The World Food Program has moved wheat, flour and other food aid into western Libya for the first time since conflict erupted in the nation in February.
The United Nations agency said that eight trucks crossed into Libya from Tunisia on Monday and that the Libyan Red Crescent would deliver the supplies to the “crisis- affected population, particularly women and children,” in Tripoli, Zintan, Yefrin, Nalut, Mezda, Al Reiba and Al Zawia.
The trucks carried enough supplies to feed 50,000 people for 30 days, the WFP said.
The opening of a “humanitarian corridor” into western Libya was made possible by an agreement Sunday between the U.N. and the regime of Moammar Khadafy.
The U.N. Children’s Fund said a ship carrying first-aid kits, drinking water and hygiene material for up to 25,000 people will arrive in Misrata today. Bloomberg News
