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In this week's programme:
Libya is a North African country that is blessed with huge reserves of oil. In the last three decades Libya has featured prominently in Africa and world politics where it has played a controversial lead position in championing Arab and African countries. Although the country vast, it is scantly populated. As a country Libya had been colonized by the Turkish Ottomans and by Italy. Italian rule was brutal and harsh, and it is estimated that over a quarter of Libya’s population died as a direct result of Italian colonial aggression. Italian rule came to an end with Italy’s defeat in the Second World War, after which, Libya fell under United Nations Trusteeship. Libya became independent as a United Kingdom Under the rule of King Idriss Sanushi. |
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