2017 witnessed a 20% reduction in conflict events compared to 2016, primarily driven by the ousting of Islamic State (IS) militants, who capitalised on the national-level discord to take a foothold in the central city of Sirte. In May 2014, widespread conflict re-erupted in the ‘Second Libyan Civil War’ after the rogue General Khalifah Haftar launched an insurgency against Islamist groups in the eastern city of Benghazi. From 2012 to early 2014 rival armed brigades drove the transitional political process. The popular uprising in 2011 led to a city-based revolt and the overthrow of the Qaddafi regime, giving way to a period of intensified political competition and polarisation. The Libyan crisis is characterised by three periods of instability. Libya was one of the states with the highest levels of political violence in Africa in 2017 with an average of nearly 2,400 conflict-related fatalities from 2011-2017.
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