Libya, in North Africa, sprawls across the Sahara with Tripoli’s Mediterranean buzz as its capital, guarding Roman ruins like Leptis Magna and oil wealth that once made it prosperous. Post-Gaddafi chaos has fractured it into rival factions, yet its desert oases and Berber roots endure. Libya’s economy clings to hydrocarbons amid instability. Its ancient sands whisper a turbulent past.