Misrata feels economic pinch as Libyan infighting spreads


  • World
  • Thursday, 29 Jan 2015

Libyan Red Crescent workers prepare parcels of food aid to be delivered to civilians fleeing violence in the eastern city of Benghazi, in Misrata November 4, 2014. REUTERS/Ismail Zitouny

MISRATA, Libya (Reuters) - A power struggle between two rival governments that threatens to tear Libya apart has started to take its toll on Misrata, an important shipping and industrial hub that had shrugged off the turmoil until now.

Production at the country's biggest steel works has been cut and the port of Misrata has been forced to restrict operations.

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