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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Latest UN satellite imagery shows extent of Storm Daniel destruction in Derna
Sep 15 Sami Zaptia

Latest UN satellite imagery shows extent of Storm Daniel destruction in Derna

Disasters Charter yesterday released satellite images/maps to estimate the extent and damage of flooding in the city of Derna caused by Storm Daniel....

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Jun 13 Sami Zaptia

Stalemate in Tripoli fighting and increased power cuts as WHO reports 653 deaths and 3,547 wounded

By Sami Zaptia.London, 13 June 2019:Stalemate seems to be the status in the Tripoli fighting as both sides fail to push forward on the ground. Most of...

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Four deaths, 2,500 displaced and 20,000 affected by Ghat torrential rain flooding
Jun 6 Sami Zaptia

Four deaths, 2,500 displaced and 20,000 affected by Ghat torrential rain flooding

By Sami Zaptia.London, 5 June 2019:The wave of heavy rainfall and thunderstorm that hit the south western Ghat region of Libya has led to four reporte...

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Bad weather closes schools and offices across western Libya
Dec 20 Michel Cousins

Bad weather closes schools and offices across western Libya

By Hadi Fornaji. Flooded roads in Tripoli (Photo: Social media)Tunis, 20 December 2017:Heavy rains and cold weather have forced local authorities acro...

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Dec 5 Nigel Ash

Thieves rob Sirte blind office

By Libya Herald reporters.Tripoli, 5 December 2017:The offices of Sirte’s association for the blind have been robbed.Among items stolen were power cab...

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Aug 6 Nigel Ash

Sebha airport plundered

By Ajnadin Mustafa. Sebha Airport raided by thieves  (File photo)Tripoli,  6 August 2016:The lawlessness gripping Sebha has extended to the plundering...

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Jan 23 Nigel Ash

Cold weather brings widespread power cuts

By Libya Herald reporters. GECOL has struggled to meet surging cold weather demand (Photo: GECOL).Tripoli and Benghazi, 23 January 2016:The cold snap...

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May 14 Nigel Ash

Sebha airport reopening stymied by early morning RPG attack

By Saber Ayyub and Jamal Adel Sebha Airport (file photo)Tripoli and Baida, 14 May 2015:The much-anticipated reopening today of Sebha Airport after a f...

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May 12 Newsdesk2

Tripoli electricity minister warns of further power outages

By Libya Herald staff.Tripoli, 12 May 2015:Although there have been no power cuts in Tripoli since Thursday, there will be more so long as fighting co...

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