Tarhuna Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/tarhuna/ The low down on African affairs Tue, 21 Apr 2020 22:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://i0.wp.com/jjcornish.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-Fountain_Pen_favicon-812.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Tarhuna Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/tarhuna/ 32 32 UN warns of war crimes in Libya https://jjcornish.com/2020/04/un-warns-of-war-crimes-in-libya/ Tue, 21 Apr 2020 22:00:00 +0000 https://jjcornish.com/2020/04/un-warns-of-war-crimes-in-libya/ The United Nations is warning about war crimes in Libya where  civilians are sandwiched between government forces and rebels bent on occupying the capital Tripoli. Thousands are fleeing the fighting despite the lockdown against the COVID 19 pandemic. At least five civilians died and 28 were  wounded in Tripoli this past week when rebels led […]

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]]> The United Nations is warning about war crimes in Libya where  civilians are sandwiched between government forces and rebels bent on occupying the capital Tripoli.

Thousands are fleeing the fighting despite the lockdown against the COVID 19 pandemic.

At least five civilians died and 28 were  wounded in Tripoli this past week when rebels led by Khalifa Haftar launched rockets into the city, hitting homes and health sites.

The UN office in Libya reports a dramatic  increase in indiscriminate shelling.

The UN representatives also report attacks on Tarhuna, 64 kms southeast of Tripoli where Haftar’s forces are sheltering.

There has been collective punishment of the local population with arbitrary arrests of civilians and cuts in gas and electrical power

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