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Libya: Flooding death toll soars to 11,300 in coastal city of Derna

The enormous surge of storm water burst two upstream river dams late Sunday and reduced Derna to a wasteland where entire city blocks and untold numbers of people were washed into the Mediterranean

Libya floods: PM takes shared responsibility for dam failures

The scale of devastation witnessed after storm Daniel rocked eastern Libya is partly to blame on negligence.

Speaking Thursday, the Primer minister of Libya’s UN backed adminitration which is based inTripoli acknowledged issues in the maintenance of t...

Climat: Are carbon credits the solution? [Business Africa]

In this week's Business Africa: the effectiveness of carbon credits called into question; Gabon's economy put to the test by the coup d'état and the African Union's membership of the G20.

Mali cancels Independence day celebrations after attacks

The anniversary will be "celebrated in sobriety and in the spirit of national revival", a statement after a council of ministers said.
The government will allocate the funds planned for the festivities to help the victims of a series of recent attacks...

Diddy unveils comeback album ‘The Love Album – Off the Grid’

If Sean “Diddy” Combs had a choice, the self-proclaimed serial entrepreneur would be hunkered down in a recording studio rather than running his several successful businesses. The album will release on Friday (Sep. 15).

Libya Floods: Survivors speak of their plight, search for relatives

"It is a disaster that has gone beyond imagination, we thought it was just floods, water going down but the mud is the greatest problem, bodies are buried under piles of mud and debris, 3 or 4 metres high of mud. We pray God give patience to the famili...

Libya buries thousands in mass graves after flood, mayor says death toll could triple

The deluge swept away entire families on Sunday night and exposed vulnerabilities in the oil-rich country that has been mired in conflict since a 2011 uprising that toppled long-ruling dictator Moammar Gadhafi. Health officials have confirmed 5,500 dea...

Panic as aftershock shakes Moroccan village near quake epicentre

Rescue workers, villagers and journalists ran Wednesday( Sep.13) at the moment an aftershock is felt in the village of Imi N'Tala.

Nigeria experiences a nationwide power outage after its electrical grid fails

The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC), which supplies electricity to southeastern Nigeria, issued a statement announcing a “total system" collapse.

Tunisia bans visit by European Parliament delegation

Tunisia has banned a delegation from the European Parliament from entering its territory, provoking strong reactions from MEPs, some of whom have called for the suspension of the migration agreement concluded between the EU and Tunis.