Stability in the nation, which sits on Africa’s largest oil reserves, has implications for its crude output.
A son of ousted Libyan strongman Moammar Gadhafi filed papers to run in December’s presidential race, a move likely to further complicate a vote meant to cap a decade of conflict in the OPEC nation. Saif al-Islam Gadhafi, who hadn’t been seen in public for years, registered with the electoral commission in the southwestern city of Sebha, the body’s communications director Khaled al-Manea said Sunday in a statement to Bloomberg. A video posted by Almarsad, a local news organization, purported to show him making the application. Gadhafi,49, whose father ruled the North African nation for four decades until his 2011 death in a NATO-backed uprising, is the first widely recognized would-be candidate to officially enter the running since registration for the Dec.24 vote opened last week. He is wanted by the International Criminal Court for alleged crimes against humanity during the revolt.
