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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Qatar delivers 267 tons of humanitarian aid to Libya’s Storm Daniel hit areas in eight flights
Sep 25 Sami Zaptia

Qatar delivers 267 tons of humanitarian aid to Libya’s Storm Daniel hit areas in eight flights

The seventh and eighth Qatari planes from the Qatari air bridge arrived at Benghazi’s Benina International Airport Sunday to assist the Storm Daniel h...

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UAE’s Libya humanitarian air bridge delivers 622 tons in 28 flights benefiting 6,386 families stricken by Storm Daniel
Sep 25 Sami Zaptia

UAE’s Libya humanitarian air bridge delivers 622 tons in 28 flights benefiting 6,386 families stricken by Storm Daniel

The UAE humanitarian aid air bridge to Libya is continuing, according to Sultan Al Shamsi, UAE’s Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs for Development...

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Public Prosecutor orders pretrial detention of 16 officials complicit in Derna dams disaster
Sep 25 Sami Zaptia

Public Prosecutor orders pretrial detention of 16 officials complicit in Derna dams disaster

Libya’s Attorney General / Public Prosecutor’s Office announced today that it has ordered the pretrial detention of 16 officials responsible for manag...

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UNSMIL head Bathily calls on polarised Libyan political entities to follow their citizen’s lead by unifying post the Derna disaster
Sep 24 Sami Zaptia

UNSMIL head Bathily calls on polarised Libyan political entities to follow their citizen’s lead by unifying post the Derna disaster

UNSMIL head and Special Representative to the UN Secretary General, Abdoulaye Bathily, called yesterday on political institutions in the west and east...

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Eastern Libyan government calls for international reconstruction conference for Flood Daniel hit areas
Sep 24 Sami Zaptia

Eastern Libyan government calls for international reconstruction conference for Flood Daniel hit areas

The eastern-based Libyan government (not recognised internationally) called on Friday for an international conference for the reconstruction of Derna...

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Providing psychosocial support to the thousands affected by Storm Daniel is a priority: UN
Sep 22 Sami Zaptia

Providing psychosocial support to the thousands affected by Storm Daniel is a priority: UN

Providing psychosocial support to the thousands of people affected by Storm Daniel that hit eastern Libya 11 days ago is a priority, Georgette Gagnon,...

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Libya’s eastern government meets Egyptian companies to discuss post Storm Daniel reconstruction
Sep 22 Sami Zaptia

Libya’s eastern government meets Egyptian companies to discuss post Storm Daniel reconstruction

The Chairman of the Benghazi-based Reconstruction and Stabilisation Committee, Hatem Al-Araibi, together with the eastern-based (and internationally n...

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