MEMO warns that tragedy of Iraq could be repeated in Libya

On 11 August, the Middle East Monitor (MEMO) published an opinion piece declaring that Libya's electricity crisis may be following in the footsteps of Iraq, where successive governments have spent more than $80 billion in the electricity sector since 2015 without delivering any effective results. The article argues that in both oil-rich countries, the persistent power shortages in the last 5-10 years appear to be the result of 'political and economic ineptitude' rather than a technical or administrative failure.Click here to read the full article.