Reference :
V-P-LY-E-00321
Date :
01/04/2012
Caption :
Sabha district, city of Sabha, Tayouri. The ICRC delivers drinking water. The water truck was provided by the Sahab Water an Sanitation Company. The ICRC is the first organization to enter Tayouri.
Confidentiality level :
public
Publication restrictions :
publication without restrictions
Description :
ICRC website, Operational Update, 12-04-2012
Libya: ICRC continues to respond to emergencies
The conflict has ended but many humanitarian needs remain. In recent weeks, the ICRC renewed its agreement with the Libyan authorities for several years, and provided urgent assistance for wounded people following clashes in Sabha and close to the Tunisian border.
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After the heavy clashes in Sabha
Recent violence between the Tabou and Awlad Sleiman tribes in Sabha, southern Libya, has left around 150 people dead and over 350 wounded, according to ICRC and Libyan Red Crescent estimates.
"Many Tabou have been displaced and people have been detained by both sides," said Georges Comninos, the head of the ICRC delegation in Libya. "In order to respond to the most urgent needs, we sent 12 staff, including health personnel and water engineers, to Sabha."
"Casualties evacuated to hospitals in Tripoli have been visited by an ICRC medical doctor to check on their condition," he added.
The ICRC provided Sabha Central Hospital with surgical items and other medical supplies to treat patients with weapon-related injuries. It also delivered medical supplies to a field hospital set up in Tajuri, a Sabha neighbourhood populated mainly by Tabou and Tuareg. In addition, it gave technical advice on the proper management of dead bodies and body bags to the health and security authorities in Sabha.
As the water supply system in Tajuri was damaged in the fighting, the ICRC installed 10 water tanks and distributed 20,000 litres of clean drinking water for the population.
The ICRC helped local technicians repair the electrical supply system, which failed during the fighting, and donated 200 litres of fuel so that the water pump could be run by generator. In addition, it provided the Libyan Red Crescent in Sabha with a water bladder to boost its capacity to respond to emergency water needs.
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Orientation :
landscape
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