He wants to encourage other young people to use hi-tech to help modernise the divided and conflict-scarred country. Jira, with a bandana around his head, is one of a group of young tech fanatics who took part in a robotics competition in a suburb of Tripoli this month. Unlike Libya's politicians, the young participants worked together at the school gymnasium where the competition took place. But event coordinator Mohammed Zayed said such projects help "open new horizons" for young Libyans. "Libya lacks nothing, neither human resources, nor intelligence, nor the determination of the youth," government spokesman Mohammed Hamouda told AFP at the event.

Source: Libya Today March 15, 2023 02:49 UTC