Criminal Court convicts twelve officials responsible for managing Derna's dams
Jul 28 Sami Zaptia

Criminal Court convicts twelve officials responsible for managing Derna's dams

‎The Attorney General’s Office reported today that Derna Criminal Court convicted twelve defendants for the failure of Derna’s dams in the 2023 Storm...

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Criminal case filed against 16 connected with Storm Daniel Derna disaster - two detained for mismanagement of reconstruction funds
Dec 28 Sami Zaptia

Criminal case filed against 16 connected with Storm Daniel Derna disaster - two detained for mismanagement of reconstruction funds

The Attorney General’s Office announced yesterday that a criminal case has been filed against sixteen deemed responsible for the September 2023 flood...

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Derna: One month on, humanitarian response, early recovery and reconstruction continue - OCHA
Oct 11 Sami Zaptia

Derna: One month on, humanitarian response, early recovery and reconstruction continue - OCHA

One month after Storm Daniel hit the Libyan eastern coast causing a major disaster in the city of Derna, the latest UN Office for the Coordination of...

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Jordan sends third humanitarian relief plane to aid in Libya Storm Daniel disaster
Sep 26 Sami Zaptia

Jordan sends third humanitarian relief plane to aid in Libya Storm Daniel disaster

The Jordanian Hashemite Charitable Organization (JHCO) prepared and operated a third humanitarian and relief aid plane to Libya yesterday to assist in...

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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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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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Derna update: International aid continues to arrive, infrastructure damage update
Sep 19 Sami Zaptia

Derna update: International aid continues to arrive, infrastructure damage update

Update on infrastructure damage The Tripoli government updated the number of destroyed bridges/culverts in the east from 10 to 11 and estimated that...

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