First commercial ship arrives at Derna Port - after Hurricane Daniel disaster of 2023
Dec 13 Sami Zaptia

First commercial ship arrives at Derna Port - after Hurricane Daniel disaster of 2023

The Derna and the Affected Cities and Areas Reconstruction Fund announced today that the first commercial ship arrived at the port of Derna today, mor...

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Derna International Reconstruction conference inaugurated with ‘‘wide international participation’’
Nov 2 Sami Zaptia

Derna International Reconstruction conference inaugurated with ‘‘wide international participation’’

The International Conference for the Reconstruction of Derna and the affected cities was inaugurated in Derna yesterday. The two-day conference (1 to...

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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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Ministry of Local Government signs MoU with Spanish NGO Remar to establish and manage hospital
Oct 7 Sami Zaptia

Ministry of Local Government signs MoU with Spanish NGO Remar to establish and manage hospital

The Ministry of Local Government reported that the head of the Tripoli-based Libyan Government Team for Emergency and Rapid Response - the Minister of...

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More aid to help Libya in Storm Daniel recovery from OPEC Fund and Indonesia
Oct 5 Sami Zaptia

More aid to help Libya in Storm Daniel recovery from OPEC Fund and Indonesia

More direct and indirect aid arrived or was pledged to help Libya in its post-Storm Daiel disaster recovery. The OPEC Fund for International Developme...

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Eastern Libyan government tours Derna’s Storm Daniel destroyed areas with Turkish construction companies
Oct 4 Sami Zaptia

Eastern Libyan government tours Derna’s Storm Daniel destroyed areas with Turkish construction companies

The Prime Minister of the internationally unrecognised eastern-based Libyan government, Osama Hamad, conducted a tour of the Storm Daniel destroyed ar...

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Spanish epidemiologists and water specialists arrive in east Libya to help with post-Storm Daniel recovery
Sep 28 Sami Zaptia

Spanish epidemiologists and water specialists arrive in east Libya to help with post-Storm Daniel recovery

Libya’s Emergency Medicine and Support Centre (EMSC) announced today that a Spanish team specializing in epidemiology and water analysis and technolog...

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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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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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