The UN Libya mission expressed its alarm over footage circulating on social media featuring “brutal torture and ill-treatment” of detainees at the Gernada detention facility in eastern Libya. Reuters was not able to independently verify the neither location nor date of the footage, however, architectural details seen on the videos, including the type of tiles…
In a tragic turn of events, authorities have declared a state of extreme emergency in a Libyan city after it was ravaged by floods. Schools and stores have been closed, and a curfew has been imposed in response to the crisis. Officials from the eastern administration of Libya have reported a staggering death toll of…
At least 150 people were killed when freak floods hit eastern Libya, officials said Monday, after storm “Daniel” swept the Mediterranean, its torrential rains earlier lashing Turkey, Bulgaria and Greece. Images filmed by residents of the Libyan disaster area showed massive mudslides, collapsed buildings and entire neighbourhoods submerged under muddy water. “At least 150 people…
