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A storm that has killed thousands of people and left thousands more missing in Libya is the latest blow to a country that has been gutted by years of chaos and division. The floods are the most ...
In spite of the crisis, Libya maintains one of the highest human development index (HDI) rankings among countries in Africa. [81] [82] The war has caused a significant loss of economic potential in Libya, estimated at 783.2 billion Libyan dinars from 2011 to 2021. [83] By 2022, the humanitarian situation had improved, though challenges remain. [84]
Thousands of people were killed, with thousands more missing in devastating floods that hit Libya's Derna after Storm Daniel, fueled by civil war, corruption, climate change and neglect.
Yahoo News asked Ricardo Pires, a spokesperson for UNICEF, the United Nations’ humanitarian aid agency three questions about what caused the situation in Libya and how such tragedies can be ...
Libya has been mired in conflict and chaos since 2011 when the longtime dictator Muammar Gaddafi was toppled in an uprising that split the North African state down the middle and spawned myriad ...
The Derna dam collapses were the catastrophic failures of two dams in Derna, Libya, on the night of 10–11 September 2023, in the aftermath of Storm Daniel.The collapse of the Derna Dam and the Abu Mansour Dam released an estimated 30 million cubic meters (39 million cubic yards) of water, [6] [7] causing flooding downstream as the Wadi Derna overflowed its banks.
The BBC News reported that "at least 15 people" were killed in the clashes. [19] Libya al-Youm (يوم) reported that four people were shot dead by sniper fire in Bayda and a Libyan human-rights group reported thirteen people had been killed. [16] In Ajdabiya and Derna at least ten and six protesters were killed by police, respectively ...
The efforts are complicated by the fact that Libya is technically under two administrations, split between the UN-backed government in the west and the military government in the east, where Derna is.