Serious divisions emerged in French President Nicolas Sarkozy's
government over his lavish hosting of Libya's Colonel Moammar
el Gadaffi.
The election of Libya to a seat on the United
Nations Security Council on 16 October offers an opportunity for
Mohamed Seif al-Islam, the son of leader Colonel Moammar
el Gadaffi, to be appointed as Tripoli's permanent representative
to the UN at this...
French and Qatari commercial interests are the clear winners from
Presidential wife Cécilia Sarkozy's success in persuading Libyan leader
Colonel Moammar el Gadaffi to release five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian
doctor bizarrely convicted of delibe...
Moammar el Gadaffi is working hard to build a new oil-friendly
image. His son, named Hannibal after the North African
general who so nearly conquered the Roman empire, is doing the
opposite. Six months ago the police stopped him speeding the wrong
way...
British Prime Minister Tony Blair hailed a triumph for constructive engagement as he met Colonel Moammar el Gadaffi on 25 March. British business was pleased, too.
It did not take long for new head of government Shukri Ghanem, a leading liberal by the standards of the Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya ('State of the Masses'), to signal his intentions. Following on from a string of grandiose statements by Rev...
One-time Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Chester Crocker and two American oil companies are urging President George W. Bush to start a cautious rapprochement with Libya. Although Crocker remains influential on Africa policy, this advice f...
Mostly quiet on the Iraq war, Colonel Gadaffi wants his oil
industry to be run by US companies
Friends and aspiring friends rush to embrace him but Gadaffi
is in no hurry
Libya has considerable unfinished business to resolve with the West if it hopes to reintegrate into the global economy and avoid further retribution for past misdemeanours.
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