At least 5,300 people have died and potentially thousands more are missing after torrential rain and catastrophic flooding occurred in Storm Daniel’s wake. “All of us are affected,” Anas El Gomati, founder of the Libyan think tank Sadeq Institute, told me. “I can’t get my head around the negligence.”What Derna’s tragedy says about LibyaThe problems of Libyan infrastructure predate 2011. Qaddafi, who ruled from 1969 until his assassination, deliberately decentralized the Libyan state to prevent coups, and doled out ministries to various tribal leaders without a broader coordination. The US’s close regional partners, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates, have enabled Haftar even though Russia also backs him.

Source: Libya Today September 13, 2023 22:48 UTC