Vol 52 No 8 | LIBYASOUTH AFRICA Zuma to the shores of Tripoli 15th April 2011 The AU mission to Libya was an abject failure but the South African leader got a chance to catch up with an old pal South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma led an African Union peace mission to Libya on 11 April. The mission quickly fell apart, which did nothing for the AU’s poor...
Vol 59 No 23 | LIBYA Posturing in Palermo 23rd November 2018 The latest effort to solve Libya’s crisis produces grandstanding but little progress as European powers compete for influence The Palermo conference on Libya on 12-13 November called by Italy's Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte was as much about Italy's primacy in the north African conflict as about...
Vol 40 No 15 | LIBYA Tripoli calling 23rd July 1999 Brother Leader Colonel Moammar el Gadaffi's return to the African diplomatic circuit was a high point of the July Organisation of African Unity summit in Algiers. His entourage...
Vol 50 No 19 | LIBYABRITAIN Britain's demanding ally in Tripoli 25th September 2009 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...
Vol 39 No 21 | LIBYA My Arabism tired me out 23rd October 1998 A restless Gadaffi denounces Arab governments and looks for African friends Hell hath no fury like a Libyan leader scorned. Having assiduously and unsuccessfully wooed Arab states during his 29 years in power, Colonel Moammar el Gadaffi is now...