The Italians supplanted the Ottoman Turks from the area around Tripoli in 1911 and did not relinquish their hold until 1943 when defeated in World War II. Libya then passed to UN administration and ...

Libya came to bad light recently when reports about slave auction markets flooded the internet. According to the reporst, young West African Immigrants seeking to enter Europe through Libya were sold ...

True, some freedom fighters have not yet put down their weapons, but there have been no major clashes among the militias that helped free Libya. Moreover, Libya is closely following the roadmap for ...

Proof that Libya has a long way to go is in the numbers. According to the U.N. tourism agency, less than 1 percent of Libya's GDP came from tourism with only 149,000 tourists visiting in 2004, the ...

Fighting in Tripoli, the capital city of Libya, has been escalating over recent weeks. Daily clashes continue to claim the lives of civilians, and the violence shows no sign of stopping. People living ...

He added: “I am convinced that a failure to act in Libya would have carried a far greater price for America.” THE FACTS: Obama did not wait to make that case to Congress, despite his past statements ...

On January 7, the Federal Government’s fact-finding delegation began the evacuation of over 5,000 trapped Nigerians in Libya. NORTHERN OPERATION MANAGING EDITOR YUSUF ALLI, who was in Tripoli, reports ...

Here's some background information about Libya, an oil-rich country in North Africa bordering the Mediterranean Sea and Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria, Chad, Niger and Sudan. GDP (purchasing power parity): ...

Here’s some background information about Libya, an oil-rich country in North Africa bordering the Mediterranean Sea and Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria, Chad, Niger and Sudan. Libya has proven oil reserves ...

Here’s some background information about Libya, an oil-rich country in North Africa bordering the Mediterranean Sea and Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria, Chad, Niger and Sudan. Libya has proven oil reserves ...

Other Facts Libya has proven oil reserves estimated at 48.4 billion barrels, the most in Africa. Colonel Moammar Gadhafi ruled Libya from 1969 to 2011. In the 1970s and 1980s, he was known for ...