Libyan Displaced Receive Emergency Aid

A U.N. truck convoy carrying emergency supplies for nearly seven-thousand displaced people arrived Monday in western Libya. The number of displaced is growing as fighting between rival factions and militias continues. There’s been heavy fighting in and around Tripoli since July and Benghazi since May. About 140,000 people are now believed displaced within Libya. Dalia Al Achi, regional public information officer in North Africa for the UNHCR, the U.N. refugee agency, said, “The...

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