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News channel or source: https://www.reuters.com/article/world/decay-of-libyan-state-clears-desert-trail-for-africans-to-europe-idUSKBN0ES17D/
Published on: Monday 16 June 2014
GHAT Libya (Reuters) - Abdulkabir and five of his friends, all from Niger, walked for hours over rocky hills and sandy paths to cross into southern Libya, without meeting a single border guard. Safely ...
News Libya » Ghat » Government: Thousands forced to leave their homes as flash floods hit south-west Libya
News channel or source: https://www.unhcr.org/news/briefing-notes/thousands-forced-leave-their-homes-flash-floods-hit-south-west-libya
Published on: Thursday 06 June 2019
More than 2,500 Libyans have been forced to flee their homes after heavy rainfalls caused severe flooding in the town of Ghat, some 1,300 km south-west of Tripoli. The rains, which started on 28 May, ...