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Floods in Libya leave 6000 dead and more Missing

13Sep

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Floods in Libya leave 6000 dead and more Missing

Floods swept away and washing bodies back onto the shores of eastern Libya faster than the devasted city of derna could bury them. It was a struggle to even count them. More than 5,000 people have been killed in the coastal city alone, with thousands more still missing and likely to be added to the death toll. Broken roads, failed communications networks, the legacy of years of civil conflict and the effects of climate change have all contributed to make Libya one of the world's worst humanitarian crises, said Elie Abouaoun, country director for Libya with the International Rescue Committee. The eastern Libyan port city was destroyed beyond recognition when two dams burst on the Wadi Derna River during a storm this week, causing waves 23 feet high to rush through th...

Bodies Of 20 Migrants Found In Libyan Desert Two Weeks After Last Contact

The bodies of 20 migrants who got lost in the Libyan desert near Chad have been found, the ambulance service said on Wednesday, showing pictures of them lying around a black pickup truck on the sand. The bodies were discovered by a truck driver travelling through the desert and were recovered on Tuesday about 320 km southwest of Kufra and 120 km from the border with Chad. "The driver got lost ... and we believe the group died in the desert about 14 days ago since the last call on a mobile phone there was on June 13," Kufra ambulance chief Ibrahim Belhasan said by phone. Two of the bodies were Libyans and the others were believed to be migrants from Chad crossing illegally into Libya, Belhasan said. Libya has become a major launching point for migrants seeking to reach Euro...

Libya’s stateless ethnic groups and an upcoming election

Libyan expectations are high and candidates are beginning to express interest in running for the elections scheduled for December this year. These have been delayed three years following a military campaign on the capital Tripoli by renegade military commander Khalifa Haftar’s Tobruk-based government in the east. The new interim Government of National Unity (GNU) is a provisional government body that was sworn in on March 15. It was tasked to lead the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya to presidential and parliamentary elections later this year. Although many Libyans are eager to take to the polls, the country’s ethnic minorities risk being overlooked in the electoral process. These include the Amazigh, Tuareg, and Tebu. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNH...