Ministry of Local Government signs MoU with Spanish NGO Remar to establish and manage hospital
Oct 7 Sami Zaptia

Ministry of Local Government signs MoU with Spanish NGO Remar to establish and manage hospital

The Ministry of Local Government reported that the head of the Tripoli-based Libyan Government Team for Emergency and Rapid Response - the Minister of...

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More aid to help Libya in Storm Daniel recovery from OPEC Fund and Indonesia
Oct 5 Sami Zaptia

More aid to help Libya in Storm Daniel recovery from OPEC Fund and Indonesia

More direct and indirect aid arrived or was pledged to help Libya in its post-Storm Daiel disaster recovery. The OPEC Fund for International Developme...

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More humanitarian aid arrives in eastern Libya from Canada, Turkey, Qatar and Kuwait - to help in post Storm Daniel efforts
Oct 3 Sami Zaptia

More humanitarian aid arrives in eastern Libya from Canada, Turkey, Qatar and Kuwait - to help in post Storm Daniel efforts

International humanitarian aid continues to arrive in Libya over 20 days after the 10 September Storm Daniel devastated Derna and to a lesser extent p...

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Flood Daniel: International rescue teams begin to phase out, humanitarian response scaling up says OCHA report
Oct 1 Sami Zaptia

Flood Daniel: International rescue teams begin to phase out, humanitarian response scaling up says OCHA report

In its latest update (23 to 28 September) on the humanitarian response to the Flood Daniel disaster in eastern Libya, the UN Office for the Coordinati...

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Spanish epidemiologists and water specialists arrive in east Libya to help with post-Storm Daniel recovery
Sep 28 Sami Zaptia

Spanish epidemiologists and water specialists arrive in east Libya to help with post-Storm Daniel recovery

Libya’s Emergency Medicine and Support Centre (EMSC) announced today that a Spanish team specializing in epidemiology and water analysis and technolog...

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Russian rescuers end mission in Libya: Russian Foreign Ministry
Sep 28 Sami Zaptia

Russian rescuers end mission in Libya: Russian Foreign Ministry

Russia’s Foreign Ministry’s Official Spokeswoman, Maria Zakharova, said during her routine press conference yesterday that her country’s rescuers are...

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Switzerland offers extra CHF 1 million for Libyan flood effort
Sep 27 Sami Zaptia

Switzerland offers extra CHF 1 million for Libyan flood effort

The Swiss Foreign Ministry announced that its Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) will offer an extra CHF 1.1 million in humanitarian a...

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Sweden providing initial US$ 1.35 million to Libya’s Storm Daniel humanitarian efforts
Sep 27 Sami Zaptia

Sweden providing initial US$ 1.35 million to Libya’s Storm Daniel humanitarian efforts

The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) is providing initial support of 15 million Swedish Krona (SEK) (US$ 1.35 million) for...

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Italian Cabinet gives green light for a state of emergency to intervene in Libya, allocates € 5 million
Sep 26 Sami Zaptia

Italian Cabinet gives green light for a state of emergency to intervene in Libya, allocates € 5 million

The Italian Cabinet decided today to declare a state of emergency for “intervention abroad” for a period of six months. This decision will allow it to...

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Jordan sends third humanitarian relief plane to aid in Libya Storm Daniel disaster
Sep 26 Sami Zaptia

Jordan sends third humanitarian relief plane to aid in Libya Storm Daniel disaster

The Jordanian Hashemite Charitable Organization (JHCO) prepared and operated a third humanitarian and relief aid plane to Libya yesterday to assist in...

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