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UN aid official: Funds for Libya only left till end of March Libyan troops claim major gains in war-torn Benghazi
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CAIRO — A U.N. official is appealing to Arab League delegates for more funding for Libya, saying the current funds available for the violence-wracked North Africa country will barely last till the end of March. BENGHAZI, Libya — A Libyan military spokesman says troops loyal to the internationally-backed government have made major advances against Islamic extremists and cleared a strategic port in the eastern city of Benghazi.
The U.N. official for humanitarian issues for Libya, Ali Al-Za’tari, says 2.4 million people in Libya have been affected by the country’s deteriorating humanitarian conditions. Khalifa al-Obeidi told The Associated Press on Monday that the port of Mraissa, which served as the largest “supply line for the terrorists” is now under the control of the army, led by Gen. Khalifa Hifter.
Al-Za’tari said in Cairo on Monday that his agency only got $4.4 million, out of $166 million estimated as needed for this year. He says that while they may secure more funding from the United Nations, that would only be enough for the first quarter of 2016. He says the army also cleared militants from a hospital in southern Benghazi.
He added that health services, water and sewage facilities as well as education have all deteriorated in Libya and that food prices have surged. Benghazi is Libya’s second largest city and was the birthplace of the 2011 uprising that toppled and killed Moammar Gadhafi.
It has endured more than two years of heavy battles between Hifter’s forces and a coalition of militias, including Islamic State loyalists.
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