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Years After Collective Punishment , Libyans Trickle Home

Sunday, 20 December, 2020 - 07:15 The mayor of Tawergha says the absence of a (central) government has delayed promises by authorities to disburse compensation to residents to rebuild their lives | AFP Asharq Al-Awsat When Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi was toppled, people took revenge on those they saw as his supporters including the entire town of Tawergha, whose 40,000 residents were forced to flee. Now, almost a decade after militia forces rampaged through the town, torching homes, destroying buildings, and leaving farms in ruins, the people of Tawergha are coming home. Around a third of the original population of the town have returned among them is Abdelghani Omar, who has opened a barbershop.

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