Libya is in the Middle East now?
It was in the Middle East ever since it got a weird-ass dictator.
If you're in that area, you can tell a Middle East country from an African Country easy - if the dictator's wacky-ass and does something like rename bread or declare himself King of Africa, the country is Middle East. if the dictator's disturbing and dead serious, its an African country. As you can tell, there is decent amount of movement of countries from "African" to "Middle Eastern". Some times multiple times in a single day, hour, or sentence.
I understand this screws up several maps and country lines, but for me it has worked pretty well so far.