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Communications cut to flood-hit Libya city after protests
Sep 19, 2023 (AFP)
A tsunami-sized flash flood broke through two ageing river dams upstream from the city on the night of September 10 and razed entire neighbourhoods, sweeping un...
'Worse than war': trauma of Libya flood haunts survivors
Sep 19, 2023 (AFP)
"We will never forget that day in Derna," she said, while trying hard to remember how her father managed to save her along with her mother and five siblings. In...
Greece says five aid team members killed in Libya accident
Sep 18, 2023 (AFP)
"Five bodies, including three officials of the Greek army and two translators from the Greek foreign ministry who were part of the aid team will be repatriated ...
Angry protests erupt in flood-hit Libyan city; Survivors say 'the earth shook'
Sep 18, 2023 (AFP)
Demonstrators gathered outside the city's grand mosque and chanted slogans against the parliament in east Libya and its leader Aguilah Saleh. "The people want p...
A week after Libya flood, aid effort gains pace
Sep 17, 2023 (AFP)
Search-and-rescue teams wearing face masks and protective suits kept up the grim search for bodies or any survivors in the mud-caked wasteland of smashed buildi...
Greek PM vows for a restart after criticism for natural disasters' handling
Sep 17, 2023 (AFP)
The promises could reinvigorate the image of his newly elected government that has been tarnished by footage of residents taking refuge on their roofs in desper...
At UN, fading hopes for improving lives on planet
Sep 16, 2023 (AFP)
- Leave no one behind - In 2015, UN member-states adopted 17 wide-ranging development goals to be met by 2030, which included eradicating extreme poverty and hu...
Rivalry set aside as Libyans cope with flood disaster
Sep 16, 2023 (AFP)
"As soon as we heard about this awful tragedy, people began a spontaneous campaign in Tajoura to help, with no state backing at all," said Mohannad Bennour in t...
UN launches $71 million urgent appeal for Libya flood victims
Sep 15, 2023 (AFP)
Hurricane-strength Storm Daniel slammed into Libya on September 10, killing at least 4,000 people, with thousands more still missing. In a flash appeal Thursday...
Mohammed VI: Morocco's elusive monarch confronting earthquake aftermath
Sep 15, 2023 (AFP)
The monarch, who was reportedly in France when the earthquake struck his country on September 8 but rapidly returned home, has made three public appearances sin...
Morocco unveils rehousing programme for quake-hit areas
Sep 14, 2023 (AFP)
The magnitude 6.8 earthquake -- Morocco's strongest ever -- has killed nearly 3,000 pople and injured more than 5,600 since it hit last Friday in Al-Haouz provi...
France hails Japan's 'transparency' over Fukushima water
Sep 14, 2023 (AFP)
Paris "wishes to underline Japan's efforts to make sure this operation fully respects the highest criteria of nuclear safety and protection against radiation," ...
Macron says no debate on French aid as toll soars to 10,000 in Morocco flood
Sep 13, 2023 (AFP)
Morocco has not accepted French offers of help, giving rise to questions about tensions between both governments. Experts say Morocco is unhappy with French eff...
Disasters getting worse, say Brazil cyclone victims as Morocco quake leaves mental scars
Sep 13, 2023 (AFP)
Simonaio, the owner of a beloved, half-century-old ice cream parlor called Keko in the hard-hit town of Mucum, said he knew he needed to get his freezers and ot...
Aid tents offer warning of Morocco quake survivor's future
Sep 13, 2023 (AFP)
Yet even this step marked progress for people like Fatima Oumalloul -- her face still bloody from when her home collapsed on her three days prior. She won't spe...
As climate catastrophes rise, reinsurers reduce risks
Sep 13, 2023 (AFP)
While this may make business sense, it raises the question of whether individuals and businesses will be able to protect themselves against the effects of clima...
Moroccan citizens step in to help quake victims
Sep 11, 2023 (AFP)
Maria Boujdig lives in Agadir but is originally from Tafeghaghte, one of the villages hardest hit in mountainous Al-Haouz province, the epicentre of Friday's qu...
Greece says to seek EU aid after deadly floods
Sep 11, 2023 (AFP)
"The prime minister has already sent a letter to the European Commission president to secure emergency funding to address the consequences of this disaster," go...
US hit by record number of billion-dollar disasters so far this year
Sep 11, 2023 (AFP)
The tally for 2023 has already exceeded the previous record of 22 such events in 2020, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said, and four...
A Moroccan mountain village mourns its quake dead
Sep 09, 2023 (AFP)
The tragedy of what happened to Lahcen's family is on everybody's lips in the mountain village around an hour's drive from the tourist city of Marrakesh. The 40...
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