Jun 25 Newsdesk1

HRW reports overcrowding and abuse at detention centres, calls on EU and Italy to stop funding until situation improves

By Libya Herald staff. Overcrowding at a migrant detention centre (Photo: Ministry of Interior)Tripoli 25 June 2014:Human Rights Watch (HRW) has lashe...

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ICRC suspending operations but “not abandoning Libya”
Jun 7 Emad

ICRC suspending operations but “not abandoning Libya”

By Libya Herald staff.Tripoli, 7 June 2014:The International Committee of the Red Cross has announced the suspension of its operations and movements i...

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Nov 17 thomwestcott

Italy offers treatment for Gharghour wounded

By Tom Westcott.Tripoli, 17 November 2013:Italy has offered medical treatment in a top hospital in Rome for Libyans injured in Friday night’s bloody c...

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Jul 23 thomwestcott

New forensic centre to help identify missing persons

By Houda Mzioudet.Tripoli, 23 July 2013:The ongoing drive to identify nameless bodies from both the revolution and the Qaddafi era is getting a boost...

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British Minister in Tripoli
Apr 15 thomwestcott

British Minister in Tripoli

Minister of State in the Department for International Development, Alan Duncan (Photo: AlanDuncan.org)The UK's Minister of State for International Dev...

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Italian fire-fighting planes help extinguish major forest blaze
Apr 7 Nigel Ash

Italian fire-fighting planes help extinguish major forest blaze

By Nigel AshTripoli 7 April 2013:Italian firefighting planes flew in today to help douse a forest fire that threatened to engulf an extensive wooded a...

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Korea gifts Libya DNA test laboratory, vehicles and training worth US$ 7 million
Mar 5 Sami Zaptia

Korea gifts Libya DNA test laboratory, vehicles and training worth US$ 7 million

By Sami Zaptia.Tripoli, 5 March 2013:At a handing-over ceremony on Sunday (3rd March), the Korean government presented Libya’s Ministry of Martyrs and...

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EU gives €25 million for schools, health and law
Dec 21 thomwestcott

EU gives €25 million for schools, health and law

Tripoli, 21 December:The European Commission has announced a €25 million package to support Libya’s transition, with a focus on education, healthcare,...

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Australian held following alleged rape case linked to Deputy Health Minister
Sep 28 George Grant

Australian held following alleged rape case linked to Deputy Health Minister

Tripoli, 28 September:An Australian aid worker living in Libya has been arrested by the Libyan authorities following an alleged sexual offence said to...

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Apr 26 Sami Zaptia

Canada makes largest donation to help in destruction of Libyan chemical weapons

Tripoli, April 26:Canada has made a voluntary contribution to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) of 6 million Canadian do...

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