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Libya: Major disaster unfolds, 10K people missing in storm-hit northeast

The death toll from freak floods in eastern Libya is expected to soar dramatically, with 10,000 people reported missing, the Red Cross warned on Tuesday. Officials in Libya have said at least 150 people were killed in the sudden flooding on Sunday afternoon after...

Morocco confronted with large-scale disaster management challenges

By Anne-Sophie Labadie: The hospital in Amizmiz caring for Moroccans injured in the earthquake is now a tent pitched on asphalt under a blazing sun, and it has only around a dozen beds. When one bed becomes free, it is immediately filled again as the flow of victims...

Libya: Freak floods hit northeastern, death toll could reach 2,000

At least 150 people were killed (North Africa Journal editors' note: count likely to reach or exceed 2,000) when freak floods hit eastern Libya, officials said Monday, after storm Daniel swept the Mediterranean, its torrential rains earlier lashing Turkey, Bulgaria...

When politics gets in the way: France and US not in the list of countries Morocco asked for help

By Delphine Touitou: France is insisting that the reluctance of Morocco to accept French offers of aid in the wake of Friday's devastating quake does not represent a snub, even if it comes at a time of growing tensions between Rabat and the former colonial power....
Libya Floods: Latest Update

Libya Floods: Latest Update

By Rim Taher: Flash flooding in east Libya caused by Storm Daniel tore through the coastal city of Derna, leaving...

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