The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Wednesday that there are more than 400,000 internally displaced Libyans because of armed conflict. “Over 400,000 Libyans are still internally displaced. More than half of them have been forced to leave their homes over the past year,” IOM tweeted. The IOM also said it has completed a four-day distribution of humanitarian items to the displaced in Sirte, reaching more than 5,700 newly displaced Libyans. Libya has been suffering from escalating violence and unrest that forced hundreds of thousands of Libyans in different cities and towns to flee their homes.

Source: The North Africa Journal July 23, 2020 07:18 UTC