TORONTO — A Canadian man who tried to organize an aid shipment to relatives stranded in a conflict-ridden area of Libya says he recently found out most of his family members had died during his fruitless efforts to send them food and water. Two weeks ago, Hamza says he got the devastating news that five of the six family members he was trying to help had died. His mother, a brother and a sister all died, he said, adding only one sister survived and is being detained. Last month, Hamza borrowed money and put the family SUV up for sale in order to finance an aid shipment to 30 families. But Hamza said the NGO never received clearance to deliver the shipment due to ongoing security risks on the ground in Benghazi.

Source: Libya Today March 31, 2017 19:30 UTC