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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]
Libya, [b] officially the State of Libya, [c] is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa.It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad to the south, Niger to the southwest, Algeria to the west, and Tunisia to the northwest, as well as maritime borders with Greece, Italy and Malta to the north.
Over 30,000 displaced in devastating flooding making it the worst disaster of 2023 so far
Libya is now split between warring administrations in east and west. 2015 - Islamists on the march Islamist groups take advantage of the chaos and Islamic State seizes the central city of Sirte in ...
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 ...
Its forces are divided geographically, into the Western Shield, Central Shield and Eastern Shield. Elements of the Libya Shield Force were identified by some observers as linked to Al-Qaeda as early as 2012. [165] [166] The term "Libya Shield 1" is used to refer to the Islamist part of the Libya Shield Force in the east of Libya. [195]
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 ...
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 ]