Ten years on from Libya’s uprising and descent into civil war, there are many reasons why the global media fails to tell a more holistic story. Accessing the country is difficult, the situation is fast-moving and complex, local media has been deeply compromised and independent voices have been stifled. Perhaps for all these reasons, media outlets are rarely willing to dedicate the resources needed to dive deeper.
The result is coverage that poorly serves those seeking to understand the drivers and impacts of the conflict, and a lack of focus on the human rights violations faced by ordinary people living through it.
To counteract the simplistic narratives, we must start telling the human stories, but it is not easy.
