Tripoli-Presidency Council Deputy Abdul Salam Kajman has issued instructions for healthcare professionals on the frontline in combat of CoronaVirus to be granted bonus, and to fast track Council’s decision No. 885 of 2019 to increase their pay. This ca…Read More →
Tripoli- Libya has concluded a contract to purchase 2.8 million shots of COVID-19 vaccination. Member of the Consultative Committee on COVID-19 said in press statement that Libya purchased the vaccine and expected arrival date would be in the Spring. Source: Libya News AgencyRead More →
Tripoli– The National Disease Control Centre (NDCC) has issued a daily CoronaVirus update in Libya for Saturday Jan.2. The NDCC said it received 4697 samples for PCR testing, 4027 have turned out to be negative, and 670 positive. The NDCC Communication Committee said the Centre has recorded 1129 recoveries andRead More →
Two French soldiers were killed Saturday when their vehicle hit an improvised explosive device in northeastern Mali, just days after three others died in similar fashion, the French presidency announced. President Emmanuel Macron “learned with great sadness” of the deaths of Sergeant Yvonne Huynh and Brigadier Loic Risser in theRead More →
Ethiopian security forces killed more than 75 people and injured nearly 200 during deadly ethnic unrest in June and July following the killing of a popular singer, the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission said Friday. The commission’s report said 123 people in all were killed and at least 500 injured amidRead More →
Ethiopia’s state-appointed human rights commission said Friday that security forces killed at least 76 people and wounded nearly 200 during violent unrest in June and July that followed the killing of a popular singer. The commission also detailed brutality by civilians involved in the clashes, saying some attackers decapitated andRead More →
Tripoli- – The National Disease Control Centre (NDCC) has issued a daily CoronaVirus update in Libya for Wednesday Dec.30. The NDCC said it received 2868 samples for PCR testing, 2526 have turned out to be negative, and 342 positive. The NDCC Communication Committee said the Centre has recorded 834 recoveriesRead More →
Highlights In 2021, UNHCR will work to maintain the same levels of responsiveness, adaptability and flexibility in response to COVID-19, whilst strengthening resilience as staff and people of concern adjust to living and working with COVID-19 in the medium term. UNHCR published a supplementary appealto respond to these needs. In aRead More →
GENEVA – U.N. agencies are rushing emergency aid to thousands of victims of Cyclone Gati, the most powerful tropical storm ever to hit Somalia. Somalia has experienced 15 tropical storms, cyclones and flash floods over the last three-and-a-half decades but has never seen anything like Cyclone Gati. The storm madeRead More →
JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN – Three U.N. organizations are calling for immediate humanitarian access to parts of Pibor County in South Sudan’s Jonglei state, where people have run out of food and are facing catastrophic levels of hunger, according to a report on food insecurity in the country. The Integrated FoodRead More →