Residents of worst-hit Derna city protest against eastern Tobruk-based parallel government a week after devastating floods killed thousands of people.
People of Derna protest against Libya's western-based government a week after flash floods devastated the city. Photo; Reuters/Zohra Bensemra
At the same press conference, Ali al Quweirah, an official in the Education Ministry, noted that 114 schools in 15 localities were damaged by the floods. According to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs , at least 3,958 people have died across Libya due to flooding, revising its previous death toll of 11,300.
More than 40,000 people have been displaced across Libya’s northeastern areas by the deadly floods, said the UN office.Hundreds of people protested in the worst-hit city of Derna, venting anger against authorities and demanding accountability one week after a flood killed thousands of its residents and destroyed entire neighbourhoods.
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