The jury is still out on the role(s) Libya played on the decolonization of
continent. It depends on how you cut it. Ask Chad about that decolonization
stuff. There was a time Libya supported all factions of rebel groups in
Chad, just to have access to the uranium located in the Aouzou strip
between Chad and Libya. Note that this strip was given to Italy in 1935
based on the unratified Mussolini-Laval agreement between France and
Italy. Gaddafi claimed that the inhabitants were Libyans and sent troops in
1973 to take over resources. This same Gaddafi sent troops to support
Field Marshall Iddi Amin during the short-lived war between Tanzania and
Uganda. His troops were routed by the well-disciplined Tanzanians. There are
many cases of Gaddafi's misguided interventions in Africa which I will not
really call 'decolonization'. Of course, he contributed to the various
Africa funds, and this is good. But I will not put him in the same class as
African leaders like Nkrumah, Julius Nyerere, etc. This guy deserves no
support or respect. Listen to him now. He says he will fight until the last
drop of blood. Who is he bombing? His own people? This is an asshole, if
you ask me.
Kwaku Mensah
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[mailto:usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Dompere, Kofi Kissi
Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2011 12:36 PM
To: 'usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com'
Subject: RE: USA Africa Dialogue Series - What says the African Union about
Colonel al-Gaddafi and current events in Libya?
Thank you, Cornelius Hamelberg, for this question.
LIBYA is a member of the African Union. Libya unlike Egypt has a history of
supporting the DECOLONIZATION of the continent. She is the most important
contributor to OAU Libration Fund. Colonel al-Gaddafi, unlike other North
African heads of states, has also invested heavily in Africa. He also was
not a sell out. To be fair to our brothers and sisters in Libya, the history
does not justify the bloodsheds going on. The events taking place in North
Africa, the information technology that has democratized the information
space and the activities of the Wiki Leak are leading to a major global
restructuring in terms of power, control and governance, the ending
structure and form is unknown to us. What we do know is that global
institutional transformation is taking place and is a continual process.
What do you think?
PEACE
KOFI KISSI DOMPERE.
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From: usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com
[mailto:usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Cornelius Hamelberg
Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2011 6:48 AM
To: USA Africa Dialogue Series
Subject: USA Africa Dialogue Series - What says the African Union about
Colonel al-Gaddafi and current events in Libya?
The Arab League has taken their stance and it is not as if the African
nations care less about the fate of Libya and Libyans.
An important question for us in this forum, and indeed for the rest of
Africa and diaspora, is why the gaping silence from the Africa Union, about
the lastest antics of the man who has played such a pivotal role in African
Union matters, not least of all in his largesse in providing funding for a
few projects in Africa and also not least of all his well known ambition to
become the first president of the United States of Africa?
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