1978 in Libya

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← 1977 1976 1975 1978 in Libya → 1979 1980 1981
Decades:	1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s
See also:	Other events of 1978 List of years in Libya

The following lists events that happened in 1978 in Libya.

Incumbents[]

• President: Muammar al-Gaddafi
• Prime Minister: Abdul Ati al-Obeidi

Events[]

January[]

• 29 January. Libyan ground units attacks government forces in northern Chad: Faya-Largeau, Fada and Ounianga Kebir in support of rebels. The attacks were successful, and Libya assumed temporary control of the BET Prefecture, and control of the Aouzou Strip ending in 1987.

July[]

• Libya and India signs a memorandum of understanding to cooperate in peaceful applications of nuclear energy as part of India's Atom of Peace policy.

October[]

• Libyan troops are sent to aid Idi Amin in the Uganda–Tanzania War when Amin tried to annex the northern Tanzanian province of Kagera, and Tanzania counterattacked. Amin lost the battle and later fled to exile in Libya, where he remained for almost a year.

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