GENEVA (AA) – The use of advanced warning systems would have lessened the casualties and damage caused by the recent devastating floods in Libya, the UN’s World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has said. “If there had been advanced warning we could have avoided most of the human casualties in Libya,” Petteri Taalas, the WMO’...
BRUSSELS (AA) – The EU has been “surprised” by Tunisia’s decision banning the entry of five lawmakers, an official has said. Speaking to reporters at the European Commission’s daily news briefing, spokesperson for foreign affairs Nabila Massrali said the EU’s diplomatic representation in Tunis received “an official communication” o...
GENEVA (AA) – The UN aid chief has announced $10 million from the UN’s emergency fund for Libya, where thousands have been killed in devastating floods. “I immediately released $10 million from the UN’s emergency fund CERF, and an appeal for additional support is on its way,” Martin Griffiths said in a statement t...
TRIPOLI, Libya (AA) – The Libyan House of Representatives has approved an emergency budget of 10 billion Libyan dinars ($2 billion) in order to mitigate the destruction caused by Storm Daniel. The motion was approved in an emergency session in Benghazi, lawmaker Mohamed Tamer informed the media. The budget will be allocated for “re...
ANKARA (AA) – Paris has hailed the release of a French official by authorities in Niger, according to a statement. “France is delighted about the liberation of Mr. Stephane Jullien, an advisor to French nationals abroad, on September 13 in Niger,” said a French Foreign Ministry statement. The statement gave no additional details ab...
TRIPOLI, Libya (AA) – The health situation in Libya is catastrophic following a Mediterranean rainstorm and devastating floods, with dead bodies still lying out in the open in many areas, a Libyan health official has said. “The health situation in areas hit by floods is catastrophic, especially in the city of Derna,” the official request...
ANKARA (AA) – More than 5.25 million people have been displaced by the ongoing fighting between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group, according to the United Nations. “Over 5.25 M people have been displaced within and outside Sudan since April when the conflict flared up,” said UN OCHA Sudan (Office […...
UNITED NATIONS (AA) – The UN aid agency, OCHA, on Thursday called for $71.4 million to respond to the most urgent needs of thousands of people affected by the deadly floods in Libya. “The scale of the flood disaster is ‘shocking’ with entire neighborhoods having been wiped off the map and whole families, taken by […]
RABAT, Morocco (AA) – A woman was rescued from under the rubble six days after a devastating earthquake hit Morocco and caused huge damage to residential areas, search and rescue teams announced Thursday. Local sources told Anadolu that the woman was saved and pulled out of the rubble from a building in the village of […]
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US expressed alarm Wednesday over an increase in indiscriminate air and artillery strikes in Sudan, which have killed a large number of civilians. “The United States is alarmed by the recent increase of indiscriminate air and artillery strikes in Sudan, including in Khartoum, South Darfur and South Kordofan st...
