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Angola leaves OPEC over a dispute on crude oil production quotas.
2023-12-21

The United States embassy in Libya reports that the Libyan National Army (LNA), commanded by Khalifa Haftar, has committed itself to end months-long blockade of oil facilities, saying that "the LNA had conveyed personal commitment from General Haftar to allow the full reopening of the energy sector no later than September 12".
2020-09-12

Up to 400 people may have died as a boat capsizes in the Mediterranean Sea between Libya and Italy with up to 550 passengers on board.
2015-04-14

Islamic State kidnaps about 20 medical workers from the Ibn Sina Hospital in the Libyan city of Sirte.
2015-03-16

The Prime Minister of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, arrives in Libya for a meeting with the National Transitional Council.
2011-09-16

Rebels against the Gaddafi regime in Libya have begun to export oil.
2011-04-5

Coalition air strikes on targets in Tripoli, Libya, continue for a sixth day in an effort to destabilize Gaddafi's government.
2011-03-24

Uncertainty in Libya leads to falls in world stock markets and increases in crude oil prices.
2011-02-22

14 anti-government protesters are killed as Libyan protesters seeking to oust president Muammar Gaddafi defied a crackdown and took to the streets in four cities on what they called a "day of rage".
2011-02-17

The United States Department of State issues an apology for Department spokesman P.J. Crowley's personal comments, which described Libyan leader Muammar al-Gaddafi's comments on the minaret controversy in Switzerland as "lots of words, not necessarily a lot of sense".
2010-03-9