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Bookmark or Share- Libya condemns militia attacks against Tawergha minorityLibya's U.N.-backed government in Tripoli has condemned attacks against hundreds of displaced black Libyans known as Tawergha who are stranded in a camp while attempting to return home.
- Rocky road ahead for Libya’s Tawergha minorityThe dark-skinned Tawergha minority - former slaves brought to Libya in the 18th and 19th centuries - resided until recently in a coastal town of the same name 250km east of the capital Tripoli. With the rise to power of the rebels, the Tawergha are now on the defensive.
- Libya’s Ghost Town: When Bygones Aren’t | Pulitzer CenterThe Misratans have reduced Tawergha to a caked-earth ghost town, plundering its houses, shooting up its hospitals and schools, and smashing its utilities. Across the country, relations between Qaddafi's erstwhile supporters and the rebels who toppled him are still bitter.
- Libya: Returnees of Tawergha rebuild their lives after displacementTawergha lost 95 percent of its population in 2011. The city still carries the scars of the decade-long conflict; concrete walls are pockmarked with bullet holes, carcasses of cars strewn apart and empty streets are vivid reminders of past brutality.
- Tawergha FoundationTawergha is a traditional Libyan village located at a green oasis near the city of Misrata. In 2011 , the village was raided by rebels and militiamen from Misrata who imprisoned and brutaly tortured 1300 men , many of whom were massacred as they needed black scapegoats for the crimes committed by the regime of Gaddafi during his attempt to end ...
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