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LIBYA - CONFLICT - DISPLACED
Libyan women react during a meeting with charity workers at a gym in the capital Tripoli on August 7, 2019, during a gathering of people displaced from areas subject to clashes with militias south of the capital meeting with a charity to convey their petitions to the Tripoli-based government, to facilitate their return to their homes or provide alternative shelter for the Muslim religious holiday of Eid al-Adha. Libyans who fled fighting outside Tripoli dream of returning to their homes as they prepare for the Eid al-Adha festival with heavy hearts, worried they will end up living on the streets. The families had been moved into hotels paid for by a crisis committee set up by the Tripoli-based UN-recognised Government of National Accord (GNA) to cope with the influx of displaced. The committee is now asking them to leave the hotels but has given no reason for its decision.
Mahmud TURKIA / AFP