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4 March 2011United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon convened a meeting of UN agencies and regional organizations to discuss a coordinated approach to the humanitarian situation in and around Libya. He intends to appoint a special envoy responsible for coordinating the relief effort. On 3 March 2011, several... -
3 March 2011In eastern Libya, reports were received of Government forces launching air attacks against opposition-held areas. The humanitarian impact of the attacks remains unclear. A United Nations joint rapid assessment mission, led by OCHA, is currently in eastern Libya proceeding to Benghazi to assess humanitarian... -
2 March 2011According to new estimates, up to 147,000 people have now fled Libya to Egypt, Tunisia and Niger. More than 25,000 people have reportedly crossed from Libya into Tunisia over the past two days, but thousands of people remain stuck on the Libyan side of the border, not allowed to cross and stranded without... -
1 March 2011The situation in western Libya, which is still controlled by the Government, remains tense. The Libyan Government continues to have a strong grip on the capital Tripoli. Several cities, including Tripoli, have become the theatre of confrontations, as tribes have joined the uprising. At this time,... -
24 February 2011On 18 February 2011, the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) transported 93 Ivorian refugees from Liberia’s border villages to a refugee camp in Bahn, Nimba County. The mayor of Bahn welcomed the five-truck convoy, marking the first wave of a project that plans to relocate 15,000 refugees over the...
