Aug 21 Sami Zaptia

EU co-launches AMAL mental health service in Libya

By Sami Zaptia.(Photo: EU Delegation).London, 21 August 2019:The EU co-launched a three-year project entitled “Action for Mental Health Assistance in...

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Fifty tonnes of ammunition destroyed in Misrata
Dec 14 thomwestcott

Fifty tonnes of ammunition destroyed in Misrata

Tripoli, 14 December 2013:Fifty tonnes of ammunition has been destroyed in one of the largest ever controlled demolitions in Libya.Organised by intern...

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Funding deficit to halt clearance of unsafe Misrata ammunition stores
Aug 30 thomwestcott

Funding deficit to halt clearance of unsafe Misrata ammunition stores

Tripoli, 30 August 2013:The clearance of ammunition and weapons from 43 unsafe concrete bunkers in an area badly damaged by NATO bombs in 2011 is bein...

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Clearance of unexploded ordnance makes Libyan cities safer
Aug 9 thomwestcott

Clearance of unexploded ordnance makes Libyan cities safer

Tripoli, 9 August 2013:Three Libyan towns and cities have been made safer for residents after 100,000 items of unexploded ordnance (UXO) dating from t...

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4,500 weapons destroyed in controlled demolition
Mar 12 thomwestcott

4,500 weapons destroyed in controlled demolition

Tripoli, 12 March 2013:Weapons and explosive remnants of war collected by clearance agencies over the last year have been destroyed in a controlled de...

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Mar 7 Michel Cousins

Bomb found at Sirte hospital

By Ashraf Abdul Wahab.Tripoli 7 March 2013:A large nail bomb full was found yesterday morning against a wall of the Ibn SIna Hospital in Sirte.  On di...

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More school support to keep children safe from weapons and mines
Mar 6 thomwestcott

More school support to keep children safe from weapons and mines

Tripoli, 6 March 2013:More teachers will be trained in an education programme to help keep Libyan children safe from the dangers still posed by mines,...

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Unexploded Scud destroyed near Sirte
Dec 13 tomlittle

Unexploded Scud destroyed near Sirte

Tripoli, 13 December:Ordnance experts destroyed a Scud missile warhead near Sirte today after it had lain inactive for nearly 17 months.The missile, t...

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National Army produces its first explosive ordinance disposal experts
Dec 9 George Grant

National Army produces its first explosive ordinance disposal experts

By George Grant.Tripoli, 9 December:The first soldiers ever to be trained in explosive ordinance disposal inside Libya graduated today, at a high-prof...

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Over nine tons of explosive remnants of war go up in smoke in Misrata
Nov 17 George Grant

Over nine tons of explosive remnants of war go up in smoke in Misrata

By Hadi Fornaji.Tripoli, 17 November:The international aid organisation Handicap International has destroyed over 5,500 pieces of unexploded ordnance...

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