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From stopthecrime.net https://primarywater.org/ https://primarywater.org/?p=353 The Great Man-Made River of Libyahttps://www.amusingplanet.com/2015/07/the-great-man-made-river-of-libya.html?m=1 One of the biggest civilian development project that Libya’s ex-president Muammar Gaddafi undertook during his forty-two-year rule was the Great Man-Made River. Gaddafi’s dream was to provide fresh water for everyone, and to turn the desert green, making Libya self-sufficient in food production. To make […]
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Switzerland hands Foreign Ministry list of seized Libyan antiquities
October 13th, 2023 
Awake Goy The Swiss Ambassador to Libya, Joseph Ringli, has surrendered to the Libyan Ministry of Foreign Affairs a list of items, including antiquities belonging to the North African country, which were seized inside Switzerland, Libya Observer reports. According to the report, this was announced in a government statement quoting the Director of the Antiquities Department, Muhammad Faraj. The […]
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No Comments »WHO: 101 health workers killed in Libya’s Storm Daniel
October 3rd, 2023 Awake Goy As many as 101 health workers in Libya were killed during Storm Daniel or in its immediate aftermath, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said. “The deceased health workers are among the 4,333 people thus far confirmed dead following the storm while more than 8,500 people are still missing,” the WHO said in a statement yesterday. Even before […]
Libya: 4 new officials in detention due to floods
September 30th, 2023 Awake Goy The Libyan Public Prosecutor ordered the placement of four new officials in pretrial detention as part of an investigation into the collapse of two dams that caused devastating floods in the city of Derna in the east of the country on 10 September. On 25 September, the Public Prosecutor ordered the imprisonment of eight officials, […]
Derna children traumatised in aftermath of Libya floods triggered by Storm Daniel
September 29th, 2023 Awake Goy Children in Libya’s Derna city have been suffering from depression and loss of speech, while some even attempted suicide after the Mediterranean Storm Daniel wreaked havoc on their hometown, Anadolu Agency reports. Derna was the hardest hit by the floods, causing the city’s dams to burst, washing away homes and people. “Nearly 300,000 children are […]
Posted in Libya, News Tags: aftermath, children, derna, floods, Libya, traumatised, triggered No Comments »Libya: lack of a unified crisis management hinders international aid, says Presidential Council
September 25th, 2023 Awake Goy Libya’s Presidential Council said on Sunday that the lack of a “unified crisis management system” in the country has disrupted international aid efforts related to the flood disaster that struck the east of the country on 10 September. “International support for those affected by the flood disaster that struck eastern Libya requires the gaining of […]
Posted in Libya, News Tags: crisis, hinders, international, Libya, management, presidential, unified No Comments »CHRIS HEDGES: HUMANITARIAN IMPERIALISM CREATED THE LIBYAN NIGHTMARE
September 25th, 2023 Awake Goy SEPTEMBER 18TH, 2023 Source CHRIS HEDGES Washington DC — (Scheerpost) — “We came, we saw, he died,” Hillary Clinton famously quipped when Muammar Gaddafi, after seven months of U.S. and NATO bombing, was overthrown in 2011 and killed by a mob who sodomized him with a bayonet. But Gaddafi would not be the only one to die. […]
Posted in Libya Tags: chris, created, hedges, humanitarian, imperialism, libyan, nightmare No Comments »THE REAL REASONS THE DERNA DAM IN LIBYA BROKE
September 25th, 2023 Awake Goy SEPTEMBER 21ST, 2023 Source Mnar Adley More than 11,000 people have been confirmed dead in the devastating floods in the Libyan city of Derna. But corporate mainstream media outlets like the BBC, the New York Times, CNN and others would have you believe the destruction that has drawn worldwide headlines is due to climate change. […]
Libya seeks cooperation with US to reduce impact of floods
September 21st, 2023 Awake Goy Libya, on Wednesday, underlined the importance of cooperation with the United States to reduce the impact of the deadly floods that killed thousands in the North African country, Anadolu Agency reports. Head of the Tripoli-based government, Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, met in the Libyan capital with Commander of the US Army Africa Command (AFRICOM), Gen. Michael […]
Libyans protest against authorities in flood-hit Derna
September 19th, 2023 Awake Goy Hundreds of people protested in the eastern Libyan city of Derna on Wednesday, venting anger against authorities and demanding accountability, one week after a flood killed thousands of its residents and destroyed entire neighbourhoods, Reuters reports. Protesters took aim at officials, including the head of the eastern-based Libyan Parliament, Aguila Saleh, during the demonstration outside […]
