All Stories for Libya
Nine migrants found dead off Tunisia on vessel headed to Europe from Libya
Ajeyo Basu • 2 months agoAccording to the International Organization for Migration, 2,498 persons lost their lives or disappeared while attempting to cross the central Mediterranean in 2023, a 75% increase from 2022
Libya announces resumption of production at largest oilfield after over 2-week hiatus
Fp Staff • 2 months agoLibya’s state-owned oil company resumed production at the country’s largest oilfield Sunday, ending a more than two-week hiatus after protesters blocked the facility over fuel shortages.
Libya flood: Mayor's house set on fire as protesters demand accountability from government
Fp Staff • 7 months agoMonday's protest marks the first significant gathering since the flood. This catastrophe occurred when two dams located in the hills outside the city collapsed during a powerful storm, unleashing a devastating deluge
Libya floods: Why did Derna dams collapse? Were warning signs ignored?
Fp Explainers • 7 months agoThe toll in Libya’s Derna has soared to 11,300 after a massive flood fed by the breaching of two dams built in the 1970s. While some experts point to a lack of maintenance of the structures, others say it is too early to determine why they collapsed
Four Indians stranded in Libya evacuated by Indian Embassy in Tripoli
Fp Staff • 7 months agoThe four Indians from Punjab, Haryana, were on Thursday seen off at the Benina Airport by the embassy’s local representative Tabassum Mansoor
How Libya is in dire need of body bags after floods kill more than 5,000
Fp Explainers • 7 months agoDevastating floods in northeastern Libya have killed thousands and displaced several others. Rescuers in the worst-hit city of Derna are appealing for more body bags as human remains are recovered from rubble and the sea. There are also fears of the spread of an epidemic in the coastal town
Not Climate Crisis Alone: Why the Libya floods have caused so much death and destruction
Fp Explainers • 7 months agoOver 2,300 people have died and over 10,000 are still missing as a result of the devastation caused by the Mediterranean storm Daniel in Libya. The flooding follows a long line of problems born from the country’s lawlessness due to lack of a central government and continuous conflict
10,000 people reported missing after dams burst in Mediterranean storm, causing catastrophic floods
Fp Staff • 7 months agoResidents have reported burying more than 200 bodies in a single cemetery on Monday, and footage has revealed numerous bodies scattered across a hospital courtyard
Storm Daniel sweeps Libya, over 2000 people feared dead
• 7 months agoMediterranean storm Daniel caused devastating floods in Libya that broke dams and swept away entire neighborhoods in multiple coastal towns in the east of the North African nation
17 Punjab and Haryana youths held captive in Libya for six months return home
Fp Staff • 8 months agoSeventeen Punjab and Haryana youths, who had been held captive in Libya for six months after having their hopes for a better work and life dashed by dishonest travel agencies, returned to India on Sunday night