The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Friday launched a “landmark” international collaboration to accelerate the development of Covid-19 health technologies. The new collaboration was launched at a virtual event co-hosted by WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, French President Emmanuel Macron, and …

Stephanie Williams, acting head of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), has expressed her grave concern over reports about the use of chemical weapons in the capital, Tripoli. “We have also referred this to the panel of experts who will be looking into it. So again, this is the very, very concerning report…

Libyans paid tribute to Dr. Sadeq Elhowsh, a Libyan doctor in Wales, who died from COVID-19 on Monday. Elhowsh, a long-serving orthopedic surgeon with St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals – NHS Trust, succumbed to the novel corona virus, after serving more than 17 years in the medical career. In two se…

 Fighting around Tripoli and insecurity in Libya have triggered food price hikes, prompting the United Nations and its humanitarian partners to renew appeals for a ceasefire, a UN spokesman said yesterday. “Our humanitarian colleagues warn that a cessation of hostilities is urgently required in the country,” …