A week after Libya floods, families haunted by fate of the missing
September 19th, 2023 Awake Goy Sabreen Blil was on her hands and knees atop the rubble of her brother’s house, the wind beating at her black robe as she clawed with her bare hands at the flattened masonry in the hope of somehow digging to the family buried below, Reuters reports. She recited their names as she wept. Taym, Yazan, […]
Libya Natural Disaster Death Toll Is NATO’s Fault
September 18th, 2023 Awake Goy After financing extremist militias that violently executed the former Libyan President, Muammar Gaddafi, in addition to launching a brutal war of aggression that turned the richest African nation into a failed State and open slave market, Western media apologists for NATO pretend as if the war never occurred. According to mainstream corporate media, the horrific […]
Death toll from floods in Libya’s Derna jumps to 11,300: UN
September 17th, 2023 Awake Goy At least 11,300 people have been killed and over 10,000 others still missing by deadly floods in Libya’s eastern city of Derna, the United Nations said, reports Anadolu Agency. In a statement, the UN Humanitarian Affairs Office (OCHA) said around 170 people were killed outside Derna city by the flooding caused by Mediterranean storm Daniel. […]
55 children poisoned by polluted water in Libya coastal city: Unity government
September 16th, 2023 Awake Goy At least 55 children have been poisoned by polluted water in the Libyan coastal city of Derna, which was hit especially hard by floods caused by Storm Daniel when it hit the country last weekend, Anadolu Agency reports. We detected 55 cases of contamination (poisoning) with water unfit for consumption and drinking in Derna, all […]
Palestinian family which fled wars suffers deaths in Libya
September 15th, 2023 Awake Goy The devastating floods in Libya have brought new tragedy to a family of Palestinians which settled in the country after fleeing Gaza during the 1967 Arab-Israeli war, Reuters reports. Two members of the Abu Amra family – a father and son – died, and 12 other relatives are missing after a storm burst dams, swept […]
Posted in Libya, Middle East, News Tags: deaths, family, Libya, palestinian, suffers, which No Comments »EXPLAINER – What caused the floods in Libya and why are they so bad?
September 15th, 2023 Awake Goy A catastrophic flood has killed thousands of people in the eastern Libyan city of Derna, sweeping away entire neighbourhoods with their residents and washing many bodies out to sea. Thousands of people are missing. What caused the flood? After pummelling other Mediterranean countries, the powerful Storm Daniel swept into Libya over the weekend, unleashing record amounts of rain as […]
‘Don’t just watch TV’, Libyan teacher rallies pupils to help flood victims
September 15th, 2023 Awake Goy A Libyan headmistress in Tripoli gave an impassioned speech to her students in the wake of deadly floods in Derna, imploring them to act and not just watch the tragedy on TV. Despite an ongoing civil war, Libyans from across the divide are rallying to help their country-people in the flood affected areas, sending food […]
Most Libya flood casualties could have been avoided with advanced warning systems: WMO
September 14th, 2023 Awake Goy The use of advanced warning systems would have lessened the casualties and damage caused by the recent devastating floods in Libya, the UN’s World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) said on Thursday, Anadolu Agency reports. If there had been advanced warning we could have avoided most of the human casualties in Libya Petteri Taalas, the WMO’s Secretary-General, […]
Posted in Libya, News Tags: advanced, avoided, casualties, could, flood, Libya, warning No Comments »Libya: Army evacuates Derna to complete search & rescue operations
September 14th, 2023 Awake Goy Libya’s Ministry of the Interior said “the army has evacuated the city of Derna of all its residents and journalists to facilitate search and rescue operations.” In the statement, reported to Anadolu Agency, ministry spokesperson, Tariq Al-Kharraz said: “The army evacuated Derna of residents and journalists to make room for local and international rescue teams to work […]
Posted in Libya, News Tags: complete, derna, evacuates, Libya, operations, rescue, search No Comments »‘Forgive me, dad’: Last words of Libya teen killed in deadly Derna floods
September 14th, 2023 Awake Goy Deadly floods in Libya caused by a huge storm swept through the eastern Derna city, where families were left scattered or killed entirely as Storm Daniel has ravaged the region, Anadolu Agency reports. The devastating Mediterranean storm on Sunday hit the eastern region of Libya, causing massive floods in Derna and leaving thousands dead and […]
