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Human rights groups documented atrocities, such as the ethnic cleansing of Tawergha, where 40,000 Black Libyans were displaced by Misratan militias and remain unable to return safely despite agreements. Ethnic minorities like the Tebu and Tuareg continue to face barriers to healthcare and citizenship, worsened by tribal conflicts and segregation, as seen in southern cities like Sabha. Recent moves by Libyan authorities, such as expelling aid groups in 2025 for allegedly altering the country’s ethnic makeup, reflect ongoing xenophobia and anti-Black sentiment.
The darkness metastasizes with Libya’s merciless war on migrants. In March 2025, security forces stormed Tripoli and Misrata, their boots thundering through the streets as they shackled countless migrants, including Sudanese refugees fleeing their own hells. This savage crackdown, cloaked as immigration control, answered the snarls of public and official contempt for these desperate intruders. In Tobruk, the Anti-Illegal Migration Agency wielded its cold machinery, expelling over 7,750 migrants from Sudan, Egypt, Nigeria, and beyond in the first half of 2024—their aspirations for sanctuary shattered against the jagged edge of indifference. On the Mediterranean’s treacherous waves, the Libyan Coast Guard hunted down 7,100 souls, dragging them back from their perilous flight to freedom. These forsaken seekers, yearning to escape the tempests of their homelands, were thrust back into Libya’s unrelenting storm, ensnared by a system that knows only rejection.
Slavery.
The collapse of centralized authority has hurled Libya into a chaotic abyss, a fractured land where rival militias, shadowy criminal networks, and frail, floundering governments claw for dominance in a savage free-for-all. This lawless wasteland has birthed a sinister plague: human trafficking, a vile trade that festers unchecked in the shadows of anarchy. In 2017, the world froze in disbelief as whispers turned to screams—reports of open-air slave auctions erupted from Libya’s depths, preying chiefly on desperate sub-Saharan Africans. The nightmare snapped into focus when CNN’s undercover footage, unleashed in November 2017, exposed a gut-wrenching truth: young men, their futures bartered away, sold like livestock near Tripoli for a paltry $400 each. The images burned into the global conscience—a chilling testament to humanity’s capacity for cruelty. Smugglers and traffickers, once hired to shepherd migrants across the merciless Sahara, morphed into predators, feasting on the vulnerable. Those unable to scrape together extra coins or stranded mid-journey became prey. Men, women, and children—hailing from nations like Nigeria, Senegal, and Eritrea—plunged into a living hell: forced labor, sexual slavery, or outright sale in grim outposts like Sabha and Bani Walid. Their worth? A grotesque pittance of $200 to $500, a price that mocks the sanctity of life itself.This is no mere crime wave—it’s the resurrection of the cruel Arab slave trade
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