China to start reconstruction work in Libya's flood-hit Derna

Libya Arrests Derna Mayor and Other Officials for Negligence After Flood

The mayor of Derna and seven other top officials have been arrested for negligence in connection with the catastrophic flood.

Libyan prosecutor general orders arrest of eight officials after flooding disaster

Derna’s mayor Abdulmonem al-Ghaithi, who was sacked after the flood, is among the detainees.

Libya: 8 officials arrested after flood disaster

Libya's chief prosecutor Monday ordered the detention of eight officials pending a probe into the collapse of two dams that sent a wall of water across the city of Derna, killing thousands. The dam breaches on September 11 outside Derna, a coastal city in eastern Libya, were triggered by a Mediterranean storm The death toll ranges between 4,000 and 11,000, according to aid agencies. Derna mayor among those questioned Derna Mayor Abdel-Moneim al-…

China to start reconstruction work in Libya's flood-hit Derna

The authorities in eastern Libya want to rebuild the town of Derna as quickly as possible, nearly two weeks after a flash flood destroyed more than 20 percent of the Libyan port city. The official death toll keeps rising, passing 3,800 over the weekend.

Sixteen officials charged over Libya dams disaster

The mayor of Libya's eastern city of Derna has been detained along with other officials on suspicion of mismanagement and negligence over the collapse of dams.

Despite a promise to repair the city's poorly maintained dams, that never happened. Floods after the dams that broke earlier this month cost the lives of thousands of Libyans.