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Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy faces preliminary charges in Libya campaign financing scandal

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been hit with preliminary charges by investigative judges, accusing him of attempting to manipulate magistrates in order to clear himself in a case related to alleged illegal financing from Libya for his 2007 presidential campaign. The preliminary charges have the aim of misleading the magistrates overseeing the investigation into

Over 250 migrants rescued off the coast of Libya

A rescue ship operating off the coast of Libya saved 258 migrants in two separate operations in the early hours of Friday morning. ADVERTISEMENT The first of the two rescues involved a 7-metre-long wooden boat filled with 162 migrants, including 17 women and 29 minors, many of them in a cramped area below the deck.

Libya Flooding Disaster Underlines the Country’s Corruption

The dam project broke ground in 2010, according to the government assessment from 2011 reviewed by The New York Times. By Feb. 1, 2011, just before the uprising, the project had managed only “general preparations and earthworks,” the assessment said. No concrete or asphalt had been poured, it said, no pipes laid. But Libya had

Libya orders 8 officials arrested after flood disaster

The officials are suspected of ‘bad management’ and negligence, among other offences. Libya’s prosecutor general has ordered the arrest of eight officials as part of his inquiry into the recent flood disaster that killed thousands, his office said on Monday. The flash flood, which witnesses likened to a tsunami, broke through two ageing dams on

After Libya Flooding, Signs Point to a Crackdown on Dissent

The authorities in flood-devastated eastern Libya appeared to be moving to muzzle dissent over the past week, arresting protesters and activists who have demanded accountability for what they say was a botched official response to the catastrophe. Torrential rains that burst two dams unleashed a flood on Sept. 11 that swept much of the coastal

Libya protests turn flood aftermath into political storm

The aftermath of Libya’s worst ever natural disaster was evolving into a political storm, after demonstrators furious at the failure to protect their city from a flood torched the home of the mayor of Derna. Journalists reported they were ordered out of the devastated eastern city on Tuesday (September 19), the morning after the protests,

Burst dams and ignored warnings epitomize Libya failures

BEIRUT — Amid the search for thousands of people washed away when two storm-swollen dams burst, amid the burials and bewilderment in the Libyan city of Derna, sorrow has given way to rage. More than a week after Storm Daniel punched through the dams made of compacted clay, with the death toll at anywhere from 4,000

‘Extent of the disaster is unprecedented for a country like Libya’

A week after the flood that swept the centre of the city of Derna into the sea, families are still coping with the unbearable losses of their dead – and haunted by the unknown fates of the missing. Dams above the city burst in a storm a week ago, sending a huge torrent down a

Libya flood: One week on and new victims are still being found

Specialist divers are still finding the bodies of people washed out to sea from Derna trapped beneath the water. A week after a tsunami-sized flash flood devastated the Libyan coastal city of Derna, sweeping thousands to their deaths, the international aid effort to help the grieving survivors slowly gathered pace Sunday. ADVERTISEMENT Search-and-rescue teams wearing

Libya flooding death toll expected to soar

A massive rescue and recovery operation continues in Libya. It comes nearly a week after the collapse of two dams led to devastating flash floods. At least 4,000 bodies have been recovered, but the death toll is believed to be more than 11,000. This was a natural disaster that appears to have been compounded by

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Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy faces preliminary charges in Libya campaign financing scandal

Over 250 migrants rescued off the coast of Libya

Libya Flooding Disaster Underlines the Country’s Corruption

Libya orders 8 officials arrested after flood disaster

After Libya Flooding, Signs Point to a Crackdown on Dissent

Libya protests turn flood aftermath into political storm

Burst dams and ignored warnings epitomize Libya failures

‘Extent of the disaster is unprecedented for a country like Libya’

Libya flood: One week on and new victims are still being found

Libya flooding death toll expected to soar