The first recipients of the new Humanitarian Medal have been announced, recognising aid workers, rescuers and emergency ...

[AFP] Twelve people were convicted on Sunday in Libya's eastern city of Derna over their role in "managing dam facilities" during last year's deadly floods, the general prosecutor's office said in ...

On September 10, Storm Daniel made landfall in eastern Libya, triggering torrential rain in the hills above Derna. Abu Mansur dam, 13 kilometres (just over nine miles) from the city, whose ...

For years now, Libya has been divided between an internationally recognized Tripoli-based administration in the west -- to which Sur belongs -- and another in the flood-struck east. The first dam ...

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