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In spite of the crisis, Libya maintains one of the highest human development index (HDI) rankings among countries in Africa. [81] [82] The war has caused a significant loss of economic potential in Libya, estimated at 783.2 billion Libyan dinars from 2011 to 2021. [83] By 2022, the humanitarian situation had improved, though challenges remain. [84]
Gaddafi is ousted in August and killed in October. A rebel council stages elections for an interim General National Congress which creates a transitional government but true power lies with an ...
The sides agree a formal ceasefire and the U.N. convenes Libyan politicians and civil society in Tunis for a new peacemaking effort that aims at holding national elections the following year. 2021 ...
The Libyan genocide, also known in Libya as Shar (Arabic: شر, lit. 'Evil'), [1] was the genocide of Libyan Arabs and the systematic destruction of Libyan culture during and after the Second Italo-Senussi War between 1929 and 1934.
Libya under Gaddafi exploited its vast oil reserves to fund the state and its welfare programs. However, the economy remained heavily dependent on oil, with little successful diversification. After his fall, the lack of a diversified economic foundation meant that Libya struggled with economic instability exacerbated by political chaos.
Yahoo News asked Ricardo Pires, a spokesperson for UNICEF, the United Nations’ humanitarian aid agency three questions about what caused the situation in Libya and how such tragedies can be ...
Human rights in Libya is the record of human rights upheld and violated in various stages of Libya's history. The Kingdom of Libya , from 1951 to 1969, was heavily influenced by the British and Y.R.K companies.
Libya's GDP per capita , human development index, and literacy rate were better than in Egypt and Tunisia, whose Arab Spring revolutions preceded the outbreak of protests in Libya. [78] Libya's corruption perception index in 2010 was 2.2, ranking 146th out of 178 countries, worse than that of Egypt (ranked 98th) and Tunisia (ranked 59th). [79]