Posts in Libya

A Month in Focus - February 2012

16.02.2012

 

Neglected Victims of the War in Libya - Abdul

Abdul, 23, left Ivory Coast in 2008. Before the war broke out, he spent months in Libyan prison. He is now in the Shousha refugee camp.

Abdul from Ivory Coast

Neglected Victims of the War in Libya - Mouhaydin

Mouhaydin, 27, from Somalia, was working as a labourer and a cleaner in Libya. He arrived in Shousha in March. His wife died after embarking on a boat to Europe.

Mouhaydin from Somalia

Neglected Victims of the War in Libya - Emmanuel and Jacob

Emmanuel, 15, and Jacob, three, from Nigeria, lost their mother after a boat capsized on its way to Italy.

Emmanuel and Jacob from Nigeria

A Nurse's Letter from Libya

10.05.2011

12th May 2011 is International Nurses Day.  But do we really need another world day?This letter is from...

 

Libya

21.04.2011

From the
onset of violence in Libya this year, MSF’s priority has been to access areas
with the largest needs.

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Libya

21.04.2011

From the onset of violence in Libya
this year, MSF’s priority has been to access areas with the largest needs.

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Libya: Footage from Libyan/Tunisian border

02.03.2011

 

Libya: Detainees tortured and denied medical care

26.01.2012

Detainees in the Libyan city of Misrata are being tortured and denied urgent medical care, leading the international medical humanitarian...

MSF team operating in Misrata, Libya in 2011

Libya: Medical Facilities in Sirte must be respected

20.10.2011

The warring parties in Libya have been called on to immediately halt all attacks on, and intrusions into, medical facilities in the town...

MSF medical staff working alongside Libyan staff

Libya: "in Sirte there are probably 10,000 people still trapped by fighting"

14.10.2011

In this interview conducted on 13th October 2011, Dr Gabriele Rossi, MSF emergency coordinator, describes a very serious situation in...

MSF staff conduct ward rounds in Misrata

Libya: Providing urgent medical care in Sirte

04.10.2011

After ten days of repeated attempts, MSF finally managed to deliver medicines and medical supplies yesterday to the town of Sirte, which is...

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Libya: Medical situation improving as MSF expands support

09.09.2011

Latest updates from MSF's work in cities and towns across Libya.  TripoliImproving medical situation...

An surgeon checks on a patient at the Ben Ashour clinic in Tripoli, Libya

Libya: Migrants trapped in Tripoli need aid and protection

31.08.2011

Hundreds of
vulnerable migrants and refugees in Tripoli are living in appalling conditions
without proper medical care or security, according to...

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Libya: MSF scales up medical aid in Tripoli amid shocking scenes in hospitals

29.08.2011

The situation remains very tense in Tripoli despite the fact that more areas of the city are becoming accessible to medical aid.

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Libya: "Almost all of the hospital are receiving wounded"

25.08.2011

A three-person Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders(MSF) team is
currently in Tripoli
with supplies and is...

In Misrata, MSF are supporting Libyan medics in trauma surgery

Libya: Tripoli hospitals struggle with casualty numbers

25.08.2011

Jonathan Whittal, MSF Emergency Coordinator in Tripoli was interviewed live on Morning Ireland today, 25 August.  He...

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Libya: MSF preparing to send staff and supplies to Tripoli

22.08.2011

Médecins Sans Frontières is getting ready to expand its medical response in western Libya to meet urgent humanitarian needs.  Preparations...

Surgery on a war-wounded patient in Misara, Libya

Libya: Treating direct and indirect victims of war

16.08.2011

It is more than five months since the beginning of the Libyan conflict.

An MSF medic attends to a baby in a neonatal intensive care unit in Libya

Libya: Psychological care in Misrata

15.07.2011

Médecins Sans Frontières MSF (Doctors Without Borders) has helped established a network of 30 local psychologists as part of its medical support...

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Trapped in Conflict - The Neglected Victims of the War in Libya

01.07.2011

As fighting continues to force civilians out of Libya, the international medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors...

