Libya’s Derna flood response cost lives – independent investigation needed: HRW
Dec 8 Sami Zaptia

Libya’s Derna flood response cost lives – independent investigation needed: HRW

An independent inquiry is needed to review failings in the Libyan authorities’ management of catastrophic flooding in eastern Libya in September 2023,...

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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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Sweden providing initial US$ 1.35 million to Libya’s Storm Daniel humanitarian efforts
Sep 27 Sami Zaptia

Sweden providing initial US$ 1.35 million to Libya’s Storm Daniel humanitarian efforts

The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) is providing initial support of 15 million Swedish Krona (SEK) (US$ 1.35 million) for...

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Italian Cabinet gives green light for a state of emergency to intervene in Libya, allocates € 5 million
Sep 26 Sami Zaptia

Italian Cabinet gives green light for a state of emergency to intervene in Libya, allocates € 5 million

The Italian Cabinet decided today to declare a state of emergency for “intervention abroad” for a period of six months. This decision will allow it to...

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Qatar delivers 267 tons of humanitarian aid to Libya’s Storm Daniel hit areas in eight flights
Sep 25 Sami Zaptia

Qatar delivers 267 tons of humanitarian aid to Libya’s Storm Daniel hit areas in eight flights

The seventh and eighth Qatari planes from the Qatari air bridge arrived at Benghazi’s Benina International Airport Sunday to assist the Storm Daniel h...

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After the Derna dams disaster, dams in Benghazi and Sirte receive attention
Sep 22 Sami Zaptia

After the Derna dams disaster, dams in Benghazi and Sirte receive attention

After the Storm Daniel destruction and deaths in Derna that have led to at least 4,000 deaths and 40,000 displaced and an estimated 10,000 still missi...

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Public Service Company clears Wadi Mejeneen valley, Ministry inspects valley
Sep 21 Sami Zaptia

Public Service Company clears Wadi Mejeneen valley, Ministry inspects valley

The Undersecretary of the Ministry of Local Government for Municipal Affairs, Mustafa Salem, conducted a field tour yesterday of several seasonal rive...

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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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Emergency aid flown to flood victims in the south-east
May 3 thomwestcott

Emergency aid flown to flood victims in the south-east

Tripoli, 3 May 2013:Emergency supplies, including tents, mattresses and food, have been flown to the south-east of the country, after flooding damaged...

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