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CAIRO--Mediterranean storm Daniel caused devastating floods in Libya that broke dams and swept away entire neighborhoods in multiple coastal towns in the east of the North African nation. As many as 2 ...
News Libya » Derna » Government: Libya presses on rebuilding flood-ravaged Derna but trauma lingers
Nearly three years after a catastrophic storm tore through eastern Libya's port city of Derna killing almost 4,000 people the city is getting back on its feet, but the trauma persists. New roads and ...
News Libya » Derna » Government: Flood death toll in Libya's Derna city could reach 20,000
Toll could reach 18,000 to 20,000, based on number of wiped-out districts, says Abdulmenam al Ghaithi, mayor of eastern city.
News Libya » Derna » Government: Libya’s eastern government postpones Derna reconstruction conference
BENGHAZI: Libya’s eastern authorities on Sunday announced the postponement of a reconstruction conference for the flood-hit city of Derna that had been planned for October 10 but was met with ...
News Libya » Derna » Government: Libya: Slow Flood Recovery Failing Displaced Survivors
(Amman) – Libyan authorities are failing to provide adequate compensation and reconstruction support a year after devastating floods wrecked the eastern Libyan city of Derna and left thousands dead or ...
News Libya » Derna » Government: A year on, rebuilding Libya's flood-hit Derna plagued by politics
A year after flooding in eastern Libya killed thousands and razed entire neighbourhoods, reconstruction is allowing military strongman Khalifa Haftar to wield further power in the divided country, ...
News Libya » Derna » Government: Helping Libya after Derna
HR/VP blog-Last week I met Abdoulaye Bathily, the United Nations Secretary General’s Special Representative (UN SRSG) for Libya. An opportunity to take stock of the decade long ongoing political ...
News Libya » Derna » Government: 10,000 missing in Libya storm floods, death toll 'huge': IFRC
Speaking on the Libyan network Almasar, Oussama Hamad, prime minister of the east-based government, has reported "more than 2,000 dead and thousands missing" in the city of Derna alone, but no medical ...
News Libya » Derna » Government: Libyan strongman Haftar announces ‘liberation’ of Derna
Benghazi (Libya), Jun 29 (AFP) Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar announced today the “liberation” of Derna, the only city in the eastern region beyond his control, from radical Islamist militias. “We ...