Authorities try to contain anger in aftermath of Libya floods
(Reuters) -Communications went down, some journalists were pushed out and a U.N. aid team was blocked from the flood-hit city of Derna on Tuesday, as the
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(Reuters) -Communications went down, some journalists were pushed out and a U.N. aid team was blocked from the flood-hit city of Derna on Tuesday, as the
-Journalists were ordered out of the devastated eastern Libyan city of Derna on Tuesday, the morning after demonstrators staged a rally and torched the home of the ousted mayor in fury over the... -September 19, 2023 at 06:47 am EDT - MarketScreener
A week after the flood that swept the centre of the city of Derna into the sea, families are still coping with the unbearable losses of their dead - and haunted by the unknown fates of the missing. Ashour's eldest sister is also gone, and her daughter too. The centre of Derna is a wasteland, with stray dogs standing listlessly on muddy mounds where buildings once stood.
I lost my daughter. Her mother is convinced that she is still alive. I am convinced that she is dead, says Ahmed Ashour, 62. The girl left me with a 3-month-old baby.... -September 18, 2023 at 05:56 am EDT - MarketScreener
DERNA, Libya (Reuters) -Sabreen Blil was on her hands and knees atop the rubble of her brother's house, the wind beating at her black robe as she clawed with her bare hands at the flattened masonry in hope of somehow digging to the family buried below. A week after the flood that swept the centre of the city of Derna into the sea, families are still coping with the unbearable losses of their dead - and haunted by the unknown fates of the missing. The centre of Derna is a wasteland, with stray do