(CNN) — Here's some background information about Libya, an oil-rich country in North Africa bordering the Mediterranean Sea and Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria, Chad, Niger and Sudan. About Libya:(from the ...
Fighting in Tripoli, the capital city of Libya, has been escalating over recent weeks. Daily clashes continue to claim the lives of civilians, and the violence shows no sign of stopping. People living ...
The Italians supplanted the Ottoman Turks from the area around Tripoli in 1911 and did not relinquish their hold until 1943 when defeated in World War II. Libya then passed to UN administration and ...