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Libya floods: What you need to know

Warnings were issued 72 hours prior to the catastrophic event.

There are scenes of utter devastation in Libya's eastern city of Derna, after a powerful storm caused two dams to burst, sweeping away large parts of the port city. Some aid has arrived, but with the country struggling under divided political administrations in the east and west, Libya's Prime Minister in Tripoli said they would only accept "necessary aid". We look at how the catastrophic impact of Storm Daniel has brought the country鈥檚 fragile and complex political situation to the fore.

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has lifted a year-long visa ban imposed on Nigerian travellers. Flights were stopped last year after Dubai鈥檚 Emirates airline suspended operations in Nigeria as it was angered by moves preventing it from transferring its revenues overseas because of a foreign currency crisis.

Also鈥onservationists in Egypt oppose the government鈥檚 plan to build a highway through Cairo鈥檚 centuries old cemetery The City of the Dead.

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