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.