The North Africa Journal: Tag: libya,


The King is Gone, Long Live the King!
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Arezki Daoud on 27 March, 2010 08:16:00
 
For the Libyan leader Muamar Kaddafi there was a sense of déjà-vu again. His
campaign to get a second term as head of the African Union collapsed, showing
that like in his previous call to unify the Arabs, his latest African venture
was also doomed to fail.

Deconstructing Libya Part 1- Libya-Europe: Security, Illegal Immigration and Oil
and Gas
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Alessandro Bruno on 29 August, 2009 03:48:00
 
A Resilient Leader in Search of Global Influence: Libya has been in the news
recently. The release of Libyan agent Al Megrahi from a Scottish jail has led to
a storm of outrage in the United States, and a great deal of embarrassment in
Scotland. The UK and Scottish governments have been on a defensive stance
insisting that the release was not motivated by economic considerations. The
opposition parties in Britain and Scotland are also trying to use this event to
score political points.  Meanwhile, Libya has celebrated 40 years of Muamar
Kaddafi’s reign, putting him on track to beat Omar Bongo’s 41 year tenure
and reach Fidel Castro’s 49 years in power. The difference between Kaddafi and
Castro is that eventually the Libyan leader may turn out to be more successful
than the Cuban leader in that he is managing to neutralize his Western foes, and
control his domestic opponents, as suggested by Alessandro Bruno’s analysis.