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Libya: The Libyan government has released 45 million dinars geared toward restoring safety in Benghazi

2014/03/28

The Libyan government has released 45 million dinars (about US$ 40 million) geared toward restoring safety in Benghazi (east) and Sebha (south), two cities currently being plagued by violence.


The money - 30 million dinars for Benghazi and 15 million dinars for Sebha - is designed to meet the needs for equipment to improve safety in the two cities where a series of killings and assassinations has taken place.

On 19 March, the Libyan government declared war against terrorism and called on the international community and the UN to help it eradicate the scourge.

A stronghold of the Libyan revolution in 2011 that toppled the Mouammar Gaddafi regime next an armed conflict that lasted additional than eight months, Benghazi is still mired in violence, inclunding the assassination of dozens of Libyan police and army officers inclunding civil society activists.

The violence has as well caused a lot of casualties part foreign nationals.

No government, inclunding the current interim cabinet, have succeeded in bringing the people involved in the violence to justice, despite repeated promises.

A lot of Libyans accuse Islamic extremist groups operating in the city, particularly in the eastern region, of being behind the chaotic situation.

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