Vidéo : Benghazi, vitrine de l’Est libyen

Subscribe to our YouTube channel: http://f24.my/youtube LIVE - Follow FRANCE 24 here: http://f24.my/YTliveFR Benghazi is on its knees. Libya's second-largest city is barely recovering from four years of war between extremist militias and groups calling themselves the "Libyan National Army," led by the controversial Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar. Nearly half of Benghazi has been affected by the fighting, but the population is showing great energy in rebuilding their city. Our reporters Eric de Lavarène and Thierry Trelluyer visited the area. In February 2011, the Libyan Spring began in Benghazi, before spreading throughout the country. After several months of intense fighting, the revolutionaries overthrew the regime of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi. A new era dawned in Libya. But the country struggled to break free from the armed groups that had fought together against the dictatorship, without reaching an agreement. In mid-2014, civil war broke out. In Benghazi, General Khalifa Haftar, a former Libyan army officer who defected in the late 1980s, led a group of fighters to overthrow the jihadist brigades that had seized the city in the aftermath of the revolution, some of which had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State (IS) organization. The fighting lasted four years, the Islamist fighters were driven out, but several thousand people were killed, and nearly 40% of the city was partially destroyed. ►► Also read: Field Marshal Haftar proclaims the "total liberation" of the city of Benghazi Tripoli in the crosshairs Today, Benghazi is once again at peace... or almost. The city already dreams of being a model for a peaceful and reconciled Libya, but the challenges ahead are considerable: rebuilding—without real resources—the ravaged neighborhoods, reviving a moribund economy while the country is experiencing a serious liquidity crisis, putting an end to armed groups, and finally wiping out the ISIS sleeper cells still hiding in the city and committing attacks. At the same time, the new strongman of eastern Libya, Khalifa Haftar—who has since become a field marshal—has embarked on a battle to recapture the entire country, building a Libyan National Army, which he would rely on to capture the capital, Tripoli, where the Government of National Accord (GNA) is located, the result of a UN-sponsored agreement recognized by the international community. To achieve this, Field Marshal Haftar needs to make Benghazi the showcase of eastern Libya. In the meantime, the local population is showing great energy, like Mahmoud, the bomb disposal music teacher, who divides his days between music lessons and defusing explosive devices left by ISIS fighters. Or Mawada, a young entrepreneur returned from exile who set up Libya's first makeup school. Or Akram, the reservist, who doesn't hesitate to put his uniform back on when his town is threatened. We went to meet them. As foreign journalists, our filming in the region was supervised by the authorities. In Libya, yesterday as today, journalists are never truly free to move around. http://www.france24.com/fr/reporters Our website: http://www.france24.com/fr/ Join us on Facebook:   / france24.videos   Follow us on Twitter:   / f24videos