34 Polish, Italian, Swiss, Spanish and Kuwaiti tourists arrive in Ghat for desert tour
Feb 23 Sami Zaptia

34 Polish, Italian, Swiss, Spanish and Kuwaiti tourists arrive in Ghat for desert tour

A group of 34 tourists from Poland, Italy, Switzerland, Spain and Kuwait arrived last Tuesday in the desert town of Ghat, the Tripoli based Libyan Min...

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Ghat flooding causes deaths and more than 1,000 displaced
Jun 5 Sami Zaptia

Ghat flooding causes deaths and more than 1,000 displaced

By Sami Zaptia.London, 5 June 2019:Torrential floods over the last two days in most of the Ghat Municipality have led to at least two deaths and the d...

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Power cuts and no doctor force Ghat maternity unit shutdown
Jul 15 Nigel Ash

Power cuts and no doctor force Ghat maternity unit shutdown

By Olfa Andolsi.Tunis, 15 July 2015:Pregnant woman in Ghat are having to travel 360 km to Obari to have their babies because the town’s maternity clin...

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May 29 Michel Cousins

One killed and four wounded in attack on south western border

By Libya Herald reporter.Ghat, 29 May 2017:One man has been shot dead and four of his relatives injured near Ghat in the far south-west of the country...

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Soaring temperatures, water and power cuts make for difficult Ramadan in Ghat
Jun 14 Michel Cousins

Soaring temperatures, water and power cuts make for difficult Ramadan in Ghat

By Mustafa Khalifa.Ghat, 14 June 2016:The border town of Ghat in the south west of the country is suffering the same problems as elsewhere in Libya –...

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Algeria sends 18 tonnes of medicals supplies to Ghat and Obari
Feb 4 Michel Cousins

Algeria sends 18 tonnes of medicals supplies to Ghat and Obari

By Mustafa Khalifa.Ghat, 4 February 2016:The Algerian government has sent 18 tonnes of medical aid to Ghat and Obari, and promises to send supplies of...

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Volunteers fix Ghat school because no one else will
Jan 29 Nigel Ash

Volunteers fix Ghat school because no one else will

By Mustafa Khalifa. Ghat, 29 January 2016:Young people in Ghat have been doing up a primary school where many had once been pupils and which for years...

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Jan 15 Michel Cousins

Ghat hospital in crisis as Korean doctors quit

By Mustafa Khalifa.Ghat squareGhat, 15 January 2016:Ghat general hospital, already in deep crisis because so many staff have left plus a shortage of m...

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Jan 1 Michel Cousins

Ghat refuses to give in: mini 'tourism' festival finally held

By Mustafa Khalifa.Ghat, 1 January 2016:A much slimmed-down one-day version of the annual Ghat international tourism festival has taken place despite...

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An open border at Ghat
Dec 20 Michel Cousins

An open border at Ghat

By Mustafa Khalifa.Ghat, 20 December 2015:The Algerian-Libyan border crossing near the desert oasis town of Ghat, in Libya’s deep south is officially...

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