Squatters fill Kadhafi compound as Libya housing crisis bites

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Before Moamer Kadhafi's ouster, Libyans steered well clear of the Bab al-Aziziya compound from where the dictator ruled

Satellite dishes and water tanks now fill the grounds of the once feared fortified complex in a southern suburb of the capital, as young boys kick balls and cars drive in and out of the main gate.

Bashir, 68, has been squatting in a 400-square-metre villa since 2012, one year after Kadhafi was captured and killed by rebels in Sirte, the coastal Mediterranean city that was his hometown."The villa had been set ablaze and it took me a year to renovate it, at great expense," said Bashir."But I'm not complaining."

An acute housing shortage in Tripoli has forced many Libyan families to squat in the once-feared Bab al-Aziziya compound where Kadhafi lived and ruled during his 40-year dictatorshipAfter the uprising, Libyan authorities considered turning Bab al-Aziziya into a"green zone", an amusement park or a memorial for the"martyrs" who had fallen in the conflict to oust Kadhafi.

A Libyan rebel fighter celebrates the seizure of Bab al-Aziziya in August 2011 after NATO bombardment destroyed much of the sprawling compoundYears of conflict in post-Kadhafi Libya have resulted in tens of thousands of people being displaced, with many seeking refuge in big cities like Tripoli, creating a housing shortage.

 

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