 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1977, Libya yakava zviri pamutemo Great Socialist Peoples Libyan Arab Jamahiriya. Gaddafi akapfuudza simba zviri pamutemo kuGeneral Peoples Committees uye kubva ipapo akataura kuti aingova munhu wekufananidzira, asi vatsoropodzi vekumba nekune dzimwe nyika vakati shanduko dzakamupa simba risingagumi. Vasingateereri mutemo mutsva vakanga vasingaregererwi, nezvirango zvaisanganisira chirango chorufu chakabvumirwa naGaddafi pachake. Chimiro chitsva chehurumende che jamahiriya chaakagadza chakanzi nenzira yepamutemo chimiro chedemokrasi yakananga, kunyange zvazvo hurumende yakaramba kubudisa migumisiro yesarudzo. Gare gare gore rimwe chetero, Libya neEgypt vakarwa hondo yemuganhu yemazuva mana yakazozivikanwa seHondo yeLibya neEgypt, nyika mbiri idzi dzakabvumirana kumira moto pasi pekurevererwa kwemutungamiri weAlgeria Houari Boumediène. Muna February 1977, Libya yakatanga kupa Goukouni Oueddei nezvombo zvechiuto uye Peoples Armed Forces muChad. Kurwisana kweChad neLibyakwakatanga chaizvoizvo apo rutsigiro rweLibya kumasimba evapanduki kuchamhembe kweChad rwakapfuurira kupinda. Zvizhinji zvemari yenyika yaibva kumafuta, iyo yakawedzera zvikuru muma1970, yakashandiswa pakutenga zvombo uye kutsigira mapoka akawanda evapanduki munyika yose. Kurwiswa nendege kwakakundikana kuuraya Gaddafi muna 1986. Libya yakapomerwa mukuputika muna 1988 kwePan Am Flight 103 pamusoro peLockerbie, Scotland uye kuputika muna 1989 kweUTA Flight 772 pamusoro peChad neNiger; Libya yakazopedzisira yaiswa pasi pezvirango zveUnited Nations muna 1992. Gaddafi akatsigira nemari mamwe mapoka akasiyana-siyana kubva kumasangano anorwisana nezvombo zvenyukireya kusvika kumasangano evashandi vokuAustralia. 