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| Libya: eastern authorities announce reconstruction conference in Derna |
| 2023-09-24 |
| [AFRICANEWS] Nearly two weeks after deadly floods swept away entire neighbourhood in eastern Libya, authorities in the said region announced an international reconstruction conference. The spokesperson for the Libyan national army leader also reacted Friday to protests organized in the flood-hit city of Derna. On September 18, hundreds of protestors gathered outside the city's grand mosque, chanting slogans against the eastern-based parliament and its leader and calling for accountability over the high death toll. Protestor's among other things demanded a probe into the current city council and previous budgets. "The people are angry, the people are suffering, we are suffering too, we are part of the people, we are not strangers to them, so we feel what they feel," Ahmed el-Mesmari said. "I myself have lost [...] members of my family in this situation. You have to listen very carefully to the anger of the people. Their voice has reached and moved all the institutions of power and politicians in Libya. This will lead to an investigation of everything that happened," The spokesman of army leader Khalifa Haftar added. |
| Posted by:Fred |