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Libya: Incompetent eastern authorities tighten control on media, block communications accessF

Communications were severed Tuesday to the flood-hit Libyan city of Derna and journalists were asked to leave, a day after hundreds protested against authorities they blamed for the thousands of deaths.  A tsunami-sized flash flood broke through two ageing river dams...

Libya: Entire families of Syrian migrants perished in floodF

More than 100 Syrians, including entire families, died in flash flooding that killed thousands in Libya's eastern city of Derna last week, a war monitor said. Thousands of Syrians fled their war-torn homeland over the past 12 years for Libya, which has become a...

Libya: ‘Worse than war’: Flood trauma haunts survivorsF

By Fulya Ozerkan: Grief etched into her face, 15-year-old Ibrar struggled to find the words to describe her pain at the loss of three friends in the huge flood that shattered her Libyan hometown. "We will never forget that day in Derna," she said, while trying hard to...

Libya: Phone and internet links severed in flood-hit Derna, day after protestF

Telephone and internet links were severed Tuesday to Libya's flood-hit city of Derna, a day after hundreds protested there against local authorities they blamed for the thousands of deaths. A tsunami-sized flash flood broke through two ageing river dams upstream from...