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| - In February 2011, Libyans rose up against more than four decades of dictatorship under Moamer Kadhafi, as a wave of pro-democracy revolts quickly swept the Middle East and North Africa region. Dreaming of freedom and progress, the uprising saw the ouster and killing of Kadhafi, but also the descent of the oil-rich nation into a decade of violent turmoil, poverty and devastation. As part of AFP's ongoing multimedia series to mark 10 years since the Arab Spring uprisings across the region, we are offering the following items: + Libya mired in chaos 10 years after Arab Spring + Oil-rich Libya in poverty after decade of conflict + Who's left of the Kadhafi clan 10 years after revolt? + Libya's decade of turmoil since Kadhafi's fall Arab-revolution-anniversary-Libya,FOCUS TRIPOLI Ten years after Libya's NATO-backed uprising ousted and killed dictator Moamer Kadhafi, the country remains wracked by conflict and chaos, its population bled dry despite the nation's vast oil wealth. 1,250 words by Rim Taher with Hamza Mekouar in Rabat. File picture. Graphic Arab-revolution-anniversary-Libya-economy,FOCUS TRIPOLI Libya has Africa's largest proven oil reserves and only seven million people, but a decade of bloody conflict has left its economy shattered and its population mired in poverty. 950 words by Rim Taher with Hamza Mekouar in Rabat. File picture Arab-revolution-anniversary-Libya-Kadhafi,FOCUS Libyan strongman Moamer Kadhafi was ousted and killed in the 2011 uprising, but several of his family members survived. A decade on, what has happened to them? 650 words by Rim Taher. File picture Also moving: Arab-revolution-anniversary-Libya-conflict,CHRONO Arab-revolution-anniversary-diplomacy,SPECIAL REPORT Arab-revolution-anniversary-Gulf,ANALYSIS Arab-revolution-anniversary-Tunisia,INTERVIEW Arab-revolution-anniversary-rights-prison,FOCUS Arab-revolution-anniversary-flags,FOCUS Arab-revolution-anniversary-media,SPECIAL REPORT Arab-revolution-anniversary-music,FOCUS Arab-revolution-anniversary-misinformation,FOCUS Arab-revolution-anniversary-Syria-exile,FOCUS Arab-revolution-anniversary-2019,ANALYSIS Arab-revolution-anniversary,FACTS Arab-revolution-anniversary,SPECIAL REPORT Arab-revolution-anniversary-Syria-Assad,FOCUS Arab-revolution-anniversary-Tunisia,FOCUS Arab-revolution-anniversary-Libya,INTERVIEW Arab-revolution-anniversary,CHRONO Arab-revolution-anniversary-Egypt,FOCUS Arab-revolution-anniversary-Egypt-comedian,INTERVIEW Arab-revolution-anniversary-Egypt-MuslimBrotherhood,FOCUS afp
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