Libyans protest against authorities in flood-hit Derna

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 the Sahaba Mosque. Some sat on its roof in front of its golden dome, a Derna landmark. Aguila we don’t want you! All Libyans are brothers! protesters chanted, calling for national unity in a country left politically fractured by more than a decade of conflict and chaos. Monday’s protest marks the first large demonstration since the flood, which swept through Derna when two dams in […] Source

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