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- Vol 50 No 19
- 25/09/2009
A new diplomatic deal after four decades in power
Forty years after his El Fatah Revolution, Libyan leader Colonel Moammar el Gadaffi gave his first address to the United Nations General Assembly on 23 September with a meandering, 94-minute speech from which Western leaders made sure they absented themse...
- Vol 50 No 19
- 25/09/2009
Britain's demanding ally in Tripoli
Britain's release of convicted terrorist Abdelbaset al Megrahi has prompted widespread criticism (especially from Washington), but Whitehall officials judged it worth the price of closer security ties with Colonel Moammar el Gadaffi's regime and co...
- Vol 50 No 19
- 25/09/2009
Who's Who
Power in Libya is concentrated around Colonel Moammar el Gadaffi's family and a select group of politicians
- Vol 50 No 12
- 12/06/2009
Weapons for Darfur
As Colonel Moammar el Gadaffi and his 200-member delegation pitched their tent for a business bonanza in Rome, it emerged that Belgium is to export weapons to Libya that may be used in Darfur. An 11.5 million euro (US$16.1 mn.) deal for 2,000 anti-riot g...
- Vol 50 No 7
- 03/04/2009
Aller-retour
Huge numbers of West Africans hope to make a living abroad but find barriers in neighbouring countries and the rich West
- Vol 50 No 7
- 03/04/2009
Libya and its African brothers
The row in Africa over migration weakens progress towards the African Union's aims of the free movement of people, goods and services across the continent, says Albert Ouédraogo, Chairman of Le Tocsin (the Alarm) a support group for expelled migrants. Alm...
- Vol 50 No 1
- 09/01/2009
The Gadaffi business
The Gadaffis expect to enjoy another generation in power; this is not universally popular
- Vol 49 No 24
- 28/11/2008
Identifying the problems
France’s Total and Spain’s Repsol YPF oil companies are under pressure to divulge who received more than US$6 million in consultant fees paid to suspected politically connected intermediaries in Libya. The fees are mentioned in a StatoilHydro report (AC V...
- Vol 49 No 15
- 18/07/2008
The Colonel's shopping spree
Libyan investment in Kenya has grown over the past three years from almost nothing to an estimated tens of billions of Kenya shillings. The Libyans are now on a shopping spree, with the recent acquisition of a half share in the Kenya Petroleum Refinery Co...
- Vol 48 No 25
- 14/12/2007
Pitching camp
Serious divisions emerged in French President Nicolas Sarkozy's government over his lavish hosting of Libya's Colonel Moammar el Gadaffi.
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