“What comes after oil?” is a question that has resurfaced on the Libyan energy scene, prompting the consideration of other cost-effective natural alternatives, most importantly clean energy sources. Libya’s geographical location has contributed to its being a major oil source for North Mediterranean European countries. With the increasing global demand for energy and the effect […]

My sister suffers from chronic digestive problems and acute colitis— an inflammatory bowel disease. After several medical examinations at a clinic in Tobruk the doctors there advised us to travel to Egypt or Tunisia for proper medical treatment. My sister suffers from chronic digestive problems and acute colitis— an inflammatory bowel disease. After several medical […]

On January 9, a cut in undersea cables between Sousse and Tolmeitha and another one between Benghazi and Brega at the eastern coast of Libya stopped Internet services and all telecommunications and air navigation in the eastern region, and weakened them in the western region. The cut occurred because of a ship anchoring in an […]

For the first time in nearly twenty years, followers of the Senussi order, one of the most renowned Sufi schools of thought, commemorated the birthday anniversary of their leader, Imam Muhammad Ibn Ali as-Senussi (the Grand Senussi) on February 9. The ceremony was observed at a large square in Jaghbub region, on the ruins of […]

With the approach of the second anniversary of the February 17 revolution and amidst the government’s preparations to secure the celebrations, independent activists have called for demonstrations to “correct the revolutionary course”— appeals that have been marred by much ambiguity, confusion and conflicting goals. No specific party supports this movement, which will begin on Friday, […]

Since the outbreak of the Libyan revolution, the desert road between Al-Jaghbub, in southeastern Libya and the Egyptian Siwa oasis has witnessed a persistent increase in the smuggling of not only goods, but also weapons, wine, drugs, and illegal migrants. This process of exchange, say locals, increased after the regimes in both countries were toppled, […]

The Libyan street is sharply divided between supporters and oppositionists of the call to demonstrate on Friday, February 15th— two days before the country celebrates its second anniversary of the revolution— under many slogans varying from correcting the course of the General National Congress (GNC), to imposing demands on authorities; even ousting the GNC and […]

In the third and final part of the Jibril Interview series, head of the National Forces Alliance, (NFA) and former prime minister during the revolution, Mahmoud Jibril, about his past with Gaddafi and his future plans for post-revolutionary Libya based on his party’s ‘2025 Vision’. What is the fate of 2025 Vision? Still lying in […]

Conflicts arise among political forces and their independent allies inside the General National Congress (GNC) whenever the GNC attempts to pass a new law, whether in response to an emergency or under popular demands, like political isolation or local administration laws. Conflicts arise among political forces and their independent allies inside the General National Congress […]

Through its student union and internal organization, the University of Benghazi has long been a center of recognized political, cultural and community activities, which made it a target of the former regime.  It was here that Gaddafi’s security caught and liquidated activists, secretly in most cases and sometimes publicly, as happened in 1976 when a […]