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Former Libyan foreign minister, Mohammed al-Dairi AFP

Mohammed al-Dairi: Libyan state-building killed by corruption and division

Libya's former foreign minister, based in the country's east, says political decisions are no longer Libyan, as he recalls several missed opportunities since 2011.

Johaina Khaldieh 17, May 2025
People queue with jerry cans to fill up fuel for home electric‬ generators at a petrol station in Libya's capital, Tripoli, on July 4, 2022, amidst a fuel and‬ energy crisis. Mahmud TURKIA / AFP

Libya is at its lowest point since 2020

A kleptocracy with frozen politics and billions missing from the public treasury, the situation couldn't be worse. Trump could apply pressure to help matters, but it's not his top priority.

Ben Fishman 09, May 2025
Ewan White

Why Libya isn't the right model for Iran’s nuclear climbdown

Israel wants the total dismantlement and scrapping of all Iranian nuclear facilities, just like in Libya two decades ago. That is unrealistic for several reasons.

Ramzy Ezzeldin Ramzy 08, May 2025
Despite never finishing school, having no noticeable signs of charisma, and a political toolbox limited to blunt violence, Saddam Haftar is now being backed by a range of regional and international powers to be Libya’s next leader. Harol Bustos

Saddam Haftar: The nepotistic rise of a Libyan general

While he never underwent any real military training, he has been crucial to his father's bloody power struggle. He is now being backed by a range of powers to be Libya's next leader.

Manaf Saad 09, Sep 2024
Police officers stand guard outside Libya's Central Bank headquarters in Tripoli on August 27, 2024. AFP

Banks not bullets: A new war front opens up in Libya

Instead of civil war between armed groups, a new kind of war is being fought over Libya's vast wealth—especially control of the central bank and oil production

Ben Fishman 05, Sep 2024
Soldiers loyal to Khalifa Haftar take part in a military parade in the eastern city of Benghazi on May 7, 2018. Abdullah Doma/AFP

All of Libya held hostage by gunmen targeting the central bank

A fight over the nation's piggy bank is emblematic of the squabbles and elbowing since Gaddafi. In one of the world's most heavily armed yet least secure states, a central banker must be on guard.

Ben Fishman 22, Aug 2024
Sadiq al-Kabir has run Libya’s finances for 13 years, building support and interest in global financial circles. Ewan White

Sadiq Al-Kabir: Libya’s increasingly dominant central banker

No stranger to rivalries, the governor of the Central Bank of Libya is technocrat who has had to develop his political wiles, most recently clashing with the prime minister. Is this the next Gaddafi?

Kawthar Zantour 21, Jul 2024
Vehicles of forces loyal to Libya's Tripoli-based Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh are parked along the waterfront in the capital Tripoli on May 17, 2022, hours after forces of the rival Tobruk-based government withdrew. Mahmud Turkia / AFP

Libya's divide runs deeper than its military line

Thirteen years after its revolution, Libya is divided between east and west, each with its own respective administrations, foreign backers and tribal rivalries

Tarek Megerisi 01, Jun 2024
The country's 'safe-haven' reserves were looted in 2011 when tonnes went missing just before Gaddafi was ousted. Now, after a big purchase last year, there are worries for its security. Ewan White

Libya’s gold reserves hit new high amid political infighting

The country's 'safe-haven' reserves were looted in 2011 when tonnes went missing just before Gaddafi was ousted. Now, after a big purchase last year, there are worries for its security.

Kawthar Zantour 19, Apr 2024
Cadets of the "Saiqa" force (Special Forces) of the self-styled Libyan National Army (LNA) affiliated with eastern strongman Khalifa Haftar take part in a graduation ceremony in the eastern city of Benghazi, on January 20, 2022. AFP

Libya’s armed group Catch-22

Because the government ceded an unhealthy degree of authority to local militias and tribal intermediaries, no one can dismantle these groups without risking their own lives.

Ben Fishman 15, Feb 2024
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