On September 1, 2009, Libya lavishly celebrated the 40 years in power of its leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi. Once qualified as the mad dog of the Middle East by President Ronald Reagan, Gaddafi has ...

Twelve years after Gaddafi’s fall, Libya remains divided by design: two governments, half a dozen foreign armies, and a war economy that makes peace structurally unprofitable for everyone in power.

With its crude oil production already the subject of various ongoing political divisions since the onset of civil war in 2011, another rift has opened up, this time between Libya’s Oil Minister, ...

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Migration to Europe is changing. While overall numbers have decreased, one route is moving in the opposite direction. The central Mediterranean route from Libya is growing rapidly, with tens of ...