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Libya orders 8 officials arrested after floodF

By Rim Taher: Libya's prosecutor general has ordered the arrest of eight officials as part of his inquiry into the recent flood disaster that killed thousands, his office said on Monday. The flash flood, which witnesses likened to a tsunami, broke through two ageing...

Libya’s latest official death toll exceeds 3,800F

Nearly two weeks after a flash flood devastated the Libyan port city of Derna, the official death toll keeps rising, passing 3,800 on Saturday. A total of 3,845 people are now confirmed to have died, said Mohamed Eljarh, spokesman for the relief committee set up by...

Podcast: And Now the Environment is Major Factor of Instability in North AfricaF

As we reach the end of the third quarter 2023, about to enter the tail-end of the year, it is difficult to see a bright horizon for the northern half of #Africa. Two major natural disasters, magnified by poor governance and bad infrastructure, caused the death of at...

Libya flood: As death toll exceeds 3,300, tens of thousands of people are displacedF

Libya's flood disaster, which killed thousands in the city of Derna, also displaced more than 43,000 people, the International Organization for Migration said Thursday. A tsunami-sized flash flood broke through two ageing river dams upstream from the coastal city...