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More than 1,220 Sub-Saharan Africans evacuated from the southern Libyan city of Sebha just over two weeks ago have now safely arrived in Chad after a long and arduous journey south. The migrants had travelled in a…
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Highlights As of 7 October, a total of 721,772 migrants crossed Libya’s borders.* This figure includes 311,770 TCNs, which represent 43% of total crossings. Movements still continue, with another 11,584 migrants (553 TCNs) crossing the borders to…
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Overview In February 2011, civil unrest in Libya rapidly evolved into an armed conflict between the Pro-Gaddafi Forces and the rebels of the National Transitional Council (NTC) with air support from NATO forces. Seven months later, at…
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GA/SHC/4015 Sixty-sixth General Assembly Third Committee 23rd & 24th Meetings (AM & PM) UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Presents Report on Work in Past Year; Also Hears from UN Experts on Myanmar, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Iran Recent events…
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Facts & figures (as of 14 October 2011) - Displaced from the besieged town of Sire: 18,000, including women, children and elderly people (ICRC) - Displaced Tawarghas (minority, pro-Gadaffi group): 25,000 - Total humanitarian and civil protection funding to…
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MISRATA/PARIS, OCTOBER 19, 2011 -- The international medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières MSF (Doctors Without Borders) today called on the warring parties in Libya to immediately halt all attacks on and intrusions into medical facilities…
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By Guy Hubbard AJDABIYA, Libya, 17 October 2011 – Burnt out tanks, armoured cars and spent ammunition shells line the road between Benghazi and Ajdabiya, an apocalyptic landscape left by the vicious battles that took place here…
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Arms trade to Middle East and North Africa shows failure of export controls The USA, Russia and European countries supplied large quantities of weapons to repressive governments in the Middle East and North Africa before this year’s…
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The UN Human Rights office estimates as many as 7,000 people are being held in detention in Libya presenting the interim administration with one of its most pressing and complex challenges. This assessment from Mona Rishmawi,…
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By Mary Beth Sheridan, Published: October 16 SIRTE, Libya — Amid a raging battle for this last major Gaddafi stronghold, humanitarian groups in recent days have discovered a tableau of horror in the city’s main hospital. More than…
