The two disasters, days apart, created logistical and humanitarian nightmares for the respective governments and cast an unwelcome spotlight on the effect of years, if not decades, of neglect in some regions.
Rescuers waded in waist deep water in Libya and dug through crumbled mud brick buildings in Morocco in search of survivors after dual natural disasters over the weekend left at least 9 000 people dead.
Even as foreign nations offer assistance to both nations, internal political sensitivities and tensions threaten to stymie recovery efforts. Teams from @MaMrcs are working around the clock supporting search & rescue operations, providing first aid & psychosocial support. Other factors came into play in Libya, where oversight of the nation that sits atop Africa’s largest reserves of crude oil is divided between rival governments in the east and west.
Officials in the Tripoli-based government, including Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah, have cast the tragedy in Derna and other towns in the east as both a challenge and an opportunity to unite.
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