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Libya’s “growing” drugs/HIV problem

TRIPOLI, 17 June 2013 (IRIN) - Doctors in Libya say they are seeing a “growing” number of patients with drug problems and a corresponding risk of HIV infection, in a post-Gaddafi era marked by limited law enforcement and government capacity. full report

Syrians seeking refuge in Libya

 MISRATA, 23 May 2013 (IRIN) - Two years ago Syrians in the relative security of their own country watched the unfolding crisis in Libya descend into a devastating civil war. full report

Libyans in North Africa scared to return home

 CAIRO, 16 May 2013 (IRIN) - Until government and revolutionary forces attacked the Libyan town of Bani Walid, about 170km southeast of the capital Tripoli in October last year, Abdullah Warfella had been determined never to leave. full report

Arab cities aim to build resilience to natural disasters

 AQABA, 29 April 2013 (IRIN) - Prevention may be better than a cure, but for the authorities in Arab cities and towns, natural disasters up to now have been largely about coping with them after they have taken place. full report

Thousands of Libyan families displaced in the Nafusa Mountains

 MIZDAH, 2 April 2013 (IRIN) - Relations between ethnic groups in Libya’s northwestern Nafusa Mountains remain tense several weeks after renewed clashes in the town of Mizdah. full report

Disaster Risk Reduction in the Arab world

 AQABA, 20 March 2013 (IRIN) - Nearly 300 government officials, scientists, aid workers and activists from across the Arab world are working together in Jordan to draw up the first joint regional platform for disaster risk reduction (DRR). full report

Security of Christian communities “precarious” in Libya - archbishop

 TRIPOLI, 15 March 2013 (IRIN) - Various Christian communities in Libya, as well as some Muslim groups, have been feeling increasingly under pressure from hardline Islamist groups since the overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi in October 2011. full report

Export oil, import water – the Middle East’s risky economics

 DUBAI, 5 March 2013 (IRIN) - The world’s driest region, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), is getting drier at an alarming rate. full report

Analysis: Towards security and good governance in Libya

 TRIPOLI, 27 February 2013 (IRIN) - While the main phase of humanitarian operations in Libya closed at the end of 2011, a number of challenges remain: Sixty thousand internally displaced persons (IDPs) await an eventual return home, thousands are still being detained in prisons outside government control, and Libyans in the southern deserts frequently lack access to many basic services. full report

Libya’s displaced Tawergha threaten unilateral return

 TRIPOLI, 19 February 2013 (IRIN) - Two years on from the start of the Libyan revolution, one major humanitarian issue awaits resolution: the internal displacement of around 60,000 Libyans accused of close ties to the Gaddafi regime and committing abuses during the nine-month conflict. full report

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