Unemployment: 30% (2004 est.) Other Facts Libya has proven oil reserves estimated at 48.4 billion barrels, the most in Africa. Colonel Moammar Gadhafi ruled Libya from 1969 to 2011. In the 1970s and ...

(AP) – Libyans went to the polls Saturday in the country’s first free national election since the toppling of longtime dictator Moammar Gadhafi last year. Voters are electing a 200-member assembly ...

THE FACTS: The weeklong international barrage has disabled Libya's air defenses, communications networks and supply chains. But Gadhafi's ground forces remain a potent threat to the rebels and ...

(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 ...