1978 in Libya

← 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.

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.

Years in Libya (1943–present)
Pre-1943 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019