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Rewarding failure? With David Cameron’s return, it’s being celebrated like never before

After his triumph in Libya I can’t wait to see what Lord Failed State achieves as foreign secretary, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

The Guardian - UK

Brexit to pints with Xi: why David Cameron is a controversial foreign secretary

As former UK PM makes a return to cabinet, we look at his somewhat chequered record on global stage

The Guardian - UK

‘A real hell’: The climate refugees of Libya’s floods and regional strife

Libya’s city of Derna was already host to migrants — its floods have now created a new generation of climate refugees.

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In a Tunisian town, Sudanese refugees wait in fear for UN protection

Hundreds of Sudanese refugees are cornered in the Zarzis olive groves, fearing local anger and hoping for UN protection.

Al Jazeera

Adel Omran, Associated Press video producer in Libya, dies at 46

Adel Omran, a video producer in chaos-stricken Libya for The Associated Press, has died

The Independent UK

Libya's road to democracy remains blocked as political stalemate endures

Libya's electoral commission has told the United Nations it can only start a countdown to national elections after resolution of the question of forming a new government.

Radio France Internationale

Revealed: thousands who bought ‘golden passports’ through Dominica’s $1bn scheme

Former Afghan spymaster, convicted millionaire and former Libyan colonel among those who became Dominican citizens

The Guardian - UK

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The Libyan divers facing daily horror to retrieve Derna’s dead

Libyan divers are left to find bodies still missing at sea after most international relief teams left.

Al Jazeera

By sea, by land: Desperate refugees still transit Morocco to get to Europe

A month after an earthquake killed nearly 3,000 people, the stream of refugees transiting Morocco to Europe continues.

Al Jazeera

NGO rescue ship saves 258 migrants off Libya in two operations

A nonprofit rescue ship operating off the coast of Libya has saved 258 migrants in two separate operations in the early hours of Friday morning

The Independent UK

UN envoy calls for a 'unified mechanism' to lead reconstruction of Libya's flood-wrecked city

The United Nations’ top official in divided Libya has called for a unified mechanism to lead the reconstruction a coastal city that was wrecked by devastating floods last month

The Independent UK

East Libya postpones Derna reconstruction conference amid calls for unity

Rival governments urged to work together to best manage donations for city after catastrophic flooding

The Guardian - UK

Rescue group decries Libya coastguard ramming into migrant boat

Video from Sea-Watch International shows Libyan coastguards crashing into a dinghy with dozens of migrants on board.

Al Jazeera

After Libya's catastrophic floods, survivors and recovery teams assess losses

The floods in Derna left thousands dead, missing and displaced. Here are scenes from last week, as search and rescue teams and survivors dug through mud, continuing the work of recovery.

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More than 2,500 migrants dead or missing in Mediterranean this year, UN says

The U.N. refugee agency said Thursday that some 186,000 migrants and refugees arrived in southern Europe so far this year, the vast majority in Italy.

Al Jazeera

Middle East Roundup: Tragedy strikes Iraqi couple’s ‘happiest day’

A mass fire in Iraq, Saudi’s foreign policy moves, surviving Libya’s floods post-ISIL–here’s the Middle East this week.

The Guardian - UK

‘I had to drink my own urine to survive’: Africans tell of being forced into the desert at Tunisia border

As EU prepares to send money as part of €1bn deal, people trying to reach north African country detail border ‘pushbacks’

The Guardian - UK

‘It’s a torment’: refugee tells how his family died in desert on quest for a future in Europe

Pato Crepin’s wife and six-year-old daughter were repeatedly pushed back by authorities in Tunisia, which has signed a €1bn deal with the EU

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The Independent UK

Libya: Eight officials arrested as search continues for missing dead in city devastated by flood

‘At ground zero there is still no water, no electricity,’ one Derna resident says

Radio France Internationale

Libya orders the arrest of eight officials after deadly floods

Libya's prosecutor general ordered the arrest of eight officials as part of his inquiry into the recent flood disaster that killed thousands, his office said on Monday.

Radio France Internationale

China to start reconstruction work in Libya's flood-hit Derna

The authorities in eastern Libya want to rebuild the town of Derna as quickly as possible, nearly two weeks after a flash flood destroyed more than 20 percent of the Libyan port city. The official death toll keeps rising, passing 3,800 over the weekend.

The Independent UK

Libya's top prosecutor says 8 officials jailed as part of investigation into dams' deadly collapse

Libya’s chief prosecutor says he has ordered the detention of eight current and former officials pending his investigation into the collapse of two dams

The Guardian - UK

Libyans pick up the pieces after devastating floods – photo essay

In the two weeks since floods struck the Libyan port city of Derna, the photojournalist Stefanie Glinski has been on the ground speaking to victims of the disaster alongside rescue workers struggling to deal with the devastation

France 24

Russia woos Haftar, but can the Derna floods give Libyans another chance?

Moscow seized the disaster diplomacy initiative after the deadly Derna floods, with Russian Deputy Defence Minister Yunus-bek Yevkurov arriving in eastern Libya with a promise of aid. Russia is helping Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar while seeking geostrategic payback. But the Derna tragedy has also drawn the US back into Libya,…

Al Jazeera

Analysis: Libya and Morocco’s twin tragedies highlight differences

Libya and Morocco experienced tragedies in the same week, but there are clear differences in how they played out.

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