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By Ayman al-Warfali DERNA, Libya (Reuters) - Since a huge flood swept away whole neighbourhoods of Libya's city of Derna last month, Abdulsalam al-Kadi has been searching for his father and brother. He doesn't expect to find them alive but he wants...

Health experts says that women in Libya are 'invisible' and have little access to reproductive healthcare

The international community, including the UN, has warned that Libya's dysfunctional politics are hampering efforts to help the tens of thousands of...

By Ayman al-Warfali DERNA, Libya (Reuters) - Since a huge flood swept away whole neighbourhoods of Libya's city of Derna last month, Abdulsalam al-Kad...

The statement by the UN official echoed concerns by the Libyan people about arbitrary cost estimates and unilateral reconstruction initiatives announced without transparency. Devastating rainfall and floods, triggered by Storm Daniel, hit parts of eastern Libya on September 11.

"2000", "3000", "10 000,” and "we cannot provide reliable estimates regarding the number of victims”—these were heard and read in the last days ever too often about the situation in Libya. This situation highlights the pressing issues of climate change and global injustices also regarding the youth. Again and again.

More than three weeks after Libya's deadly flood disaster, the divided country's two rival administrations remain bitterly at odds on how to manage the massive aid and reconstruction effort.Claudia Gazzini of think-tank the International Crisis Group warned that Libya's two rival administrations might "use this crisis in opportunistic ways", including by possibly diverting funds.

Libya’s Attorney General, Al-Siddiq Al-Sour, said Tuesday there is no need for an international investigation into last month’s flood disaster in the eastern city of Derna, Anadolu Agency reports. Eastern...

Libya’s Parliament, on Tuesday, passed a law to establish an agency responsible for rebuilding flood-hit areas in the country, Anadolu Agency reports. Eastern Libya was ravaged by deadly floods caused...

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