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Libya was mired in chaos and corruption. For years, warnings the Derna dams may burst went unheeded
CAIRO (AP) — The warnings were clear but went unheeded. Experts had long said that floods posed a significant danger to two dams meant to protect nearly 90,000 people in the northeast of Libya. They repeatedly called for immediate maintenance to the two structures, located just...
For a divided Libya, disastrous floods have become a rallying cry for unity
TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — Zahra el-Gerbi wasn't expecting much of a response to her online fundraiser, but she felt she had to do something after four of her relatives died in the flooding that decimated the eastern Libyan city of Derna. She put out a call for donations for those displaced by the...
Libya investigates dams' collapse after a devastating flood last weekend killed more than 11,000
DERNA, Libya (AP) — Libyan authorities have opened an investigation into the collapse of two dams that caused a devastating flood in a coastal city as rescue teams searched for bodies on Saturday, nearly a week after the deluge killed more than 11,000 people. It’s unclear how...
Thousands are feared dead and thousands more are missing in flood-ravaged eastern Libya
CAIRO (AP) — Emergency workers uncovered more than 1,500 bodies in the wreckage of Libya’s eastern city of Derna on Tuesday, and it was feared the toll could surpass 5,000 after floodwaters smashed through dams and washed away entire neighborhoods of the city. The startling death...
UN experts urge forces of powerful Libyan commander to stop evicting residents, demolishing homes
CAIRO (AP) — United Nations-commissioned experts on Monday called for forces of a powerful Libyan military commander to stop evicting residents and demolishing their homes in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi. The experts said in a statement that the Libyan National Army,...
Libya’s central bank announces reunification after nearly a decade of division due to civil war
CAIRO (AP) — Libya’s central bank announced Sunday its reunification after being split for nearly a decade due to the country’s long-running civil war that resulted in two rival administrations, in the east and the west. The bank said in a terse statement that it has become a...
Libyan governing body's vote to replace its head adds uncertainty to the country's split politics
CAIRO (AP) — One of Libya's top governing bodies elected a new head on Sunday, in a development that could further fracture the country already split between two rival administrations. Members of the Supreme Council of State, which is separate from both of the governments and is...
