Deprivation And Destruction Remain Widespread In Libya
QANFOODAH DETENTION CENTER, BENGHAZI, LIBYA. FEBRUARY 2 2019. African male detainees at Qanfoodah Detention Center wait in line to be declared present at morning roll call on February 2,2019 in Libya. At the time of photography, there were 106 detainees in this detention center.After the Libyan revolution in 2011 and the downfall of the Gaddafi regime, the old town of Benghazi, located next to the city port, was taken over (during the political vacuum) by ISIS militants in June 2014. Behind the building that once housed the passport and immigration services, is a labyrinth of narrow streets and alleys where, before the conflict, thousands of local residents and traders lived and worked. As the armed clashes intensified during 2014, the civilians fled the area leaving the militants to dig in and then take over the port nearby. That sparked off 3 years of heavy fighting between ISIS combatants and the newly-formed Libyan National Army who eventually defeated the militants in December 2017. Today, this part of the city lies in ruins with many of these buildings off-limits as they remain mined and booby-trapped with crude unexploded ordnance (UXO).Despite that, some families have returned to small pockets of the old town that have either been cleared or deemed safe by local authorities. (Photo by Giles Clarke/UNOCHA via Getty Images)
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