Libya’s chief prosecutor said Monday he ordered the detention of eight current and former officials pending his investigation into the collapse of two dams earlier this month, a disaster that sent a wall of water several meters high through the center of the city of Derna and left thousands of people dead.
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The spokesman for the Libyan government’s Crisis and Emergency Committee, Muhammad Al-Jareh, announced during a press conference in Benghazi that the death toll from the Derna flood had risen to 3,845 people.
The recent catastrophic flooding in Derna has inflicted profound suffering and devastation. Entire neighborhoods lie in ruins, livelihoods washed away,…
A government official from the interim government based in Benghazi stated today that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has deployed…
Per a recent displacement report from the International Organization for Migration (IOM), approximately 43,059 Libyans have been forced to flee…
Ahmed Zuweten, World Health Organization (WHO) Representative in Libya, described the flooding as a “disaster and terrible tragedy” in a…
Libyan Minister of Health Othman Abdeljalil stated in a recent interview that the coastal city of Derna and other flood-affected…
DERNA, Libya – Brigadier General Saddam Khalifa has assumed a leading role coordinating humanitarian aid in Derna following devastating floods…
Director of the Emergency Medicine and Support Center – Tripoli, Muhammad Kablan, announced that 51 bodies of Storm Daniel flood victims were found in six valleys in the municipality of Derna.
Rescue teams in Libya, aided by international support, are persisting in efforts to locate missing persons and recover bodies in…