Cultural Expertise, Understanding, and Awareness: Libya
Edward. K. Kosso
ALC 13B3 006-17
Cultural Expertise, Understanding, and Awareness: Libya Libya is a country situated in the Maghreb region of Northern Africa, nearly all of the nation’s land mass is within the Sahara Desert. It’s bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad and Niger to the south and Algeria and Tunisia to the west. Tripoli is the Capital city of Libya. According to the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) fact book, Libya is home to over 6,653,210 people as of July 2017. Like most countries in the region Libya is a young country, who recently gained independence in 1951. Furthermore, Libya is very diverse; according …show more content…
Gadhafi’s brutal crackdown on protesters spawned a civil war that triggered UN authorization of air and naval intervention by the international community. After months of seesaw fighting between government and opposition forces, the Gadhafi regime was toppled in mid-2011 and replaced by a transitional government known as the National Transitional Council (NTC). In 2012, the NTC handed power to an elected parliament, the General National Congress (GNC). Voters chose a new parliament to replace the GNC in June 2014 the House of Representatives, which relocated to the eastern city of Tobruk, after fighting broke out in …show more content…
Libya’s leaders have hindered economic development by failing to use its financial resources to invest in national infrastructure (CIA, 2017). Fact Book also alluded to the country suffering from widespread power outages in its largest cities, caused by shortages of fuel for power generation (CIA, 2017). Living conditions, such as, access to clean drinking water, medical services, and safe housing, have all declined as the civil war has forced more people to become internally displaced, further straining local resources.
References
Anderson, L. 1986. The State and Social Transformation in Tunisia and Libya.
Arnold, G.1996. The Maverick State. Gaddafi and the New World Order.
L. M. Sweet, 1970. "The Proliferation of Segments in the Lineages of the Bedouin of Cyrenaica." ed. Peoples and Cultures of the Middle East: 363-98.
The World Factbook: LIBYA. (2017, September 06). Retrieved September 15, 2017, from
Edward. K. Kosso
ALC 13B3 006-17
Cultural Expertise, Understanding, and Awareness: Libya Libya is a country situated in the Maghreb region of Northern Africa, nearly all of the nation’s land mass is within the Sahara Desert. It’s bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad and Niger to the south and Algeria and Tunisia to the west. Tripoli is the Capital city of Libya. According to the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) fact book, Libya is home to over 6,653,210 people as of July 2017. Like most countries in the region Libya is a young country, who recently gained independence in 1951. Furthermore, Libya is very diverse; according …show more content…
Gadhafi’s brutal crackdown on protesters spawned a civil war that triggered UN authorization of air and naval intervention by the international community. After months of seesaw fighting between government and opposition forces, the Gadhafi regime was toppled in mid-2011 and replaced by a transitional government known as the National Transitional Council (NTC). In 2012, the NTC handed power to an elected parliament, the General National Congress (GNC). Voters chose a new parliament to replace the GNC in June 2014 the House of Representatives, which relocated to the eastern city of Tobruk, after fighting broke out in …show more content…
Libya’s leaders have hindered economic development by failing to use its financial resources to invest in national infrastructure (CIA, 2017). Fact Book also alluded to the country suffering from widespread power outages in its largest cities, caused by shortages of fuel for power generation (CIA, 2017). Living conditions, such as, access to clean drinking water, medical services, and safe housing, have all declined as the civil war has forced more people to become internally displaced, further straining local resources.
References
Anderson, L. 1986. The State and Social Transformation in Tunisia and Libya.
Arnold, G.1996. The Maverick State. Gaddafi and the New World Order.
L. M. Sweet, 1970. "The Proliferation of Segments in the Lineages of the Bedouin of Cyrenaica." ed. Peoples and Cultures of the Middle East: 363-98.
The World Factbook: LIBYA. (2017, September 06). Retrieved September 15, 2017, from