Future looking brighter for students at Libya's University of Benghazi

Future looking brighter for students at Libya's University of Benghazi

The campus is being reconstructed after it was reduced to rubble during the civil conflict that followed the 2011 toppling of longtime ruler Muammar Gaddafi.

At a Libyan university once ravaged by war, students dream again

At a Libyan university once ravaged by war, students dream again BENGHAZI(RAHNUMA): A decade after fierce battles reduced much of the University of Benghazi to rubble, students at Libya’s oldest and largest university are once again looking to the future with optimism. After the 2011 uprisings that toppled and killed longtime ruler Muammar Qaddafi, the university founded in 1955, had become the stage of intense fightings between jihadist groups …

Libya’s Largest University Rises Again After Years of War Damage

Nearly a decade after fierce fighting left much of Benghazi University in ruins, students at Libya’s largest and oldest university are looking to the future with renewed confidence. Founded in 1955, Benghazi University currently serves around 69,000 students. Many still attend classes in ageing buildings while awaiting the opening of a new campus scheduled to welcome students at the start of the upcoming academic year. The university was heavily…