Libya has undergone a year of change in its rapprochement with the international community. It gave up its weapons of mass destruction programme and accepted responsibility for its involvement in bomb attacks like the Pan Am flight over Lockerbie. This report from Rana Jawad:

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The most fundamental change so far is Libya's move towards a free-market economy, one that is welcomed by hungry foreign investors who have longed to tap into the country's vast oil and gas reserves for nearly two decades. However, as Libya enters a new era, changes are slow, as loyalists to revolutionary ideals based on socialism and emerging reformists often disagree. This is leaving a lot of red tape for the private sector to cut through.

Business aside, Libya's lack of change in imperative areas like Human Rights practices is still raising questions and many are worried this issue will be overlooked as relations normalise with the West.

Rana Jawad, BBC News, Tripoli

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mend relations
improve the way two groups behave towards each other

move
change

lifting
stopping

sanctions
economic action by a state to force another state to conform to an international agreement or norms of conduct

vilified
to say or write unpleasant things about someone

pledges
promises

dismantle
take apart

to tap into
to obtain or make use of

red tape
official rules and processes that seem unnecessary and delay results

imperative
extremely important

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