World Sep 16 Libya investigates cause of double dam collapse that triggered devastating flood 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.
World Sep 14 Flooding death toll climbs to staggering 11,300 in Libya’s coastal city of Derna, aid group says The Libyan Red Crescent says that the death toll from floods in the eastern Libyan city of Derna has soared to 11,300. The Secretary General of the aid group says a further 10,100 people are reported missing in the coastal…
World Sep 13 Death toll from devastating floods in Libyan city surpasses 5,100 dead The U.N. migration agency says that more than 30,000 people have been left homeless by the destruction.
World Sep 12 Floods devastate eastern Libya, thousands missing and feared dead The destruction came to Derna and other parts of eastern Libya on Sunday night, when Mediterranean storm Daniel pounded the coast.
World Sep 11 Thousands feared dead after flooding in eastern Libya, prime minister says In a phone interview with al-Masar television station Monday, Prime Minister Ossama Hamad said that 2,000 were feared dead in the eastern city of Derna, and thousands of others are believed missing.
World Jul 12 UN says raging conflict in Sudan has displaced over 3 million people Sudan has plunged into chaos since mid-April when monthslong tensions between the military and the RSF exploded into open fighting.
World Jul 09 UN chief warns Sudan is on the brink of a ‘full-scale civil war’ after months of armed conflict U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Sudan is on the brink of a “full-scale civil war” as fierce clashes between rival generals continued unabated Sunday in the capital of Khartoum.
World Jul 08 At least 22 killed in airstrike in Sudanese city amid fighting between rival generals An airstrike in a Sudanese city on Saturday killed at least 22 people, health authorities said, in one of the deadliest air attacks yet in the three months of fighting between the country’s rival generals.
World Jun 18 Sudan begins new cease-fire ahead of conference to raise funds for humanitarian aid Residents in the capital, Khartoum, and its neighboring city of Omdurman reported “relative calm” in the first hours of the cease-fire Sunday morning, after fierce clashes were reported the previous day.
World May 31 Sudan’s military says it has suspended its participation in talks with paramilitary forces The official said Wednesday that the move is a protest against the Rapid Support Forces' "repeated violations" of the humanitarian cease-fire, including the continued occupation of hospitals and other civilian infrastructure in the capital, Khartoum.