Death Toll in Eastern Libya Floods Tops 3,000
September 12th, 2023 Awake Goy September 12, 2023 More than 3,000 people have died and many others remain unaccounted for after floods caused by Storm Daniel struck eastern Libya, an official said on Tuesday. Libyan health minister, Othman Abdul Jalil, said that most of the victims were in the coastal city of Derna. Other cities and towns affected by the […]
Qatari emir, Libyan premier stress need to support efforts to end fighting in Sudan
September 10th, 2023 Awake Goy Qatar’s emir and head of the Libyan National Unity Government on Sunday stressed the need to support efforts to end the fighting in Sudan, reports Anadolu Agency. This came during talks held by Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh at Lusail Palace in the Qatari capital, Doha, according […]
Libyan PM met Mossad chief in Jordan to discuss normalization: Report
September 5th, 2023 Awake Goy SEP 4, 2023 Posted by INTERNATIONALIST 360° The meeting, which took place in 2022, was sponsored by the US and the UAE News Desk According to a classified diplomatic cable obtained by Lebanese daily Al-Akhbar, Libyan Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh met with the head of the Israeli spy agency Mossad, David Barnea, in the Jordanian capital […]
Israel’s Netanyahu says publication of Libya meeting ‘not helpful’
September 4th, 2023 Awake Goy Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday criticized the publication of a secret meeting between the foreign ministers of Israel and Libya, Anadolu reports. Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen secretly met with his Libyan counterpart Najla Al-Mangoush in Rome last month, the first such meeting between the two countries. The meeting has triggered a storm […]
Posted in Libya, Middle East, News Tags: helpful, israel, Libya, meeting, netanyahu!, publication No Comments »Libya FM flees country amid Israel normalisation meeting controversy
August 31st, 2023 Awake Goy Libya’s beleaguered Foreign Minister has fled the country after her suspension, following the widespread backlash against her secret meeting with her Israeli counterpart last week, amid ongoing questions on whether the Libyan government knew of and planned the controversial meeting. Following a leak of Libyan Foreign Minister, Najla Al-Mangoush’s meeting with her Israeli counterpart, Eli […]
Posted in Libya, Middle East, News Tags: controversy, country, flees, israel, Libya, meeting, normalisation No Comments »A secret meeting and fleeing Foreign Minister leave Dbeibeh in deeper trouble
August 31st, 2023 Awake Goy One has to be naive to believe that Libya’s former Foreign Minister, Najla Al-Mangoush, unwarily and innocently walked into a meeting hosted by the Italian Foreign Minister and found Eli Cohen, Israel’s Foreign Minister, and, out of courtesy, shook his hand and that was it. This is what Ms. Al-Mangoush and her unprofessional aides wanted […]
What the latest Libya debacle tells us about U.S. and Israeli indifference to Libyan lives
August 29th, 2023 Awake Goy As protests broke out in Libya following an intentional leak that Israel’s Foreign Minister met with his Libyan counterpart, it became clear that Biden doesn’t mind endangering Libyan lives for the sake of Israeli-Arab normalization, and neither do Israeli officials to score political points. Source
Nigeria’s largest opposition bloc slams military plans against Niger
August 6th, 2023 Awake Goy Aug 6, 2023 Source: Agencies By Al Mayadeen English The country’s Senate urges the president to reconsider military action threats against Niger as Sunday deadline arrives. Pressure is growing on Nigerian President Bola Tinubu by opposition parties to reconsider military action against neighboring Niger, ahead of the Sunday deadline to reinstate ECOWAS-backed President Mohamed Bazoum. […]
Libya: border guards find bodies of 6 black Africans in desert
August 1st, 2023 Awake Goy Libyan border guards have found the bodies of six African migrants in the desert, according to the Interior Ministry. The news comes just one week after a video circulated online of a Libyan border guard giving water to black African migrants who had been dumped in the middle of the desert by Tunisian authorities. Two days earlier […]
Italy migration conference aims to stem flows by helping Africa
July 22nd, 2023 Awake Goy Mediterranean and Middle East countries will meet in Rome on Sunday to boost efforts to stem illegal migration flows, with Italy saying the aim is to help countries in Africa in order to reduce the impetus for migrants to reach Europe, Reuters reports. The meeting will focus on building partnership for projects in sectors including […]
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