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Libya
Population: 6.6 mn.
GDP: 71.3 bn.
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The National Transitional Council will struggle to meet the June 2012 deadline to hold elections for a 200-member constituent assembly. Prime Minister Abdurrahim el Keib's government urgently needs to appoint a new army chief as it tries to mould more than 200 militias into a single national force.


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  • Vol 52 No 14
  •  8th July 2011

Rebels edge closer to Tripoli

Running out of options, Gadaffi declared in his birthday speech on 7 June that he would choose ‘death before surrender’

  • Vol 52 No 10
  •  13th May 2011

Chaos keeps Gadaffi in the game

A humanitarian disaster threatens as the regime struggles to survive

  • Vol 52 No 8
  •  15th April 2011

Zuma to the shores of Tripoli

The AU mission to Libya was an abject failure but the South African leader got a chance to catch up with an old pal

  • Vol 52 No 7
  •  1st April 2011

A family at war

The tight circle of loyalists around the Gadaffi clan hope their military dominance and diplomatic tactics will derail the rebellion

  • Vol 52 No 7
  •  1st April 2011

The opposition breaks cover, slowly

The West’s new allies in Libya are largely unknown. The most familiar faces to join the revolution include the Ambassador to the United Nations, Abdel Rahman Shalgam, a former Foreign Secretary and regime stalwart (AC Vol 47 No 1), and several defectors a...

  • Vol 52 No 6
  •  18th March 2011

Europe's new line on Gadaffi

As the regime attacks civilians, European states are tearing up their trade deals with Gadaffi and his family

  • Vol 52 No 5
  •  4th March 2011

Gadaffi's fight to the death

After seizing the east of the country and the oil installations, the opposition steels itself for a long campaign

  • Vol 52 No 4
  •  18th February 2011

Uneasy lies the head

The WikiLeaks cables reveal much about the Gadaffi family and show that no one expects real change or reform until after the Colonel’s departure

  • Vol 51 No 24
  •  3rd December 2010

Oil, money and infighting

As Tripoli hosted a summit for Africa and Europe, the Libyan leader berated his European counterparts for lack of attention to Africa, although his own commitment to his country's development is coming under scrutiny. The latest problem is the failure of ...

  • Vol 51 No 24
  •  3rd December 2010

Gadaffi's Jacob and Esau

With its control of state revenue - amounting to over US$400 billion – for the past four decades, the Gadaffi family has become a sprawling, opaque and sometimes quarrelsome business empire. Its founding father, Moammar el Gadaffi, may be losing his hold ...

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