Editors: Nadja Berghoff and Anas El-Gomati
A decade on from the February 17th revolution, how the global disorder transformed Libya into a battleground for interest, ideology and influence.
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Salma El Wardany
Libya’s back in the oil game after years of false starts and setbacks. Energy facilities shut or damaged during its civil war were reopened last year and the OPEC member has managed to keep its production above 1 million barrels a day since November. Read More
Editors: Nadja Berghoff and Anas El-Gomati
A decade on from the February 17th revolution, how the global disorder transformed Libya into a battleground for interest, ideology and influence.
By Emadeddin Muntasser
As the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) organizes dialogue between the country’s warring factions, many Libyans are voicing concerns that this process is a replay of the past, failed attempts to form a unity government and stop the bloodshed. Read More
Hafed Al-Ghwell
Libya’s “parliament” (whose legitimacy is questionable) has endorsed the new transitional executive authority appointed by the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum (LPDF), a UN-chosen body that will itself be accused of corruption in a UN report to be released in the next few weeks. Read More
The ‘unapologetically Muslim’ Libyan-American who believes Americans deserve more
Sarah Essa
Muad Hrezi grew up in a Libyan-American household. Read More
Libya’s new government, approved in a “historic” parliamentary vote this week, faces a long list of challenges to unite the country after 10 years of strife. Read More
Mary Fitzgerald
For decades, Libyans feared Gadhafi’s Abu Salim prison. Now defunct, it has fallen victim to the country’s bitter polarization.
Editors: Nadja Berghoff and Anas El-Gomati
A decade on from the February 17th revolution, how the global disorder transformed Libya into a battleground for interest, ideology and influence.
Mary Fitzgerald
For decades, Libyans feared Gadhafi’s Abu Salim prison. Now defunct, it has fallen victim to the country’s bitter polarization.
Aabla Jounaïdi
For nearly seven years, from 2014 to 2020, the city of Tarhouna, south of Tripoli, lived under the bloody rule of a militia known as the Kaniyat. Summary executions, massacres and enforced disappearances were the daily lot of the inhabitants. Since last June and the escape of the Kaniyat in the wake of their defeated ally Khalifa Haftar, macabre discoveries have been made. Families demand justice. Read More
There’s a glimmer of hope.
By The Editorial Board
Few countries exemplify the tragedy of the Arab Spring like Libya. The fall of the 42-year dictatorship of Qaddafi brought a decade of anarchy as competing governments, militias and foreign powers struggled to seize control of the oil-rich country. Read More
Editors: Nadja Berghoff and Anas El-Gomati
A decade on from the February 17th revolution, how the global disorder transformed Libya into a battleground for interest, ideology and influence.
Emad Badi explains why Gaddafi’s Libya hasn’t completely disappeared, and Arturo Vaverlli explains the U.S. & Europe should unify their efforts to address Libya’s challenges.
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By Intissar Rajabany
International Women’s Day is a fraction of time, specifically set aside to rejoice in and praise the economic, political, cultural and social achievements of women at a global scale not witnessed during the rest of the year. It also provides an outlet to mobilize for gender parity. Read More
Sahar Khamis
In-depth: Arab women played a pivotal role as activists, organisers and leaders during the 2011 uprisings, but a decade later the promise of greater gender equality remains unfulfilled. Read More
Editors: Nadja Berghoff and Anas El-Gomati
A decade on from the February 17th revolution, how the global disorder transformed Libya into a battleground for interest, ideology and influence.
Firm economic foundation is crucial
Saddik El Kabir
As governor of the Central Bank of Libya, I am committed to pursuing a policy of providing financial security and order, and supplying a firm base for the nation.
By Daniel O’Connell & Ehsan Salah
“We are expecting that the Geneva process will fail,” one Egyptian official told Mada Masr at the time.
Editors: Nadja Berghoff and Anas El-Gomati
A decade on from the February 17th revolution, how the global disorder transformed Libya into a battleground for interest, ideology and influence.
It’s complicated
Samer Al-Atrush
Abdelhamid Dabaiba, Libya’s new prime minister designate, was never precisely synonymous with transparent business dealings, and his cousin Ali, who’s been investigated by Scottish police for money laundering and had a seat at the UN dialogue, is synonymous with corruption. Read More
Editors: Nadja Berghoff and Anas El-Gomati
A decade on from the February 17th revolution, how the global disorder transformed Libya into a battleground for interest, ideology and influence.
Ten years after Libya’s February 2011 revolution, a long decade of prolonged civil war and political discord has made even the recent political achievements bittersweet, for there are still significant unresolved issues. Read More
By Daniel O’Connell & Ehsan Salah
“We are expecting that the Geneva process will fail,” one Egyptian official told Mada Masr at the time.
By Tim Eaton
The extraordinary story of Libya’s overseas investments and seemingly endless battles over their control.
Editors: Nadja Berghoff and Anas El-Gomati
A decade on from the February 17th revolution, how the global disorder transformed Libya into a battleground for interest, ideology and influence.
By Tim Eaton
The extraordinary story of Libya’s overseas investments and seemingly endless battles over their control.
By Alhareth Elshibani
A turbulent period ascends over the Government of National Unity (GNU) of Libya. Read More
Political rival and UN weigh in after claims delegates offered up to $500,000 to elect interim prime minister-designate Abdul Hamid Dbeibah. Read More
By Tim Eaton
The extraordinary story of Libya’s overseas investments and seemingly endless battles over their control.
Grim Decade for Human Rights
Justice remains elusive and impunity rampant a decade after the United Nations Security Council referred the situation in Libya to the International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor, Human Rights Watch said today. Read More
By Sarah Vernhes
The Tripoli government hopes to see the new US President get involved in Libya again. In particular, it is counting on Washington’s support to ensure the withdrawal of Russian mercenaries. Read More
By Samer Al–Atrush
When militias allied to the Government of National Accord (GNA) in Tripoli stormed Khalifa Haftar’s Al-Watiya air base in western Libya on 18 May 2020, they captured a valuable prize – a Russian-built Pantsir missile defence system. Read More
By Thomas O. Falk
With the United Nations’ support, Libya has elected an interim government. The country’s new prime minister is now tasked with maintaining the peace and, most importantly, facilitating the December 2021 general elections. While these developments are positive, questions around stability remain, and the situation in Libya is still highly volatile. Read More
As part of its 10-Years Since the Arab Spring Series, Crisis Response Council asked experts to reflect on the legacy of the 2011 uprising in Libya. Read More
Moscow is plunging deeper into a war of armed drones in a strategic hot spot rich with oil, teeming with migrants and riddled with militants. Read More