War-weary Libyans miss life under Gaddafi
Five years after an uprising killed Libya's Muammar Gaddafi, residents in the chaos-wracked country's capital joke they have grown to miss the longtime dictator as the frustrations of daily life mount.
Those living in the capital say they are exhausted by power cuts, price hikes and a lack of cash flow as rival authorities and militias battle for control of the fragmented oil-rich country.
"I hate to say it but our life was better under the previous regime," says Fayza al-Naas, a 42-year-old pharmacist, referring to Gaddafi's more than four decades of rule.
Today, "we wait for hours outside banks to beg cashiers to give us some of our own money. Everything is three times more expensive." A UN-backed unity government has struggled to assert its authority nationwide since arriving in Tripoli in March, with a rival parliament in the country's far east refusing to cede power to it. Full story...
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Five years after an uprising killed Libya's Muammar Gaddafi, residents in the chaos-wracked country's capital joke they have grown to miss the longtime dictator as the frustrations of daily life mount.
Those living in the capital say they are exhausted by power cuts, price hikes and a lack of cash flow as rival authorities and militias battle for control of the fragmented oil-rich country.
"I hate to say it but our life was better under the previous regime," says Fayza al-Naas, a 42-year-old pharmacist, referring to Gaddafi's more than four decades of rule.
Today, "we wait for hours outside banks to beg cashiers to give us some of our own money. Everything is three times more expensive." A UN-backed unity government has struggled to assert its authority nationwide since arriving in Tripoli in March, with a rival parliament in the country's far east refusing to cede power to it. Full story...
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