Much of Sirte has been hit by heavy fighting last year and the warehouse WFP uses for distributions in the city is no exception. (Copyright: WFP/Ryan McDonagh)

Libya One Year On

This weekend marks the one-year anniversary of protests that ignited the revolt against Libya’s Moammar Ghaddafi.  As Libya celebrates, WFP remembers some of its challenges and achievements over the past year. Since operations began in March 2011, WFP reached nearly 1.5 million conflict affected people in Libya, and over another half a million returnees and Libyan refugees in Tunisia and Egypt.

Overview

With large oil revenues, a small population of about 6.5 million and a relatively high level of development, Libya has traditionally been one of the richest countries in Africa. It ranked 53 out of 169 countries in the 2010 UN Human Development Report. 

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