article_snippet.sent: Muammar Gaddafi had threatened to slaughter Muammar Gaddafi own people to cling on to power after a rebel uprising in the east of Libya.
article_snippet.sent: But in the three years since Colonel Gaddafi was toppled, Libya has descended into chaos.
article_snippet.sent: There has been no effective government since the 2011 uprising.
article_snippet.sent: Instead, there are hundreds of different armed groups fighting for territory and influence.
article_snippet.sent: no effective government currently has two rival governments, one based in the capital, Tripoli, and the other based hundreds of miles away in the port of Tobruk.