Libya lights up after years of power cuts
Sep 04, 2023
Tripoli [Libya], September 4: It's midnight just before the weekend. Traffic snarls the corniche in Tripoli, where improved electricity service has brought renewed energy to Libya's capital after years of conflict and power cuts. Chronic electricity shortages had shaped the daily lives of Libyans since the fall of Muammar Gaddafi in a NATO-backed 2011 uprising. A decade of stop-start fighting between rival armed groups followed, adding combat damage and looting to an already dilapidated grid in the North African country.
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