Vol 52 No 17 | LIBYAAFRICA Gadaffi falls, revolution rises 26th August 2011 Declaring victory after six months of war, the new regime in Tripoli has rejuvenated the Arab Spring and may promote political change further south With its victory over the forces of Moammar el Gadaffi this week, the Transitional National Council (TNC) has proved it has more staying power than suggested by its initial hesitan...
Vol 52 No 16 | LIBYA Running on empty 5th August 2011 The offensives by the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation and the brave but shambolic Transitional National Council fighters show no sign of overwhelming Colonel Moammar el Gadaffi’...
Vol 52 No 14 | LIBYA Rebels edge closer to Tripoli 8th July 2011 Running out of options, Gadaffi declared in his birthday speech on 7 June that he would choose ‘death before surrender’ As the rebel war to drive Colonel Moammar el Gadaffi from power stretches out, public support for the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation’s intervention is weakening. However, NATO ...
Vol 52 No 10 | LIBYA Chaos keeps Gadaffi in the game 13th May 2011 A humanitarian disaster threatens as the regime struggles to survive The prevailing chaos in Libya shows what can happen if a popular uprising goes wrong – and where Egypt and Tunisia could have ended up. The number of refugees surging across the Tu...
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 reputation for conf...
Vol 52 No 7 | LIBYAAFRICA A family at war 1st April 2011 The tight circle of loyalists around the Gadaffi clan hope their military dominance and diplomatic tactics will derail the rebellion The resilience of Colonel Moammar el Gadaffi’s regime after ten days of aerial bombardment combined with the military weakness of the opposition groups has prompted Britain, Franc...
Vol 52 No 7 | LIBYA The opposition breaks cover, slowly 1st April 2011 The West’s new allies in Libya are largely unknown. The most familiar faces to join the revolution include the Ambassador to the United Nations, Abdel Rahman Shalgam, a former Fore...
Vol 52 No 6 | LIBYA Europe's new line on Gadaffi 18th March 2011 As the regime attacks civilians, European states are tearing up their trade deals with Gadaffi and his family The European Union’s decision to freeze the assets of the Central Bank of Libya, the Libyan Investment Authority sovereign fund and other businesses could have serious conseque...
Vol 52 No 5 | LIBYA Gadaffi's fight to the death 4th March 2011 After seizing the east of the country and the oil installations, the opposition steels itself for a long campaign As Colonel Moammar el Gadaffi fights back hard against his opponents, the prospect of his early overthrow has given way to concern about widespread instability in a deeply fracture...
Vol 52 No 4 | LIBYA Uneasy lies the head 18th February 2011 The WikiLeaks cables reveal much about the Gadaffi family and show that no one expects real change or reform until after the Colonel’s departure The secret world of Libya’s oil industry, as well as its palace politics, has been laid bare by the publication of hundreds of United States cables by WikiLeaks over the past three...
