Aid flight leaves for Libya - Alfano (2)

(ANSA) - Rome, August 16 - Italy sent 11 tonnes of humanitarian aid to a clinic in the Libyan town of Sabratha, 80 km west of Tripoli on Wednesday, Foreign Minister Angelino Alfano said. He said this was "further proof of the Italian government's solidarity towards all the Libyan people". Italy is boosting aid to Libya to help stem a migrant crisis in the central Mediterranean.