For years, waste management in Al-Awainat has been a growing concern. Every morning, Sidi Mohamed Abdelkader, a municipal sanitation worker, would walk through streets lined with uncollected rubbish, blocked drainage channels, and waste piling up in open spaces. He recalled: “Without the right tools or a structured system, we struggled to keep up. We did...

“For years, we relied on a failing system” says Al-Dokali Al-Hadi, a community representative and Mukhtar Mahalla—a district leader within the municipality of Sinawin. His struggle to access clean water was shared by the entire community. He recalls their daily uncertainty—waking up each morning without knowing whether they would have access to clean water that...

Bezzima Al Jadida is a village in the Al Kufra region located about 12 km from Al Kufra centre in the desert of south-eastern Libya. In the 2012 national census the village population was estimated at 10,000 people. The climate of the region is characterized by high temperatures averaging above 38 °C (100 °F) with...