Africa: Why Africa Should Mourn Gaddafi's Fall

16 September 2011
opinion

According to the United Nations Human Development Index and the Africa Development Bank country profile, Libya under Gaddafi rule was rated the best place to live in Africa.

The criteria employed by UN when measuring this index is life expectancy, availability to health and educational services, poverty index and access to other basics of life. These achievement was not based on oil revenue - other countries like Nigeria and Gabon rank better in this regard - but sheer work of Libyan leaders. For example, Libya has the biggest man-made river in the world, established in 1984 to irrigate the entire country and which supports 70 per cent of the country's population.

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