Libya coastguard accused of hampering attempt to save more than 170 people
Médecins Sans Frontières says ‘dangerous manoeuvres’ by coastguard put refugees at even greater risk An NGO performing search and rescue missions in the Mediterranean has...
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Denmark admits role in Nato airstrikes on Libya that killed 14 civilians in 2011
In first such admission, previously secret document says Danish aircraft participated in attacks linked to civilian deaths Denmark’s defence ministry said it would launch a...
More than 60 migrants presumed dead after boat sinks off Libya, says UN
Victims were from Nigeria, the Gambia and other African countries and included women and children, UN agency says Sixty-one migrants are missing and presumed dead...
East Libya postpone Derna reconstruction conference amid calls for unity
Rival governments urged to work together to best manage donations for Derna after catastrophic flooding The government in eastern Libya has been forced to postpone...
‘It’s a torment’: refugee tells how his family died in desert on quest for a future in Europe
Pato Crepin’s wife and six-year-old daughter were repeatedly pushed back by authorities in Tunisia, which has signed a €1bn deal with the EU ‘I had...
Officials detained as Libya awaits inquiry into deadly floods
Officials questioned over claims that negligence and mistakes contributed to disaster in which thousands died Libya’s chief prosecutor has ordered the detention of eight current...
‘The least we can do is care for their children’: Libyans rally to protect Derna’s orphans
Hundreds of traumatised children are thought to have lost their families in disaster People in western Libya have rallied round to provide care and breastmilk...
Flood rescue teams in Derna set back by communications outage
Severed fibre-optic cables hamper search for survivors in eastern Libya where thousands died after dams collapsed A daylong communication outage in the flood-stricken city of...
Eastern Libya orders journalists out of flood-hit Derna after protests
Media crackdown follows reports that police officers had detained and questioned Libyan reporters Libya’s eastern government has ordered journalists to leave Derna after angry protests...
Libya floods: warlord using disaster response to exert control, say observers
Khalifa Haftar and Libyan National Army militia said to be overseeing humanitarian relief arriving in city of Derna As search and rescue teams continue to...
