Reports

By Joe Lowry, Ras Jdir The crowd pressed against the border fence is a 500-metre deep wall of people. People are getting through in ones and twos. Four teams of Tunisian Red Crescent stretcher bearers are on high alert, metres…

By Joe Lowry, Ras Jdir, Tunisia As the sun set pandemonium broke out. Stuck for hours at the Libya/Tunisia border, the crowd started to surge. Thousands had already passed through but thousands more remained in the no-man's land between the…

KEY DEVELOPMENTS - The situation in Libya remains tense, with continued reports of gunfire and violence in the capital city of Tripoli andother western towns. Eastern areas of the country remain under the control of armed protesters, with no clashesreported…

In the midst of ongoing violence, the humanitarian situation in Libya is growing more acute. Restricted access and limited information pose distinct challenges, but the United States is actively responding and stands prepared to assist Libya's people through this…

The World Health Organization, through its Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, continues its efforts to provide humanitarian relief and health support to people affected by the current intensifying events in a number of countries of the Region, especially the…

Italian health minister flies to Copenhagen to discuss contingency plans Copenhagen, 28 February 2011 The crisis is evolving quickly, and the Minister of Health for Italy, Professor Ferruccio Fazio, was in Copenhagen on Sunday, 27 February 2011 to discuss with the…

Rome 28 February 2011 In response to the crisis under way in Libya, Minister for Foreign Affairs Franco Frattini has asked the Italian Cooperation to make 20 anti-trauma medical kits available to the World Health Organization (WHO) providing humanitarian assistance…

February 28, 2011, Los Angeles, Calif. International Medical Corps' emergency response team has reached Benghazi, Libya and is assessing needs of those affected by the violence as well as health structures serving the local population. The team is providing emergency…

Feb 27 (Reuters) - Here are details of some of the protests against authoritarian leaders which have already deposed the presidents of Tunisia and Egypt and shaken the Arab world. LIBYA -- Armed rebels opposed to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi…

RAS JDIR, Tunisia, Feb 27 (KUNA) -- A Kuwaiti Red Crescent mission arrived in Ras Jdir crossing point between Libya and Tunisia Sunday and delivered emergency medical and humanitarian supplies to the Tunisian Red Crescent which receives Libyans and…