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GENEVA (Reuters) – The United Nations aid chief said on Friday that floods in Libya that have killed thousands of people in its worst natural disaster in modern history were due to the collision of “climate and capacity”. “In Libya, where access to Derna is still so difficult, where there are the compounding problems of …

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By Alexander Cornwell AZERMOUN, Morocco (Reuters) – Villagers in some of the most isolated areas hit by Morocco’s earthquake were still living in makeshift tents and relying on donkeys to bring vital supplies on Thursday as they waited for state aid to reach them nearly a week after the disaster. The 6.8 magnitude earthquake that …

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CAIRO (Reuters) – The head of Sudan’s main paramilitary group threatened on Thursday to set up a governing authority in areas his forces control if his enemies in the army form a government. Rapid Support Forces (RSF) commander Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo has been fighting the army for almost five months in a conflict that has …

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By Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Biden administration has allowed much of U.S. foreign military aid to Egypt to go ahead, saying the country was vital for U.S. national security interests despite what critics have said about widespread human rights abuses. Washington has only withheld $85 million of the aid, which under U.S. law …

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By Ahmed Eljechtimi and David Lawder MARRAKECH/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Morocco insisted on Thursday that Marrakech will host International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank annual meetings in October despite the recent devastating earthquake, but the two institutions have not committed to the plan, three people familiar with their deliberations said. The IMF and World Bank …

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By Ahmed Elumami and Ayman al-Warfali DERNA, Libya (Reuters) – Libyans from across the fragmented country have driven through old front lines regardless of bitter enmities to deliver aid to flood-stricken Derna this week, putting aside years of conflict between their divided leaders. Inside Derna, where a torrent washed away whole districts on Sunday night …

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