The Libyan floods are the second major disaster to befall North Africa in recent days, after an earthquake in Morocco claimed nearly 3,000 lives. The Libyan floods are the second major disaster to ...

Relief workers are responding to dual disasters in North Africa. The death toll in the Morocco earthquake has topped 2,900 while Libya counts at least 5,300 killed in catastrophic flooding ...

On June 21, 1990, an earthquake measuring 7.7 on the Richter scale struck northwestern Iran, killing up to 50,000 people.

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Brahim el Guabli, associate professor of Arabic Studies at Williams College, about the earthquake's impacts on rural indigenous communities in Morocco.

The earthquake, measuring 6.4 on the Richter scale, struck approximately 631 kilometres north of Rashid. The epicentre was located at a latitude of 35.12°N and a longitude of 27.0°E, with a depth of ...

Current emergencies. With some 15.6 million forcibly displaced and stateless people, the Middle East and North Africa region accounts for 24 per cent of UNHCR's budget in 2023, with most funds going ...

“The preliminary results show that the earthquake registered a local magnitude of approximately 2.2, as recorded by the South African Seismograph Network (SANSN).