zintan, in the Nafusa Mountains, describing the day his right hand was lost and…