Tag Archives: Children

On Friday, the border patrol of the Coast Guard rescued 110 illegal immigrants of African nationalities off the coast of Khoms. Among those rescued were 25 women and 7 children. The International Medical Corps have provided assistance to the immigrants and they were received by the Center for the shelter …

  On Sunday, UNICEF’s Special Representative for Libya, AbdelRahman Ghandour, said that preventing the arrival of water to the capital Tripoli and coastal cities is affecting 600,000 children.   According to UNICEF’s Facebook page, Ghandour stated that more than 2 million people are suffering from lack of water provided by …

(Author: Libyan Gazette Editorial Staff) Photo retrieved from www.rand.org A report released by the United Nations on Monday said that an alarming 279,000 children were prevented by the ongoing conflict in Libya from going to school. The UN’s office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said the data obtained …

  (Author: Libyan Gazette Editorial Staff) General Khalifa Haftar’s Operation Volcano forces carried out airstrikes on Thursday in civilian populated area in the coastal city of Derna which killed three people, a mother and her two children, and wounded seven. While the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) has spent …

(Republished from www.childrenandarmedconflict.un.org) Tunis/New York–Municipal leaders in Libya are taking action to better protect children from the impact of armed conflict. In February, the Municipal Council of Al Zintan, a city located about 130 km southwest of Tripoli, and one of the largest in the region, agreed to work with …