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The Fifth Floor: Helping Libya’s flood survivors

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22/09/2023 GMT

Helping Libya’s flood survivors

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Saving lives in Derna: insights into BBC Media Action’s lifeline programming

Saving lives in Derna: we hear how the BBC Media Action’s ‘El Kul’ team helped survivors and those helping them in eastern Libya after the floods.

In the aftermath of the devastating floods in Derna, following the collapse of two dams, we hear from Sara Alhouni, outreach officer for BBC Media Action's platform for Libyan audiences, about their response to the catastrophe and how they are providing lifesaving information for those affected.

India or Bharat? 
Could India be officially renamed “Bharat”?  The idea was reported in the press this week after invitations to G20 summit members asked them to join the “President of Bharat”, not India, for dinner.  So what is Bharat and why might it replace India?  Zubair Ahmed of BBC Delhi explains.  

Indigenous protests in Argentina
Large protests have been taking place in the northern province of Jujuy as indiginous groups oppose lithium mining there.  For the BBC Berta Reventós spent a week with protesters in the village of Purmamarca, high up in the Andes mountains, to find out more. 

Africa Eye: Operation Dudula vigilantes in South Africa 
South African anti-migrant group, Operation Dudula, has become notorious for targetting people they suspect are foreign nationals, forcing their businesses to close, and evicting tenants from their homes.  Ayanda Charlie for BBC Africa Eye gained rare access to members of the country's most-prominent anti-migrant street movement.

(Photo: Arabic poster saying “do not go to Derna without coordination” from BBC Media Action. Credit: BBC Media Action for Libya)

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