15/04/2014
Misrata?s ?miracle?: One of the worst-damaged cities in Libya?s 2011 revolution, the port has become ...
There still are buildings on this Libyan city?s main drag that look like Swiss cheese from months of bombardment by Muammar Gaddafi?s forces three years ago. But while much of Libya stagnates and festers amid post-war politicking, protests and factional violence, Misrata ? possibly the worst-damaged city in the country?s 2011 revolution ? is moving on and up. New restaurants and hotels have popped up among the bombed-out apartment blocks and thousands of local entrepreneurs stand ready to make it big. The instability plaguing the country was evident today, when Jordan?s ambassador was kidnapped in Tripoli by masked gunmen who attacked his car and shot his driver. Undeterred by violence...
