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Humanitarian needs remain high following devastating floods in Libya

5:10pm September 15, 2023

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Talal Burnaz, the acting country director for International Medical Corps in Libya, about the immense humanitarian needs after massive flooding.

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Despite disorganized earthquake response, Moroccan survivors voice support for king

4:39pm September 15, 2023

by Eleanor Beardsley

In addition to the physical obstacles in getting help to survivors of Morocco's earthquake, there are also problems with government dysfunction.

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Morocco's Amazigh, the indigenous people of North Africa, hit hard deadly quake

10:23am September 15, 2023

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Brahim el Guabli, associate professor of Arabic Studies at Williams College, about the earthquake's impacts on rural indigenous communities in Morocco.

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The scale of devastation in eastern Libya mounts after devastating floods

7:18am September 15, 2023

Local officials say the death toll from the massive flooding in Libya has climbed over 11,000 as shocked residents assess where entire neighborhoods were washed away.

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Last month's coup in Gabon ended a family's half century hold on power

5:18am September 15, 2023

A look inside at life in the Central African nation of Gabon, after the fall of a political dynasty that had ruled the country for over half a century.

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5:18am September 15, 2023

The UAW launches a historic strike against the Big 3 automakers. Florida's health department touts its own COVID booster recommendations. The death toll soars to 11,300 from flooding in Libya.

A volunteer takes a break on the rubble of a building in a flash flood-damaged area in Derna on September 14, 2023. The Libyan Red Crescent said Thursday that more than 11,000 were killed in the flood and another 10,000 were still missing.

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Death toll soars to 11,300 from flooding in Libyan coastal city of Derna

3:35pm September 14, 2023

by The Associated Press

Another 10,100 are reported missing from flooding caused by Mediterranean storm Daniel, the Libyan Red Crescent says.

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A psychiatrist's view from Libya as the storm death toll reaches 5,000

5:20pm September 13, 2023

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Dr. Huda Akram, who is based in Benghazi, about the devastating storm that collapsed two dams and killed at least 5,000 people in Libya.

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A Moroccan brother and sister see if their ancestral home survived the earthquake

5:13pm September 13, 2023

by Lauren Frayer

A brother and sister return to their hometown in the mountains of Morocco to see all that's lost after the earthquake.

Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield meets with Sudanese refugees ahead of U.N. meeting

6:04am September 13, 2023

More than 400,000 refugees have fled violence in Sudan and crossed into Chad. NPR's Michel Martin joined U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Linda Thomas-Greenfield on visit to a refugee camp near the border.

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