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April 17, 2019

Libya: U.N. Warns of Humanitarian Crisis as Fighting Escalates
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In Libya, the humanitarian crisis is growing as fighting continues to
escalate around the capital Tripoli. The U.N. says that more than 18,000
people have been displaced in the past two weeks. The U.N. is attempting
to relocate jailed refugees and migrants, but they warn some 3,000
locked-up migrants are now trapped in or around the combat zone. On
Tuesday, at least four people were killed during heavy shelling on the
southern outskirts of Tripoli, according to local reports. Libya's
deputy prime minister said on Tuesday that renegade General Khalifa
Haftar, who is leading the eastern-based Libyan National Army's
offensive on Tripoli, is attempting to stage a military coup.


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