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Desolation in eastern Derna, Cyrenaica. ©AFP

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Premium badgeFloods in Libya: Why the damage is so severe

The consequences of Storm Daniel that ravaged Derna, Libya have also been amplified by the political chaos in the country.

© Members of Libyan Red Crescent Ajdabiya work in an area affected by flooding, in Derna, Libya, in this social media image released September 12, 2023. Libyan Red Crescent Ajdabiya via REUTERS

At least 30,000 left homeless by Libya city flood: UN agency Derna was counting its dead Wednesday with 2,300 people confirmed killed, with the Red Cross warning that 10,000 are missing.
A view shows a damaged car on a road, after a powerful storm and heavy rainfall hit Qandula, Libya, September 12, 2023. REUTERS/Esam Omran Al-Fetori

Rising death toll

Premium badge‘Thousands’ feared dead or missing as floods devastate east Libya The flash floods in eastern Libya killed more than 2,300 people in the Mediterranean coastal city of Derna alone.
Saddam Haftar, son of Libyan warlord Khalifa Haftar

bad to the bone

Premium badgeLibya: 10 things you need to know about Saddam Haftar Despite his fiery reputation, the youngest sibling of Khalifa Haftar, ruler of eastern Libya, is now seen as a possible successor.

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Desolation in eastern Derna, Cyrenaica. ©AFP

climate crisis

Premium badgeFloods in Libya: Why the damage is so severe The consequences of Storm Daniel that ravaged Derna, Libya have also been amplified by the political chaos in the country.
A view shows a damaged car on a road, after a powerful storm and heavy rainfall hit Qandula, Libya, September 12, 2023. REUTERS/Esam Omran Al-Fetori

Rising death toll

Premium badge‘Thousands’ feared dead or missing as floods devastate east Libya The flash floods in eastern Libya killed more than 2,300 people in the Mediterranean coastal city of Derna alone.
Saddam Haftar, son of Libyan warlord Khalifa Haftar

bad to the bone

Premium badgeLibya: 10 things you need to know about Saddam Haftar Despite his fiery reputation, the youngest sibling of Khalifa Haftar, ruler of eastern Libya, is now seen as a possible successor.

Libya top stories

Desolation in eastern Derna, Cyrenaica. ©AFP

climate crisis

Premium badgeFloods in Libya: Why the damage is so severe The consequences of Storm Daniel that ravaged Derna, Libya have also been amplified by the political chaos in the country.
A view shows a damaged car on a road, after a powerful storm and heavy rainfall hit Qandula, Libya, September 12, 2023. REUTERS/Esam Omran Al-Fetori

Rising death toll

Premium badge‘Thousands’ feared dead or missing as floods devastate east Libya The flash floods in eastern Libya killed more than 2,300 people in the Mediterranean coastal city of Derna alone.
Saddam Haftar, son of Libyan warlord Khalifa Haftar

bad to the bone

Premium badgeLibya: 10 things you need to know about Saddam Haftar Despite his fiery reputation, the youngest sibling of Khalifa Haftar, ruler of eastern Libya, is now seen as a possible successor.

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Migrants repatriated from Dakhla after their boat capsized. Yoff military airport, Dakar, 26 July 2023. SEYLLOU/AFP

long way home

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Yevgeny Prigozhin, 25 May 2023. (AFP/Concord Group)

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