While Libya’s post-revolution central government struggles to exert control over a restive populace and get the fractured nation’s economy back on track, it has also been fighting a legal battle against the International Court of Justice over the right to try members of the late Muamar Gaddafi’s regime in Libyan courts. The two men in […]
Foreign direct investment on the rise in Arab states
According to the Arab Investment and Export Credit Guarantee Corp, foreign direct investment in the Arab states (minus Syria) rose almost 10 percent from 2011 to 2012, though total investment is still significantly lower than it was in 2010, before the outbreak of popular uprisings in several Arab countries. The four nations that underwent revolutions in […]
Libya courts Europe to develop renewable energy
In a recent visit to Brussels, the Libyan Minister for Electricity and Renewable Energy Ali Mohamed Mihirig touted his country’s potential as a producer of solar and wind energy. Libya’s post-revolution government, though young and somewhat lacking in capacity, is already looking forward to the day the country’s vast oil reserves run out. Mirihig said that […]