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Libya: UN Ramping Up Aid Efforts Amid Deepening Crisis
UN News, 8 October 2014
The United Nations humanitarian wing said today it will need an estimated $35 million in additional funding to continue helping hundreds of thousands of people affected by the… Read more »
UN Ramping Up Libya Aid Efforts Amid Crisis
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs is appealing for additional funding to continue helping hundreds of thousands of people affected by the ongoing crisis in the country.
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Libya: UN Envoy for Libya Warns Against Daesh Activities in Country
Algerie Presse Service, 8 October 2014
United Nations Envoy for Libya Bernardino Leon said that the self-proclaimed Islamic State organization (Daesh) is already operating in the North African country, which is plagued… Read more »
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Libya: Islamist Violence Rocks Derna
Magharebia, 30 September 2014
Fresh clashes erupted between rival Islamist militias in Derna last week, leaving as many as 12 Libyans dead and four wounded. Read more »
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Libya: Libya Islamists Reject Dialogue
Magharebia, 1 October 2014
Islamist militias in control of Libya's largest cities on Tuesday (September 30th) denounced UN-brokered talks aimed at ending a split that has crippled the country, AFP reported. Read more »
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Libya: Libya Aid Push Constrained By Insecurity
UNIRIN, 1 October 2014
A wave of violence between militia groups vying for power is sweeping across parts of Libya, prompting international organizations to put forth an ambitious plan to provide… Read more »
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Libya: Displaced Receive Emergency Aid
VOA, 22 September 2014
A U.N. truck convoy carrying emergency supplies for nearly seven-thousand displaced people arrived Monday in western Libya. The number of displaced is growing as fighting between… Read more »
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Tunisia: Plan to Create Tunisian-Libyan Independent Body of Humanitarian Relief, Crisis Management
Tunis Afrique Presse, 8 September 2014
A project to create a Tunisian-Libyan independent humanitarian relief and crisis management body was launched Sunday in Djerba by the Tunisian and Libyan civil society. Read more »
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Libya: ICRC and Libyan Red Crescent Deliver Urgently Needed Medical Aid
PR Newswire, 16 September 2014
Urgently needed medical supplies today reached Al-Zahra hospital in Warshefana, on the outskirts of Tripoli, in an operation carried out by the International Committee of the Red… Read more »
InFocus
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Political dialogue aimed at resolving the crisis in the country - in which more than 300,000 people are displaced, and airports, government buildings and other vital infrastructure ... Read more »
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France has warned that the country is becoming a terrorist hub and called for international action to end the chaos. Read more »
