LIBYA’S UNIVERSITIES FACE POSSIBLE RENAISSANCE, IF NEW PEACE CAN HOLD
May 1st, 2021
Nearly a year on from a spottily-respected UN-brokered ceasefire between Libya’s warring factions, the country’s universities are hoping a planned new national government will deliver sufficient stability to overhaul their higher education system. Their goal is raising standards in both teaching and research.
Field Marshall Khalifa Haftar last June (2020) withdrew his rebel Libyan National Army (LNA) troops from Tripoli, the bomb-battered capital of Libya, leaving the UN-recognised Government of National Accord in charge. Rapid rounds of high-level political ...
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