Geneva — Libya’s divisions have exacerbated the brutal impact of this week’s lethal floods, claiming thousands of lives in a disaster-hit North Africa also rocked by last week’s deadly earthquake in Morocco. The United Nations Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Martin Griffiths, said Thursday, “The scale of the flood disaster in Libya is shocking […]
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The UN system is providing aid to areas in eastern Libya impacted by the weekend floods and a disaster assessment team has been deployed to support government response and relief operations, the UN said on Wednesday. More than 5,000 people have reportedly died, many of them residents of Derna, which was struck by a torrent […]
The International Organization for Migration said Wednesday that the deadly flooding that hit eastern Libya has displaced more than 30,000 people. The U.N. agency said at least 30,000 of the displaced were from the city of Derna, with thousands more from other areas including Benghazi. More than 5,000 people are believed dead, with exact figures […]
About 5,000 people have been killed and with over 10,000 missing in Libya in floods caused by a huge Mediterranean storm that burst dams, swept away buildings and wiped out as much as a quarter of the eastern coastal city of Derna. An Ambulance Authority in Derna, the worst affected city, reportedly said. Two dams […]
Nairobi — President William Ruto has expressed Kenya’s solidarity with Libya following the devastating floods that led to the loss of over 2,300 lives. Through a post shared on his X app account, the head of state indicated that Kenya stands with Libya after the incident. “Our solidarity with the people of Libya in the […]
Deadly floods triggered by a powerful storm have left a trail of destruction in eastern Libya. Thousands of bodies were recovered in one city alone after dams collapsed and wiped out entire neighborhoods. At least 2,300 people have died in an eastern Libyan city alone after a powerful storm caused devastating floods in the area […]
The powerful Mediterranean storm battered eastern Libya swept people into the sea, officials said. An international aid director told DW that Libya is witnessing a “large-scale disaster.” Thousands are feared dead after the massive storm Daniel tore through eastern Libya, one of the country’s rival leaders, Ossama Hamad, said Monday. Hamad said 2,000 people are […]
Tunis/Tunisia — Tunisia on Monday expressed its condolences and solidarity with the Libyan people following the floods that hit several regions of the country, causing many deaths and material damage, the Presidency said in a statement. “President Kais Saied gave instructions to coordinate with the Libyan authorities in order to lend a helping hand to […]
Tunis/Tunisia — Speaker of the Assembly of People’s Representatives (ARP), Brahim Bouderbala, on Monday, sent a condolence message to the Speaker of the Libyan House of Representatives, Aguila Salah, following the torrential floods caused by storm Daniel that hit several regions in eastern Libya, leaving victims, missing and injured. Quoted in a parliamentary press release, […]
Rabat — The Kingdom of Morocco expresses its full solidarity with the sisterly State of Libya following the storm and floods that have affected certain regions of the country, causing several human casualties and property losses, said a statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation, and Moroccan Expatriates on Monday evening. The Kingdom […]
Tripoli/Libya — Libya’s prime minister suspended Foreign Minister Najla Mangoush on Sunday and referred her for investigation after Israel said its Foreign Minister Eli Cohen had met her last week despite the countries not having formal relations. Israel’s statement on the meeting, in which it said the ministers had discussed possible cooperation, prompted small protests […]
Nairobi — Libyan side Al Hilal Benghazi have touched down in Nairobi ahead of Saturday’s first leg of the CAF Confederation Cup preliminary round against debutants Kakamega Homeboyz. The Libyan side touched down in the country Wednesday afternoon, two days before the duel penciled for the Nyayo National Stadium. As this is a lower category […]
Tensions flared between two of the Libyan capital’s most powerful armed factions. The oil-rich nation has been in a state of turmoil for over a decade. Clashes between rival militia factions have rocked Tripoli, shattering months of relative calm in the Libyan capital. The violence broke out overnight and continued into Tuesday morning. It took […]
Harare — Tunisia and Libya will split the cost of housing hundreds of migrants who were stuck at their borders, many of whom had been there for more than a month, Al Arabiya reports. The migrants, who were mostly from sub-Saharan African nations, had been taken by Tunisian authorities to the desert region of Ras […]
Leaders of Mediterranean and Middle Eastern countries are gathered in Rome for a conference on migration hosted by Italy’s far-right Georgia Meloni. Italy on Sunday is hosting an international conference involving Mediterranean and Middle East states to address some of the causes of “irregular migration flows.” “The Conference aims to govern the migration phenomenon, combat […]
Harare — Tunisia’s President Kais Saied dismissed criticism of his government’s handling of Black African refugees after hundreds of Black African migrants were apprehended by police and left on the Libyan border, Al Jazeera reports. On July 9, Saied said the migrants are being treated humanely, as a result of what he called “our values”. […]
A revolt by the Wagner force in Russia poses a diplomatic quandary for African states where forces from the mercenary group have played an increasingly central role in long-running internal conflicts. Legalbrief reports that the Central African Republic (CAR), Mali, Sudan and Libya have all become platforms for the shadowy group which had plied Moscow’s […]
Geneva — Sudan, like Ukraine, is deeply worrying for the United Nations as the latest figures show it helped swell the worldwide displacement total to an estimated 110 million in May, the UN Refugee Agency said Wednesday. The upward trajectory in global forced displacement showed no sign of slowing in 2023 as the eruption of […]