11 Things You Didn’t Know About Libya Under Gaddafi’s ‘Dictatorship’

8. New Mothers Were Given Cold, Hard Cash

When a Libyan mother had a child during the Gaddafi regime, the government supposedly supplied her with $5,000 US Dollars meant to help her care for the child and herself moving forward. You can imagine what kind of impact that seemingly small amount of money might have in any country.