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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
Angus McDowall and Ahmed Elumami

In Gaddafi's hometown, little hope for Libya's future

Badr Omar, an English teacher, stands in the ruins of his apartment in the 600 Block district of Libya’s Sirte that was damaged by fighting, in Sirte, Libya, June 16, 2022. REUTERS/Angus McDowall

The people living in the ruins of Sirte's 600 Block district have waited years for help removing rubble and rebuilding homes damaged by warfare, but despite a new Libyan government making the city its headquarters, they have little hope of change.

They live in apartments where bullet holes let in the winter cold and summer heat in shell-pocked buildings that look structurally unsound.

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