All Libyans are brothers!” at the central Sahaba Square in Derna, singling out Aguila Saleh, the speaker of Libya’s eastern-based parliament. Last week, Saleh had said the flood was an “act of God” and that politicians were not to blame for it. The resulting flood destroyed a quarter of the coastal city and killed nearly 4,000 people, according to the latest UN figures. ‘Little sign that there will be any accountability’The prosecutor of Libya’s eastern administration has launched an investigation and suspended Derna’s mayor, Abdel Moneim al-Gaithi. In 2022, the global nongovernmental organization Transparency International ranked Libya 171 of 180 countries in its Corruption Perceptions Index.

Source: Libya Today September 20, 2023 13:31 UTC