Posts in Tunisia

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: Footage from Libyan/Tunisian border

02.03.2011

 

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

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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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 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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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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