Reports

The international community must immediately step up humanitarian aid to the Libyan city of Misratah, Amnesty International said today, as many of its residents remained without communications, electricity and water supplies. The city has been besieged for…

ROME – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has started moving food assistance through a new humanitarian corridor into western Libya to reach areas heavily affected by the fighting for the first time since violence…

18 Apr 2011 21:17 TUNIS, April 18 (Reuters) - Some 11,000 Libyans have fled a remote and mountainous western region, where government forces are fighting rebels, and crossed into Tunisia over the last week, Tunisia's state TAP…

Britain is to help 5,000 people trapped in Misurata escape the besieged city and will provide vital medical assistance to those who remain in towns across western Libya. International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell made the announcement from…

Benghazi/Geneva (ICRC) – A total of 618 foreign nationals were evacuated today by sea from the city of Misrata, in western Libya, by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) with support from the Libyan…

18 April 2011 – United Nations envoys visiting Libya have reached an agreement with the authorities on setting up a humanitarian presence in the capital, Tripoli, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today, while once again calling for…

Rebels say government forces bombard residential areas Gaddafi forces use indiscriminate shelling - rights group Nearly 1,000 migrants taken off by rescue ship by Mariam Karouny BEIRUT, April 18 (Reuters) - Forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi bombarded Misrata with rockets…

London, UK, April 18, 2011 -- Fourteen humanitarian and human rights organisations have this week called on the states implementing the “no-fly zone” in Libya to commit to recording and reporting on civilian casualties in that…

18.04.2011: DanChurchAid/ACT Alliance is ready to clear the life-threatening remains of the war in Libya. Mine clearance specialists expect to start working next week ”The sooner we start working, the more human lives we can save”. This is…