Multi-billion-dollar reconstruction projects await in post-war Libya

Big potential: Unfinished buildings after their construction was halted in 2011 in Tripoli. Many countries are eyeing potential multi-billion-dollar infrastructure projects in the oil-rich nation. — AFP

TRIPOLI: A decade after Libya descended into chaos, a host of countries are eyeing potential multi-billion-dollar infrastructure projects in the oil-rich nation if stability is assured.

Economist Kamal Mansouri expects Libya’s reconstruction drive to be one of the biggest in the Middle East and North Africa.