Tag: Natural disasters
China to begin reconstruction work in Derna
In Libya, the authorities in the east of the country announced that they wanted to organize, on October 10, an international conference for the reconstruction of Derna, a town devastated…
a week after the earthquake, the inhabitants of Ighil recount their return to life
We had to wait until Sunday September 17 to see the road leading to the epicenter of the earthquake reopened. More than a week after the Al Haouz earthquake, which…
extreme heat raises fears of the return of uncontrollable fires
In Australia, for the first time since the terrible “black summer” of three years ago (late 2019-early 2020), the state of New South Wales is facing the threat of major…
residents of Derna demand accountability from authorities after floods
A little more than a week after the passage of storm Daniel, authorities in eastern Libya banned journalists from accessing the city of Derna, the most affected by the floods,…
Libya floods kill at least 11,300 in Derna, UN says
At least 11,300 people have died and 10,100 remain missing in the town of Derna alone, in eastern Libya, ravaged almost a week ago by unprecedented floods, according to a…
in a district of Marrakech, many families continue to sleep outside
In Morocco, the death toll from the Al Haouz earthquake is now nearly 3,000 dead and more than 5,000 injured. The city of Marrakech was also affected, to a lesser…
Glez’s take on the earthquake in Morocco and the floods in Libya
The earth trembles in Morocco and ravages entire villages in the Marrakech region in the center of the country. Then storm Daniel hit eastern Libya, causing the failure of two…
the Frontex agency counts on Croatia to guard the Schengen borders in defiance of abuses
2 mins Frontex is pursuing a close cooperation with Croatianew ” border country » of the Schengen area. The European agency is however accused of numerous violations of migrants’ rights,…
In the news: the humanitarian drama in Libya
After the earthquake in Morocco, which we also find in French newspapers, it is in fact the floods in Libya which are making the headlines, with this photo on the…
aging dams, a climate phenomenon and a bankrupt state
In Libya, searches continue to try to find the thousands of people missing. But people want to start getting answers. The disaster was unprecedented, but the failure of two dams…