Dangers multiplying at Libya’s border triangle
Ethnic tensions have resurfaced in Ghadames, which lies near Libya’s border triangle with Tunisia and Algeria, since the 2011 revolution that ultimately deposed Moammar Gadhafi. The minority Tuareg population in Ghadames has been accused of committing atrocities against other locals and in support of Gadhafi, leading to retaliatory attacks against the Tuareg.
The situation often seems deceptively peaceful inside the town, but lawlessness reigns just outside the city limits. Extremist and criminal networks are expanding in the region.
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