Month: February 2025

 Facilitated by UNSMIL, the Advisory Committee concluded its inaugural two-day meeting in Tripoli. Participants engaged in productive discussions on the committee's rules of procedures and workplan including plans for the second meeting next week. They also held a structured discussion on the main contentious issues within the existing electoral framework. UNSMIL Deputy Special Representative Stephanie Koury emphasized that the Advisory Committee, a crucial component of the intra-Libyan political process, is […]

 In the face of the ongoing Marburg Virus Disease (MVD) outbreak in Kagera, Tanzania, frontline health workers and local communities have received vital support from the World Health Organization (WHO) and partners through the provision of over 3 tons of essential medical supplies, including Viral Hemorrhagic Fever (VHF) kits, ultrasound machines, blood pressure cuffs, pulse oximeters, and equipment worth 30,000USD to help care for ill patients. The kits, containing essential […]

 On February 9, 2025, Ambassador Zhao Weiping sent a letter on the passing of H.E. Dr. Sam Shafiishuna Nujoma, the Founding President of the Republic of Namibia and Founding Father of the Namibian Nation, to Hon. Utoni Nujoma, the eldest son of President Nujoma and Minister of Labour, Industrial Relations and Employment Creation, and expressed his deep condolences. Ambassador Zhao said that President Nujoma was an all-weather friend of the Chinese people, who laid a […]

 The IFRC is deeply saddened by the death of Sudanese Red Crescent Society (SRCS) volunteer, Iman Abbas.   On 1 February, she was killed while participating in a SRCS cleaning campaign at the Sabreen open market in Omdurman, which was struck by artillery shelling.   The IFRC sends its deepest condolences to Iman's family, her SRCS colleagues and loved ones.   In 2024, 32 of our IFRC network volunteers and staff died or […]

 Nineteen bodies were discovered in Jakharrah, around 400 km south of the coastal city of Benghazi, while at least 30 more were found in a mass grave in the Alkufra desert in the southeast. It is believed the second grave may contain as many as 70 bodies. It is not yet known how the people died nor their nationalities, although IOM confirmed that some had been found with gunshot wounds. “The loss […]