This is a photo of the theatre at Leptis Magna, one of Libya’s many undiscovered gems. My three week trip to the country with my colleagues, correspondent Mark Lowen, and shoot edit Ian Druce has come to an end. It coincided with a quiet time on the news front so we spent most of the time reporting on the state of play in the country, three months after the revolution ended.
We based ourselves in Tripoli and went on day trips out of the capital. Tripoli suffers from the same problems that currently affect much of the country. The infrastructure is badly in need of repair, building projects have stopped, rubbish is not being collected, there are no army or police, the court system is not working and the rebels still roam the streets.
Worrying signs are already emerging of tensions between the various militia which has resulted in deadly firefights in recent weeks. If the government does not find a way of dealing with this problem and persuading the rebels to join a national security force, the country runs the risk of falling into civil war. read more >>