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Libya
Governmental Resources
- United States
- Census Bureau
- Search US International Trade Statistics: Libya, 1996–
Note: The US government recently chose to remove figures for 1997-99 from this site. - US-Libya Trade Balance, 1992–
- Search US International Trade Statistics: Libya, 1996–
- Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) (Washington, DC)
World Factbook: Libya - Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration
U.S. Commercial Service (Washington, DC)
Search website for "Libya" to find relevant articles.
- Department of State
- Embassy of the United States
Tripoli, Libya - Energy Information Administration: Country Analysis Brief on Libya
- Library of Congress, Federal Research Division (Washington, DC)
- Census Bureau
NGO/IGO Resources
- African Development Bank Group (Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire)
Libya
AFDB project portfolio, regional map, development policy information, key facts, key documents, and latest news.
- Amnesty International (New York, NY)
Libya: Profile and Updates - Community of Sahel-Saharan States (Tripoli, Libya)
Via UN Economic Commission for Africa (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)
Also in French and Arabic. - Federation of American Scientists (Washington, DC)
Libya Special Weapons (2006) - United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Office (Tripoli, Libya) - UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)
National Information and Communications Infrastructure Country Profiles: Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
General background, Internet connectivity data, and project information initially prepared for the African Development Forum 1999. - United Nations Population Fund Agency (UNFPA) (New York, NY)
Middle East & North Africa
Search website for "Libya" to find relevant articles.
- UNESCO International Bureau of Education (IBE) (Geneva, Switzerland)
- Libya: documents & resources
- The development of education in the Great Jamahiriya: a national report presented to the International Conference on Education, 2001 (Libya, National Commission for Education, Culture and Science. 46th Session of the International Conference on Education, Geneva, 5-8 September, 2001)
- Libya: documents & resources
- United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) (Rome, Italy)
Aquastat: Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (2006)
Water resources and their significance in agriculture and rural development.
General Resources
- ALMISBAH--Database of Online Resources for the Middle East & Islam.
MENALIB--Middle East Virtual Library. (The State- and University Library Saxony-Anhalt, Halle, Germany)
- Centre for Libyan Studies (Oxford, UK)
- Constitution of Libya, 1969/1992 and Declaration of 1977
Axel Tschentscher, International Constitutional Law, Universität Bern (Switzerland)
- Directory of Development Organizations: Libya (2011)
Bert Wesselink, The Netherlands?
- The Green Book (Kitab al-akhdar)
By Muammar al-Qaddafi
Public Establishment for Publishing, Advertising and Distribution (Tripoli, Libya)
Hosted at Geocities.com
- Languages of Libya edited by M. Paul Lewis.
From Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Sixteenth edition.
SIL International (Dallas, TX)
- Lepcis Magna: The Roman Empire in Africa
Dr. Hafed Walda, Kings College London - Leptis Magna
Tore Kjeilen, Looklex Libya (Oslo, Norway) - Libya
African Studies Center, University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA)
- Temehu.com
Temehu Tourism Services (Tripoli, Libya)
Provides information about museums in Libya. - Marweb: Libya online Directory and Search Engine (Fez, Morocco)
Also in Arabic and French.
- University of Benghazi (Benghazi, Libya)
Online News
- Afrik.com sur La Libye, 2011-12 (Paris, France)
- Al Arabiya News Channel: Libya, 2011-12 (Dubai, United Arab Emirates)
--Search: English front page -or- Arabic version
- Al Jazeera English: Libya (2012), current and earlier reports, 'Live Blog', and related links. (Doha, Qatar)Al Jazeera Opinion 2011:
--Nalia Abdurrahman: "Libya: Making Something Out of Nothing,"
(April 7)
--Mahmood Mamdani: "What does Gaddafi's fall mean for Africa," (Aug 30) -and- "Libya after the NATO invasion," (April 9)
--Larbi Sadiki: "Keeping Libyas promise after Gaddafi's death" (Oct 20) -and- "Libya's postponed democracy," (April 19)
- AllAfrica.Com News on Libya (AllAfrica Global Media, Washington, DC)
Current news summaries on Libya in English or French from regional news services, the Pan African News Agency (PANA), and other sources. Warning: access to articles more than 30 days old requires a subscription.
- BBC News: Libya Crisis: current and previous reports, plus, related links. (British Broadcasting Corporation, London, UK)
- The Guardian. (Online): Libya, 2011-12 (London)
- Jadaliyya on Libya 2011-12 (Arab Studies Institute, Georgetown University, Washington, DC)Commentary and analysis in English and in Arabic: "Jadaliyya is an independent Ezine produced by ASI, a network of writers associated with the Arab Studies Journal."
- Libya Our Home (Ibrahim Ighneiwa)
This site offers news headlines, briefs, and commentaries in English (and links to Arabic news) from a wide variety of sources; with an archive of briefs and opinions since 1997.
- Marweb -- Libya News and Media Links (Fez, Morocco)