Shousha Camp Tunisia, a woman and girl walking

Libya: Trauma surgery in Misrata

21.06.2011

A semblance of normality has returned to the port city of Misrata in western Libya.

MSF is providing trauma surgery and training in Libya

Tunisia: No safe haven for refugees fleeing Libya

26.05.2011

As violence escalates in a refugee camp on the Tunisia-Libya border MSF is alarmed about the situation of refugees stranded in temporary camps and...

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Europe must accept the boat people fleeing Libya

19.05.2011

MSF criticises inconsistent European policies claiming to protect
civilians by engaging in a war while closing its borders to them 

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Libya: Providing medical and surgical treatment to the wounded in Misrata

06.05.2011

As the bombings continue, MSF teams are ramping up their medical activities and performing surgeries in the northern part of the besieged city of...

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Drastic improvement needed in conditions for refugees, asylum seekers and migrants fleeing North Africa

03.05.2011

Almost 2,000 migrants escaping the Libyan conflict land on the Italian island of Lampedusa over the weekend.

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Libya: MSF carries out second boat evacuation of war wounded

18.04.2011

MSF carries out second medical evacuation by sea from embattled city; migrant encampment assessed.

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Libya: "There’s a boy, a child of 13, with horrific burns to his face from the explosion of a petrol bomb"

08.04.2011

MSF nurse, Alison Criado-Perez, describes the rescue effort to evacuate 71 war wounded patients from Libya by boat to Tunisia.

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Libya: "There were sick people who needed to get out, and we got them out. Job done."

05.04.2011

Interview with Annas Alamudi, MSF Logistician and a member of the boat evacuation team

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Libya: Successful boat evacuation of more than 70 war wounded patients

04.04.2011

The international medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders(MSF) evacuated 71 patients by boat on Sunday...

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Libya: From uprising, to conflict, to international war

22.03.2011

On 15th March MSF teams left Benghazi
due to increased insecurity.

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Libya Update: No access to casualties caught in the conflict

15.03.2011

As fighting in eastern Libya once again escalates, MSF sees itself forced to withdraw its staff from Benghazi. The teams have moved to Alexandria...

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Libya: MSF calls for unhindered access as concerns rise for wounded

14.03.2011

As conflict intensifies inside Libya, MSF is extremely concerned with the situation of the wounded caught in the middle of violent clashes, and...

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Libya Update: Medical Supply Lifeline

10.03.2011

MSF teams in Benghazi and on the Tunisian-border are still working to access areas of Western Libya, where medical needs are reportedly critical...

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Libya: "We can't get in and the wounded can't get out"

07.03.2011

Interview with Ivan Gayton, MSF emergency coordinator in Ras Ajdir on the Tunisia-Libya border...

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Libya: Aid Blocked to Violence-Affected areas

03.03.2011

MSF is demanding that parties involved in the conflict in Libya grant it access to violence-affected areas, including the dispatch of humanitarian...

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Libya: Interview with MSF Coordinator in Benghazi

01.03.2011

Simon Burroughs is MSF's Field Coordinator in Libya.  In this short interview today, 1st March, he describes the situation he and his team...

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Libya: First evaluation of medical facilities in Benghazi

26.02.2011

The first MSF team reached Benghazi Friday evening. Three medical facilities were visited: Al Jalaa hospital, Al Hawari hospital and Benghazi...

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Libya: Urgent Priority must be given to Doctors and Medical supplies

25.02.2011

While an MSF team inside Libya attempts to reach health facilities with high numbers of injured people, additional MSF teams bringing medical...

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Libya: MSF teams trying to reach worst affected areas

24.02.2011

An MSF team of six has crossed the border from Egypt into Eastern Libya with a truckload of medicines and medical materials.

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MSF responds to unrest in Middle East

22.02.2011

As civil unrest leads to violent clashes in a number of countries in the Middle Eastern and Mediterranean region, emergency staff from...

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