Misrata
Toyota’s most loyal customers may be Libyan militias
There’s such a thing as bad publicity after all: Toyota pickup trucks are a common sight on Libya’s battlefield, and the company is trying to limit the kinds of trucks it sells in Libya to get its name out of the line of fire. But Libyan fighters still have plenty of ways to use their favorite pickups.
Misrata, Libya Returned to Normal but Signs of Uprising Remain
Reporter Marine Olivesi, a frequent contributor from Libya, was the first western journalist to view Gaddafi’s corpse. She told us about her surreal hunt to find the dictator’s remains and about the return to normalcy in the city of Misrata.
After Fleeing, A Woman Returns to a New Libya
Iman Traina escaped from Libya in April, fleeing on a boat with her baby as Moammar Gadhafi’s forces moved on Misrata. When she was last on the program, she reported not having clean water, lack of food and electricity. After spending many months in Ireland, she is home again. Traina says things have gotten much better in […]