UAE’s Libya humanitarian air bridge delivers 622 tons in 28 flights benefiting 6,386 families stricken by Storm Daniel
Sep 25 Sami Zaptia

UAE’s Libya humanitarian air bridge delivers 622 tons in 28 flights benefiting 6,386 families stricken by Storm Daniel

The UAE humanitarian aid air bridge to Libya is continuing, according to Sultan Al Shamsi, UAE’s Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs for Development...

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Public Prosecutor orders pretrial detention of 16 officials complicit in Derna dams disaster
Sep 25 Sami Zaptia

Public Prosecutor orders pretrial detention of 16 officials complicit in Derna dams disaster

Libya’s Attorney General / Public Prosecutor’s Office announced today that it has ordered the pretrial detention of 16 officials responsible for manag...

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UNSMIL head Bathily calls on polarised Libyan political entities to follow their citizen’s lead by unifying post the Derna disaster
Sep 24 Sami Zaptia

UNSMIL head Bathily calls on polarised Libyan political entities to follow their citizen’s lead by unifying post the Derna disaster

UNSMIL head and Special Representative to the UN Secretary General, Abdoulaye Bathily, called yesterday on political institutions in the west and east...

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Eastern Libyan government calls for international reconstruction conference for Flood Daniel hit areas
Sep 24 Sami Zaptia

Eastern Libyan government calls for international reconstruction conference for Flood Daniel hit areas

The eastern-based Libyan government (not recognised internationally) called on Friday for an international conference for the reconstruction of Derna...

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Eastern Libya authorities must lift restrictions on journalists: Amnesty International
Sep 22 Sami Zaptia

Eastern Libya authorities must lift restrictions on journalists: Amnesty International

Khalifa Hafter’s Libyan Arab Armed Forces (formerly called the Libyan National Army - LNA), an armed group in control of eastern Libya, must immediate...

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Minister of Local Government meets German and Italian ambassadors to discuss Flood Daniel aid and reconstruction
Sep 21 Sami Zaptia

Minister of Local Government meets German and Italian ambassadors to discuss Flood Daniel aid and reconstruction

The Minister of Local Government and Head of the Government Emergency and Rapid Response Team, Bader Aldeen al-Tumi, held two separate meetings on Tue...

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Libyan Business Council to complete a stalled 2,000-apartment project in Derna to house flood victims
Sep 21 Sami Zaptia

Libyan Business Council to complete a stalled 2,000-apartment project in Derna to house flood victims

Libya’s Tripoli-based Minister of Economy and Trade, Mohamed Al-Hwej, announced Tuesday that the Libyan Business Council (LBC) has adopted an initiati...

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UN’s Derna overview: Officially, only 3,958 confirmed dead and 40,000 displaced
Sep 20 Sami Zaptia

UN’s Derna overview: Officially, only 3,958 confirmed dead and 40,000 displaced

Ten days have passed since Storm Daniel battered the northeastern coastal areas of Libya (10 September), the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanit...

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EU Copernicus satellite images of Flood Daniel hit Libya released
Sep 20 Sami Zaptia

EU Copernicus satellite images of Flood Daniel hit Libya released

The European Union announced yesterday that its Copernicus satellite is producing maps that provide essential geospatial information to help rescue te...

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Conflicting news over ending of Search and Rescue for survivors in Derna
Sep 20 Sami Zaptia

Conflicting news over ending of Search and Rescue for survivors in Derna

There is conflicting news over the ending of Search and Rescue operations for survivors in Derna.Yesterday, eight days after Storm Daniel devastated t...

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