Behind Libya’s Dam Catastrophe Lies a Long Trail of Conflict and Corruption
Decades of ignored warnings stretch back to the Gadhafi regime.
‘Negligence was the prelude to the whole disaster.’
In 2003, a group of Swiss engineers examined a pair of dams along a river in eastern Libya. They concluded the structures were under stress and recommended strengthening them and building a third dam to ease the pressure.
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Decades of ignored warnings stretch from the days of the Gadhafi regime to the disaster that killed thousands